Predators 2, Oilers 0
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nashville right winger Craig Smith and right winger Filip Forsberg scored to give the Predators a 2-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday night.
Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne stopped all 28 shots he faced for his second win of the season for the Predators (2-0-0.) Edmonton fell to 0-2-0.
Rinne and Edmonton goalie Cam Talbot stopped everything that came their way during the first 39 minutes before the Predators finally broke the scoreless tie late in the second period.
Oilers defenseman Andrej Sekera turned the puck over near the Predators point, where Nashville left winger Colin Wilson scooped it up for a two-on-one breakaway down the left wing.
Wilson fed Smith with a cross-ice pass and he beat Talbot high to the glove side with a wrist shot, giving Nashville a 1-0 lead with 1:08 left in the second period.
Smith also scored the Predators' first goal of the season in Thursday's 2-1 win over Carolina. He tied for second on the team with 23 goals last season.
Talbot stopped Wilson on a breakaway 14 minutes earlier with a blocker-pad save that kept Nashville off the scoreboard.
Edmonton appeared to tie the score 1-1 at 6:17 of the third period, but after a review the officials ruled that Oilers center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins used a "distinct kicking motion" with his right skate to score on a rebound of left wing Taylor Hall's close-range shot from the top of the crease.
Forsberg made it 2-0 when he scored from the low slot on a wrister high to Talbot's glove side after taking center Mike Ribeiro's nice feed from behind the net with 6:58 left.
It was the first goal of the season for Forsberg, who led Nashville with 63 points last season.
Edmonton rookie center Connor McDavid, the top pick in June's NHL Draft, had a quiet night with one shot, one hit and one blocked shot.
The Oilers have had the top pick in four of the last six drafts. McDonlad might be the NHL's most hyped player since Pittsburgh center Sidney Crosby debuted in 2005.
Rinne tied Tom Vokoun's team record for goalies by playing in his 383rd career game.
The Predators, who boasted the best home record in the Western Conference last season at 28-9-4, have won their first two games in Nashville this year.
NOTES: Nashville scratched D Victor Bartley, D Anthony Bitetto and LW Austin Watson. ... Edmonton scratched RW Jordan Eberle, D Griffin Reinhart, LW Luke Gazdic and D Brandon Davidson. ... Nashville released D Mikko Vainonen on Friday. ... Saturday's game was the first of three meetings between the Oilers and the Predators this season. Nashville swept three games from Edmonton last year.