The Preds got out to a good start in this pivotal Central Division matchup. While the Wild’s Connor Dewar drew first blood, against the flow of play, at 9:51 of the first period, the Preds responded promptly and immediately with a pair of goals eight seconds apart from Yakov Trenin and Cole Smith, putting Nashville up 2-1 less than a minute after Dewar’s goal. The game slowed down after that…