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 2-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, but were defeated in four games by the Arizona Coyotes in the qualifying round.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Western Conference===
;Tiebreaking procedures
# Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
# Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
# Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
# Greater amount 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 amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 12, 2019.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 16 	Florida 	3–6 	Nashville 	 	Ingram 	— 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 16 	Florida 	0–1 	Nashville 	 	Saros 	17,200 	2–0–0 	Recap
3 	September 20 	Nashville 	1–3 	Tampa Bay 	 	Saros 	13,456 	2–1–0 	Recap
4 	September 21 	Tampa Bay 	4–5 	Nashville 	OT 	Rinne 	— 	3–1–0 	Recap
5 	September 25 	Carolina 	0–3 	Nashville 	 	Rinne 	17,159 	4–1–0 	Recap
6 	September 27 	Nashville 	2–1 	Carolina 	OT 	Saros 	11,212 	5–1–0 	Recap
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===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
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October: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	October: 8–3–2 (Home: 6–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 3 	Minnesota 	2–5 	Nashville 	 	Rinne 	17,455 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 5 	Detroit 	5–3 	Nashville 	 	Saros 	17,539 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 8 	San Jose 	2–5 	Nashville 	 	Rinne 	17,251 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
4 	October 10 	Washington 	5–6 	Nashville 	 	Rinne 	17,386 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap
5 	October 12 	Nashville 	4–7 	Los Angeles 	 	Saros 	18,230 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 15 	Nashville 	5–2 	Vegas 	 	Rinne 	18,188 	4–2–0 	8 	Recap
7 	October 17 	Nashville 	2–5 	Arizona 	 	Saros 	13,521 	4–3–0 	8 	Recap
8 	October 19 	Florida 	3–2 	Nashville 	SO 	Rinne 	17,534 	4–3–1 	9 	Recap
9 	October 22 	Anaheim 	1–6 	Nashville 	 	Rinne 	17,424 	5–3–1 	11 	Recap
10 	October 24 	Minnesota 	0–4 	Nashville 	 	Rinne 	17,386 	6–3–1 	13 	Recap
11 	October 26 	Nashville 	3–2 	Tampa Bay 	OT 	Saros 	19,092 	7–3–1 	15 	Recap
12 	October 29 	Chicago 	0–3 	Nashville 	 	Rinne 	17,259 	8–3–1 	17 	Recap
13 	October 31 	Calgary 	6–5 	Nashville 	OT 	Rinne 	17,351 	8–3–2 	18 	Recap
=== Playoffs ===
The Predators lost to the Arizona Coyotes in four games in the qualifying round.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Series 	Recap
1 	August 2 	Arizona 	4–3 	Nashville 	 	Saros 	0–1 	Recap
2 	August 4 	Arizona 	2–4 	Nashville 	 	Saros 	1–1 	Recap
3 	August 5 	Nashville 	1–4 	Arizona 	 	Saros 	1–2 	Recap
4 	August 7 	Nashville 	3–4 	Arizona 	OT 	Saros 	1–3 	Recap
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	69	16	49	65	22	41
 	63	21	27	48	−7	29
 	66	13	29	42	−4	24
 	49	8 	30	38	16	19
 	68	14	22	36	−5	45
 	67	18	17	35	17	16
 	64	15	19	34	4 	14
 	68	8 	25	33	−1	32
 	69	18	13	31	18	34
 	66	10	21	31	10	10
 	62	9 	22	31	−9	22
 	63	17	13	30	−4	28
 	57	15	13	28	−4	26
 	57	9 	6 	15	−2	20
 	53	6 	8 	14	−9	65
 	64	5 	6 	11	−7	38
 	27	3 	7 	10	7 	10
 	60	0 	8 	8 	6 	35
 	21	2 	4 	6 	1 	9
 	28	1 	4 	5 	−1	34
 	41	1 	2 	3 	−1	14
‡ 	27	0 	2 	2 	−8	11
 	11	1 	0 	1 	−5	4
‡ 	5 	1 	0 	1 	2 	4
 	8 	0 	1 	1 	1 	4
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	2
† 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−1	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	3	2	5	1 	2
 	4	1	4	5	1 	2
 	4	0	4	4	−2	4
 	4	3	0	3	0 	2
 	4	1	2	3	0 	2
 	4	1	1	2	−4	2
 	4	1	0	1	−2	2
 	4	1	0	1	0 	0
 	4	0	1	1	−2	0
 	4	0	1	1	0 	0
 	4	0	1	1	−1	2
 	4	0	1	1	−3	2
 	4	0	0	0	−1	2
 	4	0	0	0	−2	2
 	4	0	0	0	0 	2
 	4	0	0	0	−4	2
 	4	0	0	0	−2	0
 	4	0	0	0	−4	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	36	35	1,987:46	18	14	4	105	3.17	1,004	.895	3	1	2	0
 	40	34	2,176:50	17	12	4	98 	2.70	1,142	.914	4	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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 	 	Niagara IceDogs (OHL)
2 	451 	Egor Afanasyev 	LW 	 	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
3 	65 	Alexander Campbell	LW 	 	Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
4 	1092	Marc Del Gaizo 	D 	 	UMass (Hockey East)
4 	117 	Semyon Chystyakov 	D 	 	Tolpar Ufa (MHL)
5 	148 	Ethan Haider 	G 	 	Minnesota Magicians (NAHL)
6 	179 	Isak Walther 	RW 	 	Södertälje SK J18 (J18 Elit)
7 	210 	Juuso Parssinen 	C 	 	TPS U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
Notes:
# The Arizona Coyotes' second-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent New Jersey's second-round pick in 2019 (34th overall) to Philadelphia in exchange for New Jersey's third-round pick in 2019 (65th overall) and this pick.
# The Colorado Avalanche's fourth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on July 1, 2017, that sent Colin Wilson to Colorado in exchange for this pick.
==References==
Category:Nashville Predators seasons
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