With Yakov Trenin spending one-fourth of the opening period in solitary confinement, the Predators game operations folks waited until a second period media timeout to play a video showing

Marcus Foligno has put a target on the back of Zach L'Heureux in the name of retribution for L'Heureux's slew-foot of Jared Spurgeon.

Nashville Predators forward Zach L'Heureux knew he ... L'Heureux was called for a slew-foot on Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon, who suffered an injury on the play and has missed the past eight ...

The Nashville Predators beat the Minnesota Wild 6-2 on Saturday night in a game that featured three fights in the first 6:24.

Nashville faces Minnesota Saturday for the first time since New Year's Eve, when Zachary L'Heureux was issued a match penalty for a slew foot against Wild captain Jared Spurgeon.

Matt Boldy's power-play goal 2 minutes, 28 seconds into the third period cut it back down to a two-goal game, but Forsberg scored his second of the night unassisted 16 minutes, 20 seconds into the frame, and Brady Skjei scored an empty-netter with 1 minute, 49 seconds remaining to put the finishing touches on a Predators victory.

Nashville (15-22-7, 37 points) beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Thursday, clinching the win with a 3-for-3 shootout performance from Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O'Reilly, and Steven Stamkos. It was the Predators' first appearance in a shootout this season.

Zach L'Heureux was suspended 3 games for a slew-foot on Minnesota Wild's Jared Spurgeon. The Predators winger answered for the hit on Saturday.

Here are three takeaways from the Wild's 3-1 road win over Colorado. The Minnesota Wild (28-15-4) walked away with an impressive road win over the Colorado Avalanche (28-19-1) on Monday. If they would have lost, Minnesota would've dropped to a Wild Card spot.

It didn't take the Minnesota Wild long to avenge their injured captain on Saturday as they visited the Nashville Predators.

After L'Heureux slew-footed Jared Spurgeon, sidelining the Wild captain, payback was expected in the rematch — and it came early.