2018–19 Nashville Predators season

2018–19 Nashville Predators
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	3rd Western
2018–19 record	47–29–6
Home record	25–14–2
Road record	22–15–4
Goals for	240
Goals against	214
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Peter Laviolette
Captain	Roman Josi
Alternate captains	Mattias Ekholm Ryan Ellis Filip Forsberg Ryan Johansen
Arena	Bridgestone Arena
Average attendance	17,445[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Viktor Arvidsson (34)
Assists	Ryan Johansen (50)
Points	Ryan Johansen (64)
Penalty minutes	P. K. Subban (60)
Plus/minus	Nick Bonino Mattias Ekholm (+27)
Wins	Pekka Rinne (30)
Goals against average	Pekka Rinne (2.42)

The 2018–19 Nashville Predators season was the 21st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[2] They entered the season as the defending Presidents' Trophy winners, which was won by the Tampa Bay Lightning on March 18, 2019.^[3] The Predators clinched a playoff spot on March 25, after a 1–0 win over the Minnesota Wild.^[4] They were upset in the first round by the Dallas Stars, losing in six games.

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Nashville Predators	82	47	29	6	43	240	214	+26	100
2	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	47	30	5	45	272	244	+28	99
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	45	28	9	42	247	223	+24	99
4	x – Dallas Stars	82	43	32	7	42	210	202	+8	93
5	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	38	30	14	36	260	246	+14	90
6	Chicago Blackhawks	82	36	34	12	33	270	292	−22	84
7	Minnesota Wild	82	37	36	9	36	211	237	−26	83

Source: National Hockey League ^[5]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2018.^[6]

2018 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 0–2–0; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Nashville	5–0	Florida		Saros	5,806	1–0–0	[7]
2	September 17	Nashville	5–3	Florida		Grosenick	7,671	2–0–0	[8]
3	September 21	Tampa Bay	5–1	Nashville		Rinne	17,342	2–1–0	[9]
4	September 22	Nashville	2–5	Tampa Bay		Saros	14,457	2–2–0	[10]
5	September 25	Carolina	4–1	Nashville		Rinne	17,188	2–3–0	[11]
6	September 30	Nashville	5–4	Carolina	OT	Saros	18,640	3–3–0	[12]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.^[13]

