STOCKHOLM – When the game was over, when the festivities had concluded, Filip Forsberg gathered all his teammates to deliver a message: He wanted to thank them.

He knew it wasn’t easy flying all the way to Stockholm in the middle of the season, knew that some of them had battled jet lag, had tasted foods they never imagined.

But, to him, it meant the world, in games that he called probably his favorite of his NHL career.

“It’s been unbelievable,” said Forsberg, who grew up about three hours north of Stockholm in Leksand, Sweden. “It’s been so much fun. I’ve had both sets of grandparents here. I’ve had family that you only see a week or two in the summer that have been watching their first NHL games. Eaten more meatballs than anyone on this team ever thought they would eat, probably.

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