Nashville Predators vs Minnesota Wild 1-3 - NHL, 2 Oct 2026

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NHL Friday, 2 October 2026

Nashville Predators 23rd place · GP 2 · W 1 · PTS 2

1–3 Final

Minnesota Wild 6th place · GP 2 · W 2 · PTS 4

VenueBridgestone Arena CountryUnited States Kick-off2 Oct · 01:00 BST CompetitionNHL

SportsLife forecast

Made before the match

Our pick

51% Nashville Predators Home

49% Minnesota Wild Away

51% 49%

Our pick Nashville Predators Low confidence Missed

Nashville has home advantage at Bridgestone Arena.
Nashville won 3 of its last 5 recent results.
Minnesota lost 3 of its last 5 recent results.

Estimated by the SportsLife model from the league table, recent form and results, last meetings and home advantage. Not betting advice.

Match stats

NHL

Nashville PredatorsMinnesota Wild

20Shots on goal30

52%Face-off %48%

0/4Power play1/4

0%Power play %25%

8Penalty minutes8

25Hits21

13Blocked shots11

16Giveaways14

3Takeaways2

Skaters

NHL

Nashville Predators

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	TOI
R. JosiD	1	0	1	0	3	24:53
F. ForsbergL	0	1	1	0	2	19:29
S. StamkosC	0	1	1	0	1	18:46
M. BourqueC	0	0	0	0	4	17:25
R. O'ReillyC	0	0	0	0	4	21:31
R. ColtonC	0	0	0	0	2	12:15
A. KerfootC	0	0	0	0	1	13:20
R. SchaeferL	0	0	0	-1	1	11:35

Minnesota Wild

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	TOI
Q. HughesD	0	1	1	1	5	27:30
M. McCarronC	0	1	1	1	4	13:24
K. KaprizovL	1	0	1	1	3	20:53
B. BrinkR	0	1	1	0	2	11:37
B. ColemanL	1	0	1	0	2	13:44
N. FolignoL	1	0	1	1	2	12:29
D. YurovR	0	1	1	0	1	12:29
J. SpurgeonD	0	1	1	1	1	19:09

Scoring summary

NHL

Time	Team	Scorer	Assists	Score
P1 09:35	MIN	N. Foligno	M. McCarron, O. Maatta	0–1
P1 13:48	MIN	B. Coleman (PP)	B. Brink, D. Yurov	0–2
P2 09:23	NSH	R. Josi	F. Forsberg, S. Stamkos	1–2
P3 04:42	MIN	K. Kaprizov	Q. Hughes, J. Spurgeon	1–3

Goaltenders

NHL

Goalie	Team	Saves	SV%	TOI
J. Saros	Nashville Predators	27/30	0.900	58:19
J. Wallstedt	Minnesota Wild	19/20	0.950	59:14

Three stars

NHL

#	Player	Team	Pos	Line
1	B. Coleman	MIN	L	1G 0A
2	N. Foligno	MIN	L	1G 0A
3	R. Josi	NSH	D	1G 0A

Form and recent results

Nashville PredatorsLW

W4 OctNashville Predators 2–1 Dallas Stars NHL
L26 SepNashville Predators 0–6 Carolina Hurricanes NHL
L25 SepCarolina Hurricanes 6–5 Nashville Predators NHL
W23 SepNashville Predators 3–2 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL
L20 SepTampa Bay Lightning 2–1 Nashville Predators NHL
W10 MarMontreal Canadiens 2–4 Nashville Predators NHL

Minnesota WildWW

W4 OctMinnesota Wild 4–1 Boston Bruins NHL
L26 SepMinnesota Wild 1–2 Dallas Stars NHL
L24 SepDallas Stars 2–0 Minnesota Wild NHL
L22 SepChicago Blackhawks 4–3 Minnesota Wild NHL
W20 SepMinnesota Wild 3–2 Chicago Blackhawks NHL
W9 MarAnaheim Ducks 4–5 Minnesota Wild NHL

Last meetings

4 Mar 2020Minnesota Wild 3–1 Nashville Predators NHL
25 Oct 2019Nashville Predators 4–0 Minnesota Wild NHL
4 Oct 2019Nashville Predators 5–2 Minnesota Wild NHL