2018–19 game log
October: 9–3–0 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 5–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Nashville 3–2 NY Rangers Rinne 17,117 1–0–0 2 [14] 2 October 6 Nashville 4–3 NY Islanders Saros 12,163 2–0–0 4 [15] 3 October 9 Calgary 3–0 Nashville Rinne 17,209 2–1–0 4 [16] 4 October 11 Winnipeg 0–3 Nashville Rinne 17,228 3–1–0 6 [17] 5 October 13 NY Islanders 2–5 Nashville Saros 17,208 4–1–0 8 [18] 6 October 15 Minnesota 2–4 Nashville Rinne 17,165 5–1–0 10 [19] 7 October 19 Nashville 5–3 Calgary Saros 18,725 6–1–0 12 [20] 8 October 20 Nashville 3–0 Edmonton Saros 18,347 7–1–0 14 [21] 9 October 23 San Jose 5–4 Nashville Saros 17,159 7–2–0 14 [22] 10 October 25 Nashville 4–3 New Jersey OT Saros 15,164 8–2–0 16 [23] 11 October 27 Edmonton 5–3 Nashville Saros 17,248 8–3–0 16 [24] 12 October 30 Vegas 1–4 Nashville Saros 17,367 9–3–0 18 [25]
November: 8–5–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Nashville 4–1 Tampa Bay Rinne 19,092 10–3–0 20 [26] 14 November 3 Boston 0–1 Nashville Rinne 17,535 11–3–0 22 [27] 15 November 7 Nashville 4–1 Colorado Rinne 16,923 12–3–0 24 [28] 16 November 10 Nashville 5–4 Dallas OT Saros 18,532 13–3–0 26 [29] 17 November 12 Nashville 1–2 Anaheim SO Rinne 16,629 13–3–1 27 [30] 18 November 13 Nashville 4–5 San Jose Saros 16,654 13–4–1 27 [31] 19 November 15 Nashville 1–2 Arizona Rinne 13,315 13–5–1 27 [32] 20 November 17 Los Angeles 3–5 Nashville Rinne 17,627 14–5–1 29 [33] 21 November 19 Tampa Bay 2–3 Nashville Rinne 17,419 15–5–1 31 [34] 22 November 21 St. Louis 1–4 Nashville Rinne 17,558 16–5–1 33 [35] 23 November 23 Nashville 2–6 St. Louis Saros 16,192 16–6–1 33 [36] 24 November 25 Anaheim 2–5 Nashville Rinne 17,167 17–6–1 35 [37] 25 November 27 Colorado 3–2 Nashville Rinne 17,163 17–7–1 35 [38] 26 November 29 Arizona 3–0 Nashville Rinne 17,165 17–8–1 35 [39]
December: 6–7–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 1–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 1 Chicago 2–5 Nashville Rinne 17,548 18–8–1 37 [40] 28 December 3 Buffalo 1–2 Nashville Rinne 17,311 19–8–1 39 [41] 29 December 6 Nashville 3–5 Vancouver Rinne 16,894 19–9–1 39 [42] 30 December 8 Nashville 2–5 Calgary Saros 17,717 19–10–1 39 [43] 31 December 11 Ottawa 1–3 Nashville Rinne 17,162 20–10–1 41 [44] 32 December 13 Vancouver 3–4 Nashville OT Rinne 17,206 21–10–1 43 [45] 33 December 15 New Jersey 1–2 Nashville SO Saros 17,446 22–10–1 45 [46] 34 December 17 Nashville 3–4 Ottawa OT Saros 14,492 22–10–2 46 [47] 35 December 18 Nashville 1–2 Chicago Rinne 21,223 22–11–2 46 [48] 36 December 20 Nashville 1–2 Philadelphia Rinne 19,142 22–12–2 46 [49] 37 December 22 Nashville 2–5 Boston Rinne 17,565 22–13–2 46 [50] 38 December 27 Dallas 2–0 Nashville Rinne 17,676 22–14–2 46 [51] 39 December 29 NY Rangers 4–3 Nashville Rinne 17,673 22–15–2 46 [52] 40 December 31 Nashville 6–3 Washington Rinne 18,506 23–15–2 48 [53]
