Nashville earns third straight win at home after fight-filled first period in heated Central Division rivalry matchup.

Nick Blankenburg scored the eventual game-winner as the Nashville Predators erased a four-goal deficit to defeat the visiting San Jose Sharks 7-5 on Tuesday night.

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

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

At the 1:54 mark of the first period, L'Heureux dropped the gloves with Wild forward Yakov ... teammate in different ways," Brunette said. "Filip Forsberg could have had six (goals) tonight.

Filip Forsberg tallied twice, and the Nashville Predators scored a season-high six goals to defeat the Minnesota Wild by a ...

Filip Forsberg had two goals and two assists ... First, L'Heureux answered for the play when he and Yakov Trenin dropped the gloves at the 1:54 mark. Then, on the ensuing face-off, Predators ...