The Nashville Predators will take on the Minnesota Wild tonight. The Predators are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning last night while the Wild are coming off a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks last night.
Nashville Predators (7-12-5, 19 Points) vs. Minnesota Wild (15-4-4, 34 Points)
When: Saturday, November 30
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Where: Xcel Energy Center (Saint Paul, MN)
TV: FanDuel Sports Network South
Scoring Leaders
Nashville Predators
Points: Roman Josi – 20
Goals: Filip Forsberg – 9
Assists: Roman Josi – 13
Minnesota Wild
Points: Kirill Kaprizov – 36
Goals: Kirill Kaprizov – 14
Assists: Kirill Kaprizov – 22
Team Stats
Nashville Predators
Power-Play: 20.3
Penalty Kill: 89.9
GF: 2.33
GA: 3.17
Faceoff: 52.8
Minnesota Wild
Power-Play: 19.0
Penalty Kill: 74.1
GF: 3.22
GA: 2.35
Faceoff: 49.2
Expected Line Combinations
Nashville Predators
Filip Forsberg – Ryan O’Reilly – Gustav Nyquist
Steven Stamkos – Tommy Novak – Jonathan Marchessault
Mark Jankowski – Fedor Svechkov – Luke Evangelista
Cole Smith – Colton Sissons – Zachary L’Heureux
Roman Josi – Alexandre Carrier
Brady Skjei – Nick Blackenburg
Adam Wilsby – Luke Schenn
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Minnesota Wild
Kirill Kaprizov – Joel Eriksson Ek – Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson – Marco Rossi – Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno – Frederick Gaudreau – Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore – Marat Khusnutdinov – Ben Jones
Jacob Middleton – Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm – Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill – Zach Bogosian
Between The Pipes
Nashville: Juuse Saros (6-10-4, 2.60 GAA) / Justus Annunen ()
Scott Wedgewood was expected to start but with todays trade a started is TBD
Saros having started last night, would play back to back games. He took the overtime loss last night giving up three goals on 28 shots. This season he is 6-10-4 with a 2.60 goals-against average and a .912 save percentage. He’s 8-3-1 against the Wild in his career with a .929 save percentage and a 2.27 goals-against average. Last season he 2-1-1 with a 3.23 goals against average and a .896 save percentage.
Annunen who was acquired this morning is 6-4-0 with a 3.23 goals against average and a .872 save percentage. He last started on Wednesday taking the loss giving up five goals on 16 shots. He made his lone career start against the Wild last season picking up a win stopping 44 of the 46 shots he faced.
Minnesota Wild: Filip Gustavsson (9-4-3, 2.18 GAA)
Gustavsson is expected to start for the Wild with Fleury getting the start last night. He is 9-4-3 with a 2.18 goals against average and a .923 save percentage, he last played on Monday taking the loss, giving up three goals on 31 shots. In his career against Nashville, he is 2-2-1 with a 3.39 goals-against average and an .882 save percentage. Last season he went 1-2-0 with a 3.36 goals against average and a .885 save percentage.
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Players To Watch
Nashville: Filip Forsberg (9-8-17)
Forsberg this season has 17 points on nine goals and eight assists. In his career against Minnesota he has 32 points in 34 games on 18 goals and 14 assists. Last season in four games he had three points on two goals and an assist.
Minnesota: Kirill Kaprizov (14-22-36)
Kaprizov this season has 36 points on 14 goals and 22 assists. He is tied for second in the league in points. In his career against Nashville, he has 13 points in ten games on five goals and eight assists. Last season in four games he had six points on two goals and four assists.
Head to Head
The Predators last season went 2-1-1 against the Wild, scoring 13 goals between those four games. In the last ten games, Nashville is 6-2-2 against Minnesota and has outscored them 38-30 in that ten-game span.
Next Up
Nashville: @ Toronto Maple Leafs – Wednesday
Minnesota: vs. Vancouver Canucks – Tuesday
