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Preds respond in third, win opening night 5-2

The players that needed to produce did just that in Nashville’s 5-2 victory over Minnesota on opening night. Matt Duchene tallied three assists in his Preds debut. Ryan Ellis and Filip Forsberg each had a goal and an assist. Mikael Granlund notched one against his former club, and Pekka Rinne made some stellar saves. Hear from Ryan Ellis, Pekka Rinne and Mikael Granlund in our post game report powered by Chris Robinette of Continuum Planning Partners.

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