The Nashville Predators and Minnesota Wild faced off at Bridgestone Arena tonight in a battle for Central Division positioning.
The last four words of that sentence seemed to be lost on the players, as within the first three minutes of the game first Michael McCarron and Jacob Middleton, then Mark Borowiecki and Marcus Foligno, had dropped the gloves and taken their seats in the sin bin.
With 3:15 elapsed, Brandon Duhaime high-sticked Dante Fabbro and joined the crowd in the Wild’s penalty box as the Preds got a chance on the power play.