Nashville Predators vs Minnesota Wild TV Listings, Playoff Odds, & More

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Minnesota Wild TV Listings, Online Streaming, and Radio Broadcasts
7:30pm central time puck drop

TV: NBC Sports Network
Online Stream: NBC Live Extra
Radio: KFAN 100.3 FM in Minneapolis area
Radio Stream: NHL Radio or KFAN on I Heart Radio

Playoff Odds
Tuesday’s loss to the Edmonton Oilers hurt the team’s odds quite a bit. The Wild didn’t get any help from the geriatrics in New Jersey last night, as they took a 3-1 loss to the Calgary Flames, dropping the Wild’s playoff odds 1.7% to 54% overall, according to Sports Club Stats.

More from Wild News

We’ve got a lot of games that effect the Wild’s playoff odds happening tonight. Most importantly, the game they control. They get a 9.2% bump from a win and a 6.9% drop if they lose in regulation.

Wild fans should also be cheering for a St. Louis Blues win over the Winnipeg Jets, a Detroit Red Wings win over the San Jose Sharks, an Ottawa Senators win over the Los Angeles Kings (not that outlandish, they beat the Ducks 3-0 last night and looked pretty solid doing it), a Buffalo Sabres win over the Vancouver Canucks (I have no words of encouragement on this one), and a Florida Panthers win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

They’re going to be in and out of wild card spots for a while if they’re able to keep winning, so this back and forth and high percentage swings thing isn’t likely to end any time soon.

Links You Need To Read

  • If you’ve been under a rock, the Wild traded for Florida’s Sean Bergenheim. He’ll make his debut on a line with Mikko Koivu and Thomas Vanek tonight against Nashville.
  • Michael Keranen was reassigned to the Iowa Wild.
  • Alex Schmidt looks over what Dumba’s arrival has meant to the team in a new edition of Playing the System.
  • Are the Wild over-performing?
  • The Wild have a new minority owner and that means Craig Leipold will be around for a long time. (No. It means that there’s a new person who owns a small part of the team.)
  • The Blackhawks are losing Patrick Kane for 12 weeks.
  • The Los Angeles Kings acquired Andrej Sekera from the Carolina Hurricanes.
  • The Winnipeg Jets acquired Jiri Tlusty in a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes.
  • The Penguins acquired Daniel Winnik from the Toronto Maple Leafs in trade.
  • Over at Rotowire, I talked about the fantasy implications of the four trades that happened in the NHL yesterday.
  • Curtis Glencross is on the trade market, but he’s probably not going to make your team better.
  • The Blue Jackets are trying to trade James Wisniewski.
  • Michal Neuvirth became the first goaltender to get fined for diving.
  • Also, Eric Lindros is suing a former ref because the ref made him look like a “dickhead.” Counting down the minutes before Dennis Leary sues someone because The Ref made him look like a dickhead.
  • Nate Wells gives three things you need to know about college hockey this weekend.
  • 14 teams have expressed interest in signing free agent goaltender Matt O’Connor once his season with Boston University is over.
  • One final note. I’m getting pretty tired of the non-stop Connor McDavid coverage at this point, but the kid scored four goals and two assists last night, including this end to beauty. I’m no carpenter, but I wasn’t aware that roofing in this fashion was possible.