January: 7–3–2 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 5–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 1 Philadelphia 0–4 Nashville Saros 17,481 24–15–2 50 [54] 42 January 4 Nashville 3–4 Detroit OT Rinne 19,515 24–15–3 51 [55] 43 January 5 Nashville 4–1 Montreal Saros 21,302 25–15–3 53 [56] 44 January 7 Nashville 4–0 Toronto Rinne 19,059 26–15–3 55 [57] 45 January 9 Nashville 4–3 Chicago OT Rinne 21,255 27–15–3 57 [58] 46 January 10 Nashville 3–4 Columbus OT Rinne 17,065 27–15–4 58 [59] 47 January 13 Nashville 3–6 Carolina Rinne 16,347 27–16–4 58 [60] 48 January 15 Washington 2–7 Nashville Saros 17,336 28–16–4 60 [61] 49 January 17 Winnipeg 5–1 Nashville Rinne 17,507 28–17–4 60 [62] 50 January 19 Florida 4–2 Nashville Saros 17,716 28–18–4 60 [63] 51 January 21 Nashville 4–1 Colorado Rinne 18,018 29–18–4 62 [64] 52 January 23 Nashville 2–1 Vegas Saros 18,477 30–18–4 64 [65]
February: 7–6–1 (Home: 5–3–1; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 Nashville 4–1 Florida Saros 13,158 31–18–4 66 [66] 54 February 2 Dallas 3–1 Nashville Rinne 17,722 31–19–4 66 [67] 55 February 5 Arizona 2–5 Nashville Rinne 17,295 32–19–4 68 [68] 56 February 7 Dallas 2–3 Nashville OT Saros 17,174 33–19–4 70 [69] 57 February 9 Nashville 2–3 St. Louis Rinne 18,166 33–20–4 70 [70] 58 February 10 St. Louis 5–4 Nashville OT Saros 17,622 33–20–5 71 [71] 59 February 12 Detroit 3–2 Nashville Rinne 17,260 33–21–5 71 [72] 60 February 14 Montreal 1–3 Nashville Rinne 17,417 34–21–5 73 [73] 61 February 16 Nashville 1–5 Vegas Saros 18,430 34–22–5 73 [74] 62 February 19 Nashville 5–3 Dallas Rinne 17,985 35–22–5 75 [75] 63 February 21 Los Angeles 1–2 Nashville Rinne 17,510 36–22–5 77 [76] 64 February 23 Colorado 5–0 Nashville Rinne 17,760 36–23–5 77 [77] 65 February 25 Edmonton 2–3 Nashville SO Rinne 17,481 37–23–5 79 [78] 66 February 26 Nashville 0–2 St. Louis Saros 16,645 37–24–5 79 [79]
March: 7–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 67 March 1 Nashville 3–5 Winnipeg Rinne 15,321 37–25–5 79 [80] 68 March 3 Nashville 3–2 Minnesota SO Saros 18,885 38–25–5 81 [81] 69 March 5 Minnesota 4–5 Nashville SO Rinne 17,668 39–25–5 83 [82] 70 March 9 Carolina 5–3 Nashville Saros 17,724 39–26–5 83 [83] 71 March 12 Nashville 2–3 Anaheim Rinne 16,811 39–27–5 83 [84] 72 March 14 Nashville 3–1 Los Angeles Rinne 17,730 40–27–5 85 [85] 73 March 16 Nashville 4–2 San Jose Saros 17,562 41–27–5 87 [86] 74 March 19 Toronto 0–3 Nashville Rinne 17,499 42–27–5 89 [87] 75 March 21 Pittsburgh 2–1 Nashville SO Rinne 17,729 42–27–6 90 [88] 76 March 23 Nashville 0–5 Winnipeg Rinne 15,321 42–28–6 90 [89] 77 March 25 Nashville 1–0 Minnesota Saros 18,833 43–28–6 92 [90] 78 March 29 Nashville 3–1 Pittsburgh Rinne 18,632 44–28–6 94 [91] 79 March 30 Columbus 5–2 Nashville Saros 17,751 44–29–6 94 [92]
April: 3–0–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 2 Nashville 3–2 Buffalo Rinne 16,569 45–29–6 96 [93] 81 April 4 Vancouver 2–3 Nashville Rinne 17,669 46–29–6 98 [94] 82 April 6 Chicago 2–5 Nashville Rinne 17,694 47–29–6 100 [95]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Predators faced the Dallas Stars in the First Round of the playoffs,^[96] and were defeated in six games.^[97]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 10 Dallas 3–2 Nashville Rinne 17,458 0–1 [98] 2 April 13 Dallas 1–2 Nashville OT Rinne 17,611 1–1 [99] 3 April 15 Nashville 3–2 Dallas Rinne 18,532 2–1 [100] 4 April 17 Nashville 1–5 Dallas Rinne 18,532 2–2 [101] 5 April 20 Dallas 5–3 Nashville Rinne 17,633 2–3 [102] 6 April 22 Nashville 1–2 Dallas OT Rinne 19,025 2–4 [103]
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of April 22, 2019^[104]

