Career
He is currently playing for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (National Hockey League). Forsberg was selected by the Washington Capitals in the first round (11th overall) of the 2012 National Hockey League Entry Draft. At World Juniors in Brno he was also selected Best Forward of the tournament.
In final rankings done by National Hockey League Central Scouting, Forsberg was the highest rated European forward available in the 2012 National Hockey League Entry Draft.
He was selected 11th overall in the 2012 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals. On 13 July 2012, while attending his first Capitals development camp, he signed a three-year entry level contract.
Forsberg was returned to his former club, Leksands IF, on loan for the duration of the 2012-2013 season. He again improved upon his season totals for the third consecutive year to finish with 33 points in 38 games to help Leksand gain promotion to return to the Swedish Hockey League for the following season.
On 3 April 2013, Forsberg was unexpectedly traded by the Capitals to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Martin Erat and Michael Latta.
With his Swedish season completed, Forsberg was recalled from his loan and made his National Hockey League debut towards the end of the lockout-shortened 2012-2013 season, becoming the third-youngest player to suit up for the Predators, in a 3–0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on 14 April 2013. Forsberg scored his first National Hockey League goal on 8 October 2013, against Niklas Bäckström of the Minnesota Wild. He finished the 2013-2014 season with five points (one goal and four assists) in 13 games played with the Predators, in addition to 34 points (15 goals and 19 assists) in 47 games played with the American Hockey League (AHL)"s Milwaukee Admirals.
On 22 January 2015, Forsberg was named to the 2015 National Hockey League All-Star Game in Columbus, replacing the Pittsburgh Penguins" Evgeni Malkin, who pulled out of the game due to injury.
In the 2015 playoffs, Forsberg became the youngest Nashville Predator to score a playoff goal in franchise history and also recorded the first playoff hat trick in franchise history in the first round against the Chicago Blackhawks. Forsberg was voted to the postseason National Hockey League All-Rookie Team for the 2014-2015 season.
During the 2015-2016 National Hockey League season, Forsberg continued to surpass franchise milestones, recording 2 natural hat tricks in a 4-day span, the shortest time period between natural hat tricks since 1987-1988. He also became the youngest Predator to record a regular season hat trick.
In March 2016, Forsberg was named to Sweden"s 2016 World Cup of Hockey roster.
Filip was born to Carina Dahlberg and Patrik Forsberg. He has a younger brother, Fredrik Forsberg, born in 1996.