Nashville is pouring in the NHL.
With nine wins in the last ten games, the team is one of the NHL's currently strongest, and not least thanks to Viktor Arvidsson, who is also the new father of a daughter.
- Having had children, it is the best moment of my life and I have been full.
And then a birthday today and a hat trick on it, absolutely fantastic, he says at the press conference after the match.
Fumbled in the puck
Detroit, who in turn are struggling to find the form, kept up with the visitors from Tennessee for just over a period and had the lead in the game for 40 seconds.
But after Darren Helm's lead goal, Arvidsson got the puck completely free in front of goal.
Goalkeeper Jonathah Bernier did save, but defender Jon Merrill got the puck on him and fumbled it into goal.
- We left him (Bernier) completely alone today, and the whole team has to take on that.
He is a guy who has been very good all season and has just returned from an injury and we will not help him at all, says forward Luke Glendening.
Curtain for Detroit, which before the period was over was below by 1-3.
And in the third, it was Nashville, and not chasing Detroit, that was responsible for the attack hockey.
"Flew forward"
On a pass from Mattias Ekholm, Mikael Granlund made it 4-1 before the birthday child Arvidsson with a dot ten minutes left to play arranged 5-1 in a counterattack.
But the Swedish forward was not ready for the evening.
The minute after his goal, he came free from the blue line with Bernier but was hooked up by Danny DeKeyser and received a penalty - which he himself managed in the best way and thus Arvidsson's third hat trick in his NHL career was clear.
- "Inheritance" flew forward today.
When he is good, he is always fast, persistent, hungry and always finds ways to find the net, praises coach John Hynes.
- It was fun to see him come back (after an injury this weekend) and have such a good birthday, he was hungry today.
He did not feel well but has really struggled to be able to play tonight.