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

ByDustin Nelson|

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.

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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.