# 2019–20 Nashville Predators season

The 2019–20 Nashville Predators season was the 22nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. They entered the season as the two-time defending Central Division champions.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Predators advanced to the playoffs, entering in the qualifying round, but were defeated in four games by the Arizona Coyotes in the qualifying round.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Central Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | 94 |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | 92 |
| 3 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | 82 |
| 4 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | 80 |
| 5 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | 78 |
| 6 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | 77 |
| 7 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | 72 |

### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | .662 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | .657 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 3 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | .606 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 4 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | .594 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament |
| 5 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | .585 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 6 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | .565 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 8 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | .564 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 9 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | .563 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 10 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | .558 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 11 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | .529 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | .514 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round |
| 13 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | .472 | |
| 14 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | .457 | |
| 15 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | .450 | |

#### Tiebreaking procedures

* Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
* Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
* Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
* Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
* Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
* Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
* Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2019.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
2019–20 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

The Predators lost to the Arizona Coyotes in four games in the qualifying round.
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Roman Josi | 69 | 16 | 49 | 65 | 22 | 41 |
| Filip Forsberg | 63 | 21 | 27 | 48 | −7 | 29 |
| Matt Duchene | 66 | 13 | 29 | 42 | −4 | 24 |
| Ryan Ellis | 49 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 16 | 19 |
| Ryan Johansen | 68 | 14 | 22 | 36 | −5 | 45 |
| Nick Bonino | 67 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 17 | 16 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | 64 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 4 | 14 |
| Mattias Ekholm | 68 | 8 | 25 | 33 | −1 | 32 |
| Craig Smith | 69 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 18 | 34 |
| Rocco Grimaldi | 66 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 10 |
| Kyle Turris | 62 | 9 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 22 |
| Mikael Granlund | 63 | 17 | 13 | 30 | −4 | 28 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | 57 | 15 | 13 | 28 | −4 | 26 |
| Colton Sissons | 57 | 9 | 6 | 15 | −2 | 20 |
| Austin Watson | 53 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −9 | 65 |
| Dante Fabbro | 64 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −7 | 38 |
| Colin Blackwell | 27 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| Dan Hamhuis | 60 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 35 |
| Yakov Trenin | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| Jarred Tinordi | 28 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 34 |
| Yannick Weber | 41 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 14 |
| Matt Irwin$^‡$ | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −8 | 11 |
| Daniel Carr | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 4 |
| Miikka Salomaki$^‡$ | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Steven Santini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexandre Carrier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Korbinian Holzer$^†$ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Anthony Richard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Filip Forsberg | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Johansen | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Roman Josi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
| Viktor Arvidsson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Ellis | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Duchene | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 2 |
| Nick Bonino | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Ekholm | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| Colton Sissons | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocco Grimaldi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Mikael Granlund | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 |
| Dante Fabbro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Jarred Tinordi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| Austin Watson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Craig Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
| Yannick Weber | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Kyle Turris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Pekka Rinne | 36 | 35 | 1,987:46 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 105 | 3.17 | 1,004 | .895 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Juuse Saros | 40 | 34 | 2,176:50 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 98 | 2.70 | 1,142 | .914 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Juuse Saros | 4 | 4 | 242:09 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 3.22 | 124 | .895 | 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.

## Draft picks

Below are the Nashville Predators' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which will be held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 24 | Philip Tomasino | C | Canada | Niagara IceDogs (OHL) |
| 2 | 45$^1$ | Egor Afanasyev | LW | Russia | Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) |
| 3 | 65 | Alexander Campbell | LW | Canada | Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL) |
| 4 | 109$^2$ | Marc Del Gaizo | D | United States | UMass (Hockey East) |
| 4 | 117 | Semyon Chystyakov | D | Russia | Tolpar Ufa (MHL) |
| 5 | 148 | Ethan Haider | G | United States | Minnesota Magicians (NAHL) |
| 6 | 179 | Isak Walther | RW | Sweden | Södertälje SK J18 (J18 Elit) |
| 7 | 210 | Juuso Parssinen | C | Finland | TPS U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga) |