Skaters

Regular season[105] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Ryan Johansen 80 14 50 64 7 42 Roman Josi 82 15 41 56 9 42 Filip Forsberg 64 28 22 50 8 26 Viktor Arvidsson 58 34 14 48 12 26 Mattias Ekholm 80 8 36 44 27 47 Ryan Ellis 82 7 34 41 21 20 Craig Smith 76 21 17 38 11 20 Nick Bonino 81 17 18 35 27 18 Kevin Fiala^‡ 64 10 22 32 −11 26 P. K. Subban 63 9 22 31 5 60 Colton Sissons 75 15 15 30 20 23 Calle Jarnkrok 79 10 16 26 13 12 Kyle Turris 55 7 16 23 −6 33 Ryan Hartman^‡ 64 10 10 20 7 44 Austin Watson 37 7 9 16 11 39 Rocco Grimaldi 53 5 8 13 −2 10 Yannick Weber 62 2 6 8 7 18 Miikka Salomaki 37 3 4 7 5 8 Matt Irwin 44 1 6 7 5 38 Brian Boyle^† 26 5 0 5 −1 16 Mikael Granlund^† 16 1 4 5 −6 4 Dan Hamhuis 57 0 5 5 −2 28 Frederick Gaudreau 55 3 1 4 1 2 Wayne Simmonds^† 17 1 2 3 4 9 Zac Rinaldo 23 1 2 3 1 20 Anthony Bitetto^‡ 18 0 3 3 1 8 Eeli Tolvanen 4 1 1 2 2 0 Dante Fabbro 4 1 0 1 −1 0 Matt Donovan 2 0 1 1 0 2 Cody McLeod^† 7 0 0 0 −3 7 Anthony Richard 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Phillip Di Giuseppe 3 0 0 0 −1 0 Colin Blackwell 6 0 0 0 −1 2 Rem Pitlick 1 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs[106] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Roman Josi 6 2 2 4 −1 4 Rocco Grimaldi 5 3 0 3 1 0 P. K. Subban 6 1 2 3 −3 0 Ryan Ellis 6 0 3 3 −2 0 Ryan Johansen 6 1 1 2 −2 2 Filip Forsberg 6 1 1 2 −2 6 Kyle Turris 6 1 1 2 2 2 Austin Watson 6 1 1 2 −2 6 Mikael Granlund 6 1 1 2 1 2 Nick Bonino 6 0 2 2 −3 2 Calle Jarnkrok 6 0 2 2 1 2 Brian Boyle 3 0 2 2 4 2 Mattias Ekholm 6 0 2 2 −2 12 Craig Smith 6 1 0 1 0 2 Miikka Salomaki 2 0 1 1 0 0 Dante Fabbro 6 0 1 1 2 0 Dan Hamhuis 6 0 0 0 2 0 Viktor Arvidsson 6 0 0 0 −2 2 Colton Sissons 6 0 0 0 −5 6 Wayne Simmonds 2 0 0 0 1 0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[107]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Pekka Rinne	56	55	3,219:44	30	19	4	130	2.42	1,581	.918	4	0	0	4
Juuse Saros	31	27	1,696:13	17	10	2	74	2.62	870	.915	3	0	0	0

Playoffs^[108]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Pekka Rinne	6	6	329:38	2	4	17	3.09	179	.905	0	0	0	0
Juuse Saros	1	0	45:29	0	0	1	1.32	21	.952	0	0	0	2

