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Nashville Predators Beat Minnesota Wild 2-1 to Keep Playoff Hopes Alive
Stamkos added an assist and Nashville stayed in the Western Conference wild-card race with two games left.
- On Saturday, April 11, 2026, the Nashville Predators defeated the Minnesota Wild 2-1 at Bridgestone Arena. Center Steven Stamkos scored his 40th goal of the season in the first period.
- While the Minnesota Wild are already locked into their first-round matchup with the Dallas Stars, the Nashville Predators are fighting for a wild card spot in the Western Conference.
- Matthew Wood extended the Nashville lead to 2-0 during the second period. Michael McCarron scored the Wild's lone goal in the third against his former team, though Jesper Wallstedt's 20 saves in his 34th start proved insufficient.
- Wild coach John Hynes, returning to Nashville as former Predators coach, acknowledged his team carried play in the third period. "I thought in the third period we carried the play," Hynes said, despite the defeat.
- The Nashville Predators sit three points behind the Los Angeles Kings for the Western Conference's final wild card spot. Nashville has two games remaining while the Kings have three, intensifying the playoff race.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Minnesota Wild’s work in the season’s first six months put them in the playoffs. On Saturday, they ran up against a Nashville Predators team desperate to get there. Minnesota mounted a strong third-period push at Bridgestone Arena but in the end fell just short, as the Predators stayed alive in the Western Conference race with a 2-1 win. Michael McCarron, playing back in Nashville for the first time, had the Wild’s lone go…
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Stamkos leads Predators past Wild 2-1, locking Minnesota into the West’s third seed
Steven Stamkos scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 victory over Minnesota, locking the Wild into the third seed in the Western Conference for the playoffs.
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