# 2023–24 Nashville Predators season

The 2023–24 Nashville Predators season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. The Predators made the playoffs for the ninth time in 10 years after having missed the playoffs last season.
This was the team's first season without David Poile as general manager, following his retirement on June 30, 2023, although he still currently remains with the organization as a creative consultant. Poile was previously the only general manager in team history and retired as both the longest tenured and winningest general manager in team history. On April 9, 2024, the Predators clinched a playoff berth following a 4–3 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets. In the Playoffs, the Predators faced the Vancouver Canucks, losing in six games.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Central Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | z – Dallas Stars | 82 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 40 | 298 | 234 | +64 | 113 |
| 2 | x – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 52 | 24 | 6 | 46 | 259 | 199 | +60 | 110 |
| 3 | x – Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 50 | 25 | 7 | 42 | 304 | 254 | +50 | 107 |
| 4 | x – Nashville Predators | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 38 | 269 | 248 | +21 | 99 |
| 5 | e – St. Louis Blues | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 31 | 239 | 250 | −11 | 92 |
| 6 | e – Minnesota Wild | 82 | 39 | 34 | 9 | 32 | 251 | 263 | −12 | 87 |
| 7 | e – Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 36 | 41 | 5 | 28 | 256 | 274 | −18 | 77 |
| 8 | e – Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 23 | 53 | 6 | 17 | 179 | 290 | −111 | 52 |

### Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | CE | x – Nashville Predators | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 38 | 269 | 248 | +21 | 99 |
| 2 | PA | x – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 34 | 267 | 245 | +22 | 98 |
| 3 | CE | e – St. Louis Blues | 82 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 31 | 239 | 250 | −11 | 92 |
| 4 | CE | e – Minnesota Wild | 82 | 39 | 34 | 9 | 32 | 251 | 263 | −12 | 87 |
| 5 | PA | e – Calgary Flames | 82 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 32 | 253 | 271 | −18 | 81 |
| 6 | PA | e – Seattle Kraken | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 28 | 217 | 236 | −19 | 81 |
| 7 | CE | e – Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 36 | 41 | 5 | 28 | 256 | 274 | −18 | 77 |
| 8 | PA | e – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 27 | 50 | 5 | 21 | 204 | 295 | −91 | 59 |
| 9 | CE | e – Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 23 | 53 | 6 | 17 | 179 | 290 | −111 | 52 |
| 10 | PA | e – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 19 | 54 | 9 | 14 | 181 | 331 | −150 | 47 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 23, 2023.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 27, 2023.
2023–24 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs
## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Filip Forsberg | 82 | 48 | 46 | 94 | +16 | 43 |
| Roman Josi | 82 | 23 | 62 | 85 | +12 | 45 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 81 | 23 | 52 | 75 | +7 | 8 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 82 | 26 | 43 | 69 | +6 | 18 |
| Tommy Novak | 71 | 18 | 27 | 45 | −3 | 8 |
| Luke Evangelista | 80 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 0 | 18 |
| Colton Sissons | 81 | 15 | 20 | 35 | −6 | 38 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 74 | 3 | 29 | 32 | +19 | 31 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | 68 | 10 | 17 | 27 | +17 | 41 |
| Cole Smith | 80 | 9 | 14 | 23 | +5 | 63 |
| Michael McCarron | 70 | 12 | 10 | 22 | +4 | 100 |
| Philip Tomasino | 41 | 7 | 13 | 20 | −6 | 25 |
| Alexandre Carrier | 73 | 4 | 16 | 20 | +7 | 44 |
| Mark Jankowski | 32 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +11 | 8 |
| Tyson Barrie | 41 | 1 | 14 | 15 | −10 | 16 |
| Yakov Trenin$^‡$ | 60 | 10 | 4 | 14 | +12 | 38 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | 79 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −3 | 98 |
| Cody Glass | 41 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −9 | 20 |
| Dante Fabbro | 56 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +9 | 24 |
| Juuso Parssinen | 44 | 8 | 4 | 12 | −6 | 12 |
| Jason Zucker$^†$ | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −4 | 23 |
| Luke Schenn | 63 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +1 | 43 |
| Spencer Stastney | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +9 | 4 |
| Anthony Beauvillier$^†$ | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −6 | 2 |
| Marc Del Gaizo | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 |
| Liam Foudy$^†$ | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| Denis Gurianov$^‡$ | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 0 |
| Samuel Fagemo$^‡$ | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Afanasyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Filip Forsberg | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| Alexandre Carrier | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0 |
| Roman Josi | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 |
| Jason Zucker | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 2 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Jankowski | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| Luke Evangelista | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| Colton Sissons | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| Tyson Barrie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
| Juuso Parssinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Fabbro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Stastney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 |
| Luke Schenn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
| Tommy Novak | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Juuse Saros | 64 | 64 | 3,266:28 | 35 | 24 | 5 | 173 | 2.86 | 1,845 | .906 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kevin Lankinen | 24 | 17 | 1,191:25 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 2.82 | 610 | .908 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yaroslav Askarov | 2 | 1 | 81:40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.47 | 35 | .943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Juuse Saros | 6 | 6 | 357:18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2.02 | 120 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$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 2023–24 season.

