This recent Nashville wave has been a good one to ride, as the Preds have been winning like they did back in their heyday. It's six wins on the spin for Nashville as new HC Andrew Brunette has apparently found the right recipe, especially on defense, where tighter checking at mid-ice (maybe a reflection of the days of Barry Trotz...who, maybe not coincidentally, is back with the Preds in the front office) has certainly helped GK Juuse Saros, whose GAA (now 2.99) and saves (now .900) have both improved drastically the past couple of weeks. Thus a goalie edge to Nashville with Flip Gustavsson sitting on a 3.68 GAA for the Wild in their nets tonight. Play Preds on Money Line

This is a good example why it's so truly important to shop around: Kenny White makes good points on Under this game ... but he got 6. We get the FanDuel special of 6.5 (juiced but that's the price we pay), but as I've mentioned before that site often flips this number to 5.5 simply to be different/draw action, I'm guessing, and in fact this opened at 5.5 so probably wasn't available when Kenny picked. Preds at home = Under 6.5 almost every time. Nashville has won six in a row and given up just 14 goals. Minnesota played much better defensively Tuesday in its first game under new head coach John Hynes.

The Wild are 1-0 under new HC John Hynes and 1-0 under. The Wild are 6-2 under their last eight games because the offense did not score more than three goals once in those eight games. Nashville has won six straight games, allowing just 14 goals during the streak.