The Nashville Predators host their Central Division rivals–no, the other rivals–no, the other other rivals–no, the–
The Preds host a fellow Central Division team on this Leap Day. The Minnesota Wild have had a great recent stretch of play, propelling themselves back into the playoff conversation with a 7-2-1 record since the All-Star break.
Kirill Kaprizov is having a fantastic season, putting up 26 goals and 37 assists for a team-leading 63 points, but he doesn’t actually lead in either subcategory: that would be Joel Eriksson Ek (28G, 54P) and Mats Zuccarello (39A, 50P). Matt Boldy has been another regular contributor, and then there’s another bit of a drop from the top four to the rest of the team.