Wild vs. Nashville preview: Final away game of regular season

The Wild visits Bridgestone Arena on Sunday night.

April 24, 2022 at 12:41AM
Nashville Predators' Roman Josi (59) passes the puck away from Minnesota Wild's Mats Zuccarello (36) in the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Mats Zuccarello did not travel with the team to Nashville after picking up an injury against Seattle on Friday. (Mark Humphrey, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

7 p.m. at Nashville • BSN, 100.3-FM

Wild update: The Wild recalled F Joseph Cramarossa from Iowa in the American Hockey League after the team finished Friday's game with only 11 forwards. RW Mats Zuccarello exited the action with a lower-body injury and will not travel to Nashville. LW Jordan Greenway is out with an upper-body injury, and RW Marcus Foligno hasn't played since going on the COVID list on Monday. Wild coach Dean Evason also mentioned the possibility of seven defensemen suiting up against the Predators. In three previous losses to Nashville this season, the Wild has been outscored 17-6.

Predators update: Nashville played at Tampa Bay on Saturday, its first game since a 3-2 shootout win vs. Calgary on Tuesday. That result continued an up-and-down trend lately for the Predators, who were 5-4-1 in their last 10 games before facing the Lightning. With four games left in its regular season, Nashville is battling for a wild card spot in the Western Conference. At home, the Predators are 25-14. They've scored six power play goals against the Wild this season, including three April 5 in a 6-2 victory.

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Sarah McLellan

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Sarah McLellan covers the Wild and NHL. Before joining the Star Tribune in November 2017, she spent five years covering the Coyotes for The Arizona Republic.

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