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Predators. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Predators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2018	To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2019	[109]
October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01)	To Buffalo Sabres Jack Dougherty	To Nashville Predators Nicholas Baptiste	[110]
January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	To New York Rangers Connor Brickley	To Nashville Predators Cole Schneider	[111]
February 6, 2019 (2019-02-06)	To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2019	To Nashville Predators Brian Boyle	[112]
February 6, 2019 (2019-02-06)	To New York Rangers 7th-round pick in 2020	To Nashville Predators Cody McLeod	[113]
February 8, 2019 (2019-02-08)	To Arizona Coyotes Emil Pettersson	To Nashville Predators Laurent Dauphin Adam Helewka	[114]
February 24, 2019 (2019-02-24)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Nicholas Baptiste	To Nashville Predators Future considerations	[115]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Minnesota Wild Kevin Fiala	To Nashville Predators Mikael Granlund	[116]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Hartman Conditional 4th-round pick in 2020	To Nashville Predators Wayne Simmonds	[117]
June 14, 2019 (2019-06-14)	To Tampa Bay Lightning 7th-round pick in 2021	To Nashville Predators Connor Ingram	[118]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Connor Brickley	from Florida Panthers	1-year	[119]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Rocco Grimaldi	from Colorado Avalanche	1-year	[120]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Mark McNeill	to Boston Bruins	1-year	[121]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	John Ramage	to New Jersey Devils	1-year	[122]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Jarred Tinordi	from Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year	[123]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Zac Rinaldo	from Arizona Coyotes	1-year	[124]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Colin Blackwell	from Rochester Americans (AHL)	2-year	[125]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Zachary Magwood	from Barrie Colts (OHL)	3-year	[126]
July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	Harry Zolnierczyk	to Springfield Falcons (AHL)	Unknown	[127]
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)	Dan Hamhuis	from Dallas Stars	2-year	[128]
July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)	Trevor Smith	to San Antonio Rampage (AHL)	Unknown	[129]
September 2, 2018 (2018-09-02)	Alexei Emelin	to Avangard Omsk (KHL)	3-year	[130]
September 16, 2018 (2018-09-16)	Anders Lindback	to Davos (NL)	1-year	[131]
November 4, 2018 (2018-11-04)	Matt Donovan	from Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)	2-year	[132]
February 19, 2019 (2019-02-19)	Tom McCollum	from Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)	1-year	[133]
April 5, 2019 (2019-04-05)	Lukas Craggs	from Bowling Green Falcons (WCHA)	2-year	[134]
April 5, 2019 (2019-04-05)	Brandon Fortunato	from Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC Hockey)	2-year	[135]
April 18, 2019 (2019-04-18)	Josh Wilkins	from Providence Friars (Hockey East)	2-year	[136]
May 1, 2019 (2019-05-01)	Mathieu Olivier	from Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)	2-year	[137]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
January 1, 2019 (2019-01-01)	Phillip Di Giuseppe	from Carolina Hurricanes	[138]
January 25, 2019 (2019-01-25)	Anthony Bitetto	to Minnesota Wild	[139]

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref November 2, 2018 (2018-11-02) Tyler Moy Mutual termination [140] November 8, 2018 (2018-11-08) Carl Persson Mutual termination [141] December 29, 2018 (2018-12-29) Joonas Lyytinen Mutual termination [142] January 9, 2019 (2019-01-09) Miroslav Svoboda Mutual termination [143] May 25, 2019 (2019-05-25) Filip Pyrochta Mutual termination [144]

Retirement Date Player Ref May 12, 2018 (2018-05-12) Mike Fisher [145] October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01) Scott Hartnell [146]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Ryan Hartman	1-year	[147]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Juuse Saros	3-year	[148]
July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)	Miikka Salomaki	1-year	[149]
August 14, 2018 (2018-08-14)	Ryan Ellis	8-year	[150]
November 3, 2018 (2018-11-03)	Pekka Rinne	2-year	[151]
February 27, 2019 (2019-02-27)	Laurent Dauphin	1-year	[152]
February 27, 2019 (2019-02-27)	Adam Helewka	1-year	[153]
March 1, 2019 (2019-03-01)	Troy Grosenick	1-year	[154]
March 22, 2019 (2019-03-22)	Rem Pitlick	2-year	[155]
March 27, 2019 (2019-03-27)	Dante Fabbro	3-year	[156]

Draft picks

See also: List of Nashville Predators draft picks

Below are the Nashville Predators' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
4	111^1	Jachym Kondelik	C	Czech Republic	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
5	131^2	Spencer Stastney	D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
5	151	Vladislav Yeryomenko	D	Belarus	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
7	213	Milan Kloucek	G	Czech Republic	Dynamo Pardubice (ELH)

Notes

1. The Columbus Blue Jackets' fourth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on February 25, 2018, that sent Mark Letestu to Columbus in exchange for this pick.^[157]
2. The Chicago Blackhawks' fifth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on February 26, 2018, that sent Victor Ejdsell and a first and fourth-round pick both in 2018 to Chicago in exchange for Ryan Hartman and this pick.^[158]

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