Rask noted that the injury is not something that has been lingering and he is not worried about it affecting him moving forward.
"It just popped up suddenly, but luckily we got ahead of it, did some treatments there and I feel good now," said Rask. "Never an easy decision this time of the year [not to play], but injuries happen. I talked to the training staff and managers and we came to the decision that [Anton Khudobin] was going to play the game.
"We played a good game and luckily we got the win. It's obviously tough from a personal standpoint, but it's never about one guy or two guys missing. It's a team game and I had full confidence that they were going to get the job done as long as we played the way we did. It was great to see."
Interim head coach Bruce Cassidy said that if Rask was healthy, he would be in goal against the Predators.
"He had a good practice today, I spoke with him, so we'll see how he wakes up tomorrow and we'll make our decision," said Cassidy. "He's our No. 1 goalie…his health is very important and when he's ready to go and he tells me that, we'll make our decision. One practice he feels good and that's a big positive for us.