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Preds Conclude 2024 With Loss in Minnesota | Nashville Predators
The Nashville Predators closed out 2024 with a 5-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild on New Year’s Eve at Xcel Energy Center. The result sees the Preds go winless in their back-to-back set through Winnipeg and Minnesota with three contests to go on their five-game trip.
Colton Sissons, Jonathan Marchessault and Ryan O’Reilly scored for Nashville, and the Preds had 46 shots on goal, but Minnesota scored three times on the power play to help them to a victory.
“Tough one,” Preds Head Coach Andrew Brunette said. “I thought we played more than well enough, deserved to win. I thought we had the ice tilted most of the game, gave up three power play goals, [but we were] in the box way too much, especially on a night when the kill wasn’t as good as it has been.”
“I think we wasted another good effort with just parading to the penalty box,” Sissons said. “Again, we’re putting the kill under duress, not to say it’s just the volume that’s the issue. We’re making some mistakes out there too, which we’ve got to get back to being dialed in, but it’s just too much – our 5-on-5 game, it’s been pretty solid for a couple weeks – and we’re just killing ourselves. It’s frustrating.”
Marco Rossi gave Minnesota a 1-0 lead less than halfway through the opening period, but the Preds came back to tally two of their own. First, Sissons tipped home a Brady Skjei point shot, and then Steven Stamkos capitalized on a Wild turnover and fed Marchessault in front to beat Filip Gustavsson to give Nashville a 2-1 advantage.
In the middle frame, Minnesota regained the lead on goals from Mats Zuccarello and Jonas Brodin before O’Reilly tied things at three when he roofed a rebound in tight. But before the period was out, the Wild got their second power-play goal of the night – this time from Declan Chisholm – to take a 4-3 lead into the room after 40 minutes.
The Preds gutted things out in the third period on the second half of a back-to-back – and down to 11 forwards and five defensemen with Zach L’Heureux having been ejected with a match penalty for slew-footing and Jeremy Lauzon leaving with a lower-body injury – but Minnesota got one more on the power play before the night was out as 2024 came to a close.
“Certain nights, the goaltending, the penalty killing, taking too many penalties, lose momentum; those things, that’s been the story of the year,” Brunette said. “It’s been, you plug one hole, it’s another hole. Give a lot of credit to the group, they’re still fighting. I thought they showed a lot of resolve today. Never gave in, never gave up, and when we get through this, we’ll be better for it. We just have to believe that and keep putting the work in.”
Notes:
Preds defenseman Adam Wilsby did not play on Tuesday in Minnesota and is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Additionally, defenseman Jeremy Lauzon left Tuesday’s game with a lower-body injury and did not return.
Predators forward Zach L’Heureux was given a match penalty for slew-footing in the second period, an automatic ejection from the game.
Per NHL Public Relations, Jonathan Marchessault’s goal was the 244th of his career, the second most among undrafted players since he entered the League in 2012-13 behind Artemi Panarin (281).
The Predators will now head back to western Canada to start 2025 with a back-to-back set in Vancouver and Calgary on Friday and Saturday. They’ll then head back to Winnipeg to close out the trip before returning home next weekend.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (WCCO News) – Vance Boelter, the man who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, is set to be sentenced on federal charges later this summer.
According to court documents, the sentencing date is set for July 23 at 10 a.m. at the Minneapolis federal courthouse.
Earlier this month, Boelter, 58, changed his plea to guilty on six counts against him in the June 14, 2025 lawmaker shootings as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors.
Under the terms of the plea deal, Boelter’s recommended sentence will be two consecutive life terms followed by 40 years. The judge approved the plea deal and ordered an expedited sentencing.
The U.S. Department of Justice said it would not seek the death penalty against Boelter, which, according to a letter from U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen, was part of the proposed plea agreement.
In his guilty plea, Boelter admitted to fatally shooting the Hortmans, wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, and attempting to shoot their daughter, Hope. The shootings prompted a massive manhunt that lasted 43 hours.
Following the guilty plea, theHoffman family released a statementthat said, “there is no justice when our family and our state will never truly heal.”
Boelter also faces state charges, including two counts of first-degree premeditated murder, four counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count each of felony cruelty to an animal and impersonating an officer. A guilty verdict for one of the first-degree murder charges carries a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office confirmed its case against him will move forward.
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The entirety of the Metro Transit Blue Line and parts of the Green Line will shut down for a few weeks this summer and be replaced by buses as crews work to swap worn track and outdated equipment.
The Blue Line will be offline from June 29 to Aug. 19. The west end of the Green Line — from West Bank to Target Field — will shut down between July 1 and July 26 and again between Aug. 16 and Aug. 19.
Metro Transit says buses will stop at or near the stations every 15 minutes. Some boarding locations will be moved to Hiawatha Avenue, and staff will help guide riders to their bus stops for the construction period.
Nearly every stop along the 22-year-old Blue Line will see improvement, Metro Transit says. The stations will be outfitted with real-time signs and shelter glass.
“We recognize that this needed maintenance work will be disruptive to riders, but once completed, the work we do this summer will help improve the customer experience for years to come,” said General Manager Lesley Kandaras.
The Green Line will be back in service for the beginning of August to accommodate summer events, such as Twins and Lynx games, the WWE Summer Slam at U.S. Bank Stadium and Noah Kahan and Ed Sheeran concerts.
We had another beautiful day across the region. Temperatures were still slightly below average. Winds will continue to be off the lake but our focus for tonight will be the chance for strong to severe thunderstorms across north-central Minnesota. The biggest threats will be hail, gusty winds and lightning.
Additional showers and thunderstorms are expected Wednesday, mainly during the afternoon and early evening.
Strong or severe storms are not currently expected Wednesday. However, some of these pop up storms could produce some damaging winds.
A more summer-like pattern is expected for the end of the week into early next week with increasing moisture and temperatures.
Chances for storms are expected to return on Sunday and continue into the new week.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms redevelop later tonight with fog by sunrise, the low will be around 48. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Wednesday
AM Fog with afternoon showers and thunderstorms with a high near 63. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. East wind around 5 mph.
Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 69. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with an east wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Breezy, with an east wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.
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