Yakov Trenin fought L'Heureux while Marcus Foligno fought Luke Schenn two minutes into the game. Ryan Hartman joined in on the action, fighting Mark Jankowski a few minutes later. It was a busy penalty box at Bridgestone Arena Saturday night.

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.

The Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators presumably met up for a hockey game on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. However, spectators might be excused for thinking they had tickets for a boxing or UFC event instead.

The NFL’s Tennessee Titans didn’t sniff the playoffs this season, going a woeful 3-14, which included a loss to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 11. And still, Nashville Predators coach Andrew Brunette admitted seeing some long faces at the team’s practice last Tuesday,