Minnesota Wild vs Nashville Predators

🏒 GAME TONIGHT🏒
🚨 Puck drops at 7:00 PM
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🌟 Wild Hockey Insider Projected Lineup:
• Line 1: Kaprizov - Rossi - Johansson
• Line 2: Tarasenko - Eriksson Ek - Boldy
• Line 3: Foligno - Hartman - Hinostroza
• Line 4: Trenin - Yurov - Pitlick

• Def 1: Brodin - Faber
• Def 2: Middleton - Spurgeon
• Def 3: Buium - Jiricek

• In Net: Gustavsson 🥅
• Backups: Wallstedt

Injured: Zuccarello, Sturm,

🏒 Quick Hits

🕖 Puck Drop & Location: 7:00 p.m. CT tonight at the Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul. 

📊 Records/Context: Wild are 4-6-3, Predators are 5-6-3. 

🎉 Special Occasion: It’s the Wild’s second of four 25th Anniversary celebration games — giveaways, fan activations and more. 

🎯 Power Play Advantage: Minnesota converts at ~29.4% on the power play vs Nashville’s 15.9% conversion rate (so penalty-kill time for the Wild). 

⚠️ Defensive Focus: Both teams struggle a bit in goals allowed—Wild have given up roughly 3.77 GPG, Preds about 3.43 GPG. The Wild will need better defensive zone work. 

🔍 Matchup to Watch: Key Wild leaders like Kirill Kaprizov (16 pts) and Matt Boldy (13 pts) continue to drive the offence. 

✅ Positive Outlook: Game at home, favourable special-teams gap, and the chance to build momentum — a strong opportunity for the Wild to assert themselves.