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Minnesota went 2-2-0 in its series against Nashville.

The Wild won the series opener, 6-1, in Nashville (11/30). The Predators earned a 3-2 victory at Xcel Energy Center (1/25) in the second game and a 6-1 victory at Bridgestone Arena (2/29) in the third contest. Minnesota closed out the series with a 4-3 overtime victory in St. Paul (3/10).

LW Kirill Kaprizov led Minnesota by six points (4-2=6). C Connor Dewar had five points (4-1=5). LW Matt Boldy had four points (2-2=4). C Joel Eriksson Ek (1-2=3) and RW Matt Zuccarello (0-3=3) each had three points. G Philip Gustavsson went 1-2-0 with a 3.36 GAA and an .885 SV% in three starts. G Marc-Andre Fleury was 1-0-0 with a 2.84 GAA and a .900 SV%.

D Roman Josi led Nashville by six points (2-4=6). C Ryan O’Reilly had four points (2-2=4). LW Gustav Nyquist (0-3=3) and LW Philip Forsberg (2-1=3) had three points each. G Juuse Saaros was 2-1-1 with a 3.23 GAA and an .875 SV% in four starts. G Kevin Lankinen came on in relief in the first game and saved 14 of 16 shots.