I hope all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

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The Nashville Predators took off for Minnesota last evening, leaving weather in the 70’s, arriving in weather below zero. Wild extremes in temperature also describe the wild swings in Nashville’s fortunes. I guess it makes sense that the Preds have a 1pm start against the Wild today.

After Wednesday night’s shootout loss to the Blues, in a game that Nashville clearly dominated, the Predators want to keep that kind of effort going at the Xcel Energy Center today. That kind of effort will get you two points on most nights.

The Wild are hoping to avoid a three game losing streak as they have dropped their last two to Eastern Conference opponents, being outscored 11-3 over those two games, both at home. A few former Preds on the Wild, Marek Zidlicky, Greg Zanon and Andrew Brunette.

Minnesota is listing four on injured reserve, Chuck Kobasew, Josh Harding, Guilaume Latendresse and Pierre-Marc Bouchard. The Wild also list Marek Zidlicky as day-to-day. Nashville lists Matthew Lombardi and David Legwand as out for today’s contest.

Game time is 1pm CST, a nice little post-holiday treat as Minnesota has hosted the Day-After-Thanksgiving matinee nine times, going 6-2-1 and winning the last two seasons. Coverage on 102.9 the Buzz and FS Tennessee, Preds are back in town tomorrow for a tilt against the Rangers.

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COMING UP ON THE NEXT SLAPSHOT RADIO…

Tuesday’s SlapShot Radio podcast is posted online at www.slapshotradio.com. We chatted with Mike Greenlay, color analyst with the Minnesota Wild to preview Friday’s game at Xcel Energy Center. We also went Behind the Bench with Peter Horachek.
For the most updated guest information go to the SlapShot Radio website.

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