Nashville Predators defeat Minnesota Wild, 4-2

That brings us to the end of a first period — Minnesota Wild 2, Nashville Predators 1. Minnesota Wild edged the shot clock 19-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Nick Schmaltz opened the scoring for Minnesota Wild on the power play at 3:47, Jamie Drysdale extended the lead for Minnesota Wild on the power play at 6:58, and Ryan Greene cut the deficit for Nashville Predators at 9:31.

Joey Daccord was under siege with 17 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Minnesota Wild went 2-for-4.

Nashville Predators owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Minnesota Wild 0, Nashville Predators 2. Minnesota Wild edged the shot clock 14-7, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Logan Cooley tied it for Nashville Predators on the power play at 2:12, tempers flared at 8:39 with Jeffrey Viel winning a scrap, and Logan Cooley put Nashville Predators in front on the power play at 15:53.

Joey Daccord was under siege with 14 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Nashville Predators went 2-for-2.

Nashville Predators owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Minnesota Wild 0, Nashville Predators 1. Nashville Predators edged the shot clock 10-7, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Tempers flared at 0:37 with Joel Armia winning a scrap, then Brock Boeser extended the lead for Nashville Predators on the power play at 1:48.

Sergei Bobrovsky was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Nashville Predators went 1-for-1.

The final five minutes were split evenly in chances.