It was Forsberg’s first hat trick of the season and 11th in the NHL. He has eight points (five goals, three assists) in a five-game streak.
Michael Bunting had a goal, and Roman Josi and Ryan O’Reilly each had two assists for the Predators (13-15-4), who have won seven of 10 since starting the season 6-12-4, including 7-2 against St. Louis in Nashville last Thursday. Juuse Saros made 20 saves.
Dalibor Dvorsky scored twice for the Blues (12-15-7), who have lost three of four. Joel Hofer made 21 saves.
Forsberg put the Predators up 1-0 just 27 seconds into the first period. Ryan O’Reilly fed a backhand pass to Forsberg low in the left face-off circle, who beat Hofer with a wrist shot short side.
Dvorsky tied it 1-1 at 10:06. Hugh McGing stripped Predators defenseman Nick Blankenburg of the puck in the offensive zone and fed a pass to Dvorsky in the high slot, where he beat Saros blocker side with a wrist shot.
Bunting tucked the puck through Hofer’s pads on a wraparound at 1:23 of the second period to put the Predators up 2-1.
After Dvorsky took a delay of game penalty, Forsberg pushed the lead to 3-1 with his second at 5:31 with a long-distance wrist shot under Hofer’s right arm.
Reid Schaefer made it 4-1 at 18:45 when he sent a spinning wrist shot from the right point just over the left pad of Hofer.
Dvorsky cut the deficit to 4-2 with a power-play goal at 8:29 of the third period. He finished off a tic-tac-toe passing play between Pavel Buchnevich and Jake Neighbors with a tap-in off the right post. The goal gave Dvorsky his first multigoal and multipoint game of his NHL career.
Forsberg completed the hat trick with an empty-net goal at 16:09 for the 5-2 final.
