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DENVER - Filip Forsberg showed again why he is an early contender to be the NHLs rookie of the year. Daniel Briere Jersey .His Nashville Predators teammate Pekka Rinne is making a case to be the leagues best goalie, too.Forsberg scored on 2:23 in and added a late assist, and Rinne earned his third shutout of the season as the Nashville Predators beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Tuesday night.Gabriel Bourque and James Neal scored empty-net goals in the closing minutes for the Predators, who avoided their first two-game losing streak of the season.Forsberg scored his 12th goal before the crowd had completely filed into the arena. Bourque sent a pass through the sticks of two Avalanche players, and the 20-year-old Swede broke into the open ice and flipped the puck over goalie Calvin Pickards left shoulder.I was trying to get it as high as possible, said Forsberg, who had success against Pickard in the minors last season. I was coming pretty close and got cut off by the back-checker. So I was trying to go high, and I was fortunate on that one.Rinne did the rest for the Predators. He stopped 26 shots and halted the Avs resurgent attack in the second period. He has won eight of his past 10 starts, limiting opponents to two goals or fewer in those games.He was great, Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. In the second period we were a little loose with what we were doing, but he made some big saves for us.He was just consistent through the night, and I thought our guys did a pretty good job defensively in front of him.Pickard was nearly as good. He made 33 saves in place of Semyon Varlamov, who missed his 10th game of the season after aggravating a groin injury during practice on Monday.Despite his efforts, the Avalanche fell to 0-3-1 in December after winning five of their last seven games in November.(Pickard) played unbelievable. Hes been playing so good since he has been up for us, Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon said. Its very unfortunate what happened to Varly, you know, re-injuring his groin, but with Pick playing like that, he gave us a chance to win.Forsberg, who leads NHL rookies with 12 goals and 15 assists, came up empty on his second breakaway chance in the first period after he was hooked by Alex Tanguay. Olli Jokinen was robbed by Pickards glove in the closing minutes.The Predators went 0 for 6 on the power play.It didnt matter, though, because Rinne — with some help — was perfect at the other end.Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog missed an open net, and was the second Avs player to hit the post in the second period. The Avalanche were shut out for the fourth time this season.You know (Rinne) isnt going to allow a whole bunch of goals. They have a good team over there, Pickard said. Theyve had a lot of success early on. We were a post away from tying that game.Bourque scored an empty-net goal with 1:50 remaining — nine seconds after Pickard went to the bench. Neal added another with 58 seconds to go.NOTES: Predators centre Paul Gaustad, who missed Saturdays game with a lower-body injury, left with the same injury and didnt return. ... Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said Varlamov would miss a couple weeks. ... The injury-ravaged Avalanche recalled Paul Carey and Borna Rendulic from Lake Erie of the AHL. Rendulic became the first Croatian-born player to play in the NHL. He nearly scored, too, but his drive hit the post early in the second period. Oliver Ekman-Larsson Jersey .C. -- The Charlotte Bobcats said head coach Steve Clifford underwent a successful procedure Friday to have two stents placed in his heart. Coyotes Jerseys China . The win puts the final playoff berth in Group A in question. If the Czechs beat Slovakia on Tuesday, they will go through. If they lose, Germany will get the last quarter-final berth. https://www.cheapcoyotes.com/318z-dan-focht-jersey-coyotes.html . Cavaliers shooting guard Craig Ehlo makes a solid play on the ball, but still Jordan hits the amazing shot.Orlando, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Kemba Walker had 30 points, seven rebounds and six assists as the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Orlando Magic 98-90 on Saturday night. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist posted 17 points and 12 rebounds, Gary Neal netted 16 points off the bench and Cody Zeller added 12 points and seven boards for the Hornets, who snapped a five-game losing streak. In the stretch where we played well, we got a lot of effort points, said Hornets coach Steve Clifford. Nik Vucevic tallied 20 points and 10 rebounds, while Tobias Harris provided 18 points and 11 boards for Orlando, which has dropped three consecutive games. Victor Oladipo supplied 21 points and four steals in defeat. We just have to get out of the funk and see what we can do better, Magic guard Ben Gordon said. Orlando trailed 22-20 following a quarter of play, but it failed to register a field goal in the final 7:28 of the second and went the last 6:59 of the opening half without a point. Charlotte, meanwhile, ripped ooff the final 22 points of the second. Robbie Russo Jersey. Kidd-Gilchrist netted eight points and Zeller put in six straight points before Gerald Henderson split a pair of foul shots in the final second of the half to cap the surge and stake the Hornets to a commanding 52-29 halftime advantage. The Hornets outscored Orlando 30-9 in the second. Oladipo sunk a pair of foul shots to finish off a 10-0 Orlando spurt to start the second half, trimming the margin to 52-39. The Magic, though, failed to cut the gap below seven the rest of the way. The Hornets led 70-54 after three and cruised to the easy triumph in the final frame. Game Notes Walker put in a career-high 42 points against Orlando last Saturday ... Orlando has dropped 10 of its last 12 home games ... Charlottes Lance Stephenson missed his 10th straight game due to a groin injury ... The Magic turned the ball over just seven times, but shot 37.9 percent (33-of-87) from the floor. ' ' '