Under 6.5 goals
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NHLSeason 2026
Friday, 2 October 2026 · 02:00
Nashville Predators
Minnesota Wild
Bridgestone Arena · Nashville, TN
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Under 6.5 goals
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What the published prediction returned once the match was played.
Nashville benefits from home ice and recent offensive momentum in the preseason, while Minnesota has an announced core that is almost entirely available and a favorable projection in goal.
Read the full analysisNHL regular-season game on ice, scheduled locally for October 1, 2026 at 19 h CT in Nashville, with three 20-minute periods and overtime followed by a shootout if necessary. Nashville won 3-2 in overtime against Tampa Bay on September 23, but preseason rosters and ice time were partial.
Minnesota was scheduled to face Chicago and then Dallas in preparation, without sufficient comparable data to establish robust form. No regular-season 2026-27 form is yet available.
The selected sources do not document recent matchups between Nashville and Minnesota with a date, season, and score. The usable history is therefore information not available in the file; no prédictive conclusion can be drawn from incomplete historical data.
Nashville opens at home, supporting a scenario of offensive pressure and a response fueled by the home environment; however, its 3-2 overtime victory over Tampa Bay, with two goals from Matthew Wood and the decisive goal from Felix Nilsson, remains a preseason signal of limited significance. Minnesota can rely on an announced core that is almost entirely available, with Kirill Kaprizov, Quinn Hughes, Matt Boldy, and Brock Faber identified as foundational pieces, as well as on Jesper Wallstedt’s projected role, whose previous season was documented at 2.61 goals allowed per game and a 91.6% save percentage.
Contradictory scenario: home-ice advantage and offensive momentum may favor Nashville, but Minnesota may offset this with greater team stability and goaltending. Conversely, the road trip, the separation of Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello, and uncertainty surrounding the lineups may hinder Minnesota, while the preseason does not allow Nashville’s level to be confirmed over the long term.
Nashville still had 32 players in camp on September 24, after assigning Ozzy Wiesblatt to Milwaukee: 17 forwards, 11 defensemen and four goaltenders. The final NHL roster and starting goaltender remain unknown.
Minnesota was expected to start the season with Jesper Wallstedt-Calvin Pickard according to the September 17 preview, but the goaltender actually started and the game lines remain unknown.
Nashville PredatorsMinnesota Wild
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | Diff | Pts |
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| 1 | Minnesota Wild | 14 | 9 | 3 | +13 | 20 |
| 2 | Vegas Golden Knights | 14 | 9 | 4 | +12 | 19 |
| 3 | Edmonton Oilers | 12 | 8 | 2 | +9 | 18 |
| 4 | Utah Mammoth | 13 | 8 | 5 | +4 | 16 |
| 7 | Colorado Avalanche | 12 | 6 | 5 | +9 | 13 |
| 8 | Nashville Predators | 12 | 4 | 3 | -5 | 13 |
| 9 | San Jose Sharks | 13 | 6 | 6 | -8 | 13 |
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