Forsberg's debut to highlight Preds-Wild tilt

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02/17/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Peter Forsberg era in Nashville gets underway tonight, as the newly-acquired center will make his Predators debut when the Western Conference frontrunners battle the Minnesota Wild at Gaylord Entertainment Center.

The Predators made the biggest in-season move thus far when they nabbed Forsberg, the most coveted player of those thought to be available prior to the trade deadline, from the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday in exchange for right wing Scottie Upshall, 19-year-old defenseman Ryan Parent and a pair of 2007 draft picks. The 33-year-old Forsberg won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's Most Valuable Player in 2003, has played in five All-Star Games, and helped the Colorado Avalanche win Stanley Cups in 1996 and 2001.

Forsberg, who has amassed 11 goals and 29 assists over 40 games during an injury-plagued 2006-07 campaign, was not available for Nashville's 1-0 loss at St. Louis on Friday but is expected to join his new team for tonight's contest.

The Predators are currently locked in a dogfight with Detroit for first place in the Central Division and the top spot in the West. Nashville leads the hard-charging Red Wings, who will visit Phoenix this evening, by a single point.

Nashville could have used the brilliant Swede last night, as the club mustered only 19 shots on goal in the shutout loss to the Blues. Chris Mason made 28 saves in the setback, the fourth in a row on the road for the Preds.

The Predators will start up a four-game homestand tonight which concludes with a crucial matchup with Detroit next Saturday. Nashville has won nine of its last 10 at the Gaylord Entertainment Center and is a superb 21-4-3 at home for the season.

Minnesota is in a heated battle for first place in its own division, trailing Vancouver by three points and Calgary by one in the tightly-bunched Northwest. The Wild missed out on a chance to grab a piece of the lead on Wednesday, as they fell to the Canucks in overtime at the XCel Energy Center. Sami Salo scored the game-winner with just 40 seconds left in the extra session to lift Vancouver to a 3-2 decision.

Marian Gaborik and Pavol Demitra both had a goal and an assist for Minnesota, which had a two-game win streak halted, and Niklas Backstrom finished with 31 saves.

Gaborik has now racked up 13 goals and seven assists over his last 15 outings, while Demitra has amassed 12 points (5 goals, 7 assists) during a current seven-game scoring streak.

The Wild have taken two of the three previous encounters between these teams in 2006-07, including an exciting 7-6 shootout triumph in Nashville back in November. That victory snapped a string of seven consecutive games without a win (5 losses, 2 ties) for Minnesota in the Music City.

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