Minnesota Wild at Nashville Predators: game preview
MinnesotaWild2026-27: 2-0-1 · 5 pts · 2025-26: 46-24-12 · 104 pts · 7that
NashvillePredators2026-27: 1-1-1 · 3 pts · 2025-26: 38-34-10 · 86 pts · 23rdEighteen points apart last season
Minnesota finished last season 7th in the league on 104 points. Nashville finished 23rd on 86, and the 2025-26 season series went MIN 2-1-1.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 102
Across 101 completed games, Nashville lead the head-to-head 54-31-15.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 4 Nov 2025, Minnesota were 29th in the league and Nashville 25th. By 1 Oct it was 10th and 27th.
Minnesota out-attempted Nashville 309 to 286
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Minnesota Wild
Nashville Predators
Minnesota have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 3 games for Minnesota, 3 for Nashville. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Minnesota, 10 for Nashville.
2025-26: 82 games for Minnesota, 82 for Nashville.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
Minnesota
Small sampleNashville
Small sampleSteven Stamkos has 9 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Steven Stamkos vs Minnesota · game by game
See all: Steven Stamkos vs Minnesota · game by game →Filip Gustavsson has started most of these meetings
Filip Gustavsson played 3 of the last 5 meetings with Nashville, with a .898 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Filip Gustavsson
See all: Filip Gustavsson →MIN · 28-15-6 in 2025-26 Starter estimate from 3 Mar
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Jesper Wallstedt .933 (3 GP)
Full game logJuuse Saros
See all: Juuse Saros →NSH · 1-1-1 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 3 Mar
Scoring rates point to about 6.1 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Minnesota3.001.673.322.93
Nashville2.333.003.013.28Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
4 on the injury lists
Minnesota · injuries
Nashville · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Waived for the purpose of assignment to Iowa (AHL) Ds Matt Kiersted, Carson Lambos, and Roman Schmidt and Fs Caedan Bankier, Dylan Gambrell, Justin Kirkland, Tyler Pitlick, and Mason Shaw. Assigned Ds Ben Dexheimer and Viking Gustafsson Nyberg and Fs Jagger Joshua, Hunter Haight, Riley Heidt, Rasmus Kumpulainen, and Rieger Lorenz to Iowa.
Signed G Filip Ruzicka to a three-year, entry-level contract.
Signed D Filip Ruzicka to a three-year contract.
Recalled G Matt Murray from Milwaukee (AHL). Placed G Justus Annunen on injured reserve.
Recalled LW Yegor Pinchuk from Milwaukee (AHL). Assigned G Matt Murray to Milwaukee.
Recalled G Matthew Murray from Milwaukee (AHL).
Minnesota · 2026 draft
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