Minnesota Wild vs. Nashville Predators

Nashville, Tennessee; Thursday, 8 p.m. EDT

LINE: Wild -149, Predators +121; over/under is 6.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Nashville Predators open the season at home against the Minnesota Wild.

Nashville had a 38-34-10 record overall while going 12-10-4 against opponents from the Central Division last season. The Predators averaged 2.9 power-play chances per game last season, and converted on 23.1% (55 total power-play goals).

Minnesota had a 46-24-12 record overall and went 18-14-5 in Central Division games last season. The Wild had a 25.2% power play success rate last season, scoring 65 goals on 258 chances.

INJURIES: Predators: None listed.

Wild: Filip Gustavsson: out (hip), Brock Faber: out (skull).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.