Game Preview: Nashville Predators @ Minnesota Wild 3/13/22

The Nashville Predators lost a close one by a wide margin yesterday against the St. Louis Blues. Today they’ll get a chance for redemption in another four-point game, this time against the team directly above them in the standings: the Minnesota Wild. The Preds and Wild haven’t played each other since October, when the Preds won handily. They play each other twice in April after today’s meeting.

With Ryan Suter gone, a lot of the Bridgestone faithful’s animosity toward the Wild has dimmed. That makes it just another Sunday evening game, albeit one with big effects on the playoff picture; it lacks some spice. A low-stakes game might be nice for our nerves right around now, but this is as…