### Key

† Contract is entry-level.  ‡ Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29) | To Detroit Red Wings2nd-round pick in 2023 TBL 5th-round pick in 2023 | To Nashville PredatorsVAN 2nd-round pick in 2023 |
| June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29) | To Dallas Stars3rd-round pick in 2023 | To Nashville Predators3rd-round pick in 2024 6th-round pick in 2024 |
| June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29) | To Tampa Bay LightningTBL 4th-round pick in 2023 | To Nashville PredatorsCHI 4th-round pick in 2024 |
| June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29) | To New Jersey Devils7th-round pick in 2024 | To Nashville Predators7th-round pick in 2023 |
| March 7, 2024 (2024-03-07) | To Chicago Blackhawks5th-round pick in 2024 | To Nashville PredatorsAnthony Beauvillier |
| March 7, 2024 (2024-03-07) | To Colorado AvalancheGraham Sward Yakov Trenin | To Nashville PredatorsJeremy Hanzel 3rd-round pick in 2025 |
| March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08) | To Arizona CoyotesDAL 6th-round pick in 2024 | To Nashville PredatorsJason Zucker |
| March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08) | To Philadelphia FlyersDenis Gurianov | To Nashville PredatorsWade Allison |
| May 21, 2024 (2024-05-21) | To Tampa Bay LightningRyan McDonagh EDM 4th-round pick in 2024 | To Nashville Predators7th-round pick in 2024 2nd-round pick in 2025 |
| June 23, 2024 (2024-06-23) | To San Jose SharksEgor Afanasyev | To Nashville PredatorsOzzy Wiesblatt |
| June 25, 2024 (2024-06-25) | To Detroit Red WingsJesse Kiiskinen TBL 2nd-round pick in 2024 | To Nashville PredatorsAndrew Gibson |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Troy Grosenick | Philadelphia Flyers | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Gustav Nyquist | Minnesota Wild | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Ryan O'Reilly | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-year | Free agency |
| July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Luke Schenn | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3-year | Free agency |
| July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03) | Jasper Weatherby | Detroit Red Wings | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 11, 2023 (2023-07-11) | Denis Gurianov | Montreal Canadiens | 1-year | Free agency |
| October 2, 2023 (2023-10-02) | Samuel Fagemo | Los Angeles Kings | | Waivers |
| October 21, 2023 (2023-10-21) | Liam Foudy | Columbus Blue Jackets | | Waivers |
| March 7, 2024 (2024-03-07) | Jaret Anderson-Dolan | Los Angeles Kings | | Los Angeles Kings |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Term | Via |
| July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Devin Cooley | Buffalo Sabres | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Matt Duchene | Dallas Stars | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03) | John Leonard | Arizona Coyotes | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 5, 2023 (2023-07-05) | Rasmus Asplund | Florida Panthers | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 11, 2023 (2023-07-11) | Aidan Rueschhoff | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 14, 2023 (2023-07-14) | Zach Sanford | Arizona Coyotes | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18) | Jimmy Huntington | Hershey Bears (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18) | Isaac Ratcliffe | Chicago Wolves (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 9, 2023 (2023-08-09) | Cal Foote | New Jersey Devils | 1-year | Free agency |
| November 11, 2023 (2023-11-11) | Samuel Fagemo | Los Angeles Kings | | Waivers |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term |
| July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Anthony Angello | 2-year |
| July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Alexandre Carrier | 1-year |
| July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) | Cody Glass | 2-year |
| July 6, 2023 (2023-07-06) | Kalan Lind | 3-year† |
| July 6, 2023 (2023-07-06) | Tanner Molendyk | 3-year† |
| January 24, 2024 (2024-01-24) | Cole Smith | 2-year‡ |
| March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08) | Dante Fabbro | 1-year‡ |
| March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08) | Gustavs Grigals | 1-year |
| March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08) | Mark Jankowski | 2-year‡ |

## Draft picks

Below are the Nashville Predators' selections at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 28 to 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
| Round | # | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team (League) |
| 1 | 15 | Matthew Wood | RW | Canada | Connecticut Huskies (HE) |
| 1 | 24 | Tanner Molendyk | D | Canada | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) |
| 2 | 43 | Felix Nilsson | C | Sweden | Rögle BK (J20 Nationell) |
| 2 | 46 | Kalan Lind | LW | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
| 3 | 68 | Jesse Kiiskinen | RW | Finland | Lahti Pelicans (U20 SM-sarja) |
| 3 | 83 | Dylan MacKinnon | D | Canada | Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 111 | Joey Willis | C | United States | Saginaw Spirit (OHL) |
| 4 | 121 | Juha Jatkola | G | Finland | KalPa (Liiga) |
| 5 | 143 | Sutter Muzzatti | C | United States | RPI Engineers (ECAC) |
| 6 | 175 | Austin Roest | C | Canada | Everett Silvertips (WHL) |
| 7 | 218 | Aiden Fink | RW | Canada | Brooks Bandits (AJHL) |