“When I first started watching [hockey], there were no games [on the television],” Forsberg said.” You had to watch them on replay, because there were no early games. [Now,] I feel like there’s an early game every day, pretty much, for people to watch back there.”

Nashville will face the Pittsburgh Penguins twice over the course of three days, and both clubs are likely to have at least a couple of Swedes on their respective rosters by the time the games arrive.

“Obviously, every time we play them, they’re great games,” Forsberg said. “They’ve got two of the bigger [Swedes] we have, [Erik Karlsson] and [Rickard Rakell]. So that’ll be awesome, to play against them.”

As for why Preds fans should choose to attend the historic series, Forsberg’s reasoning was quite simple:

“I mean, second to my hometown, it’s the best place in the world. You know, Stockholm is beautiful. It’s a great city. November shouldn’t be too bad weather-wise either. And to watch the best players in the world at the Avicii Arena? You can’t beat that.”

And in preparation for November, Forsberg has already assigned his teammate and fellow Swede Adam Wilsby, who is out for the remainder of the season due to injury, to prepare the Preds players for their Stockholm experience. The first task at hand? The Swedish language.

“I think we’ve got to start with that,” Forsberg grinned. “He’s got some time on his hands right now, so he’s already started his tour guiding as well. It’ll be a fun one.”

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The Predators and Penguins will play on Friday, Nov. 14 at 1 p.m. CT (8 p.m. CET) and on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 8 a.m. CT (3 p.m. CET).

The NHL and Live Nation will offer ticket presales on Tuesday, March 25 at 4 a.m. CT; tickets will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, March 26 at 4 a.m. CT at LiveNation.se. The first opportunity to purchase tickets to both games will be available to fans in attendance at the first-ever Hockey Day in Sweden celebration, hosted this year by the city of Linköping on March 21-22.

More information on the 2025 NHL Global Series Sweden presented by Fastenal is available at NHL.com/GlobalSeriesSweden; via Instagram @nhleurope and @nhlsverige; @NHLSverige on X; and via TikTok @nhleurope, which are serving as the official home for all of the latest news and information about the 2025 NHL Global Series Sweden presented by Fastenal, as well as other features from around the NHL.