2020–21 Nashville Predators season

The 2020–21 Nashville Predators season was the 23rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997. John Hynes entered his second season as coach and first full season as head coach of the team. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment the Predators remained in the Central Division this season and only played games against the other teams in their realigned division during the regular season and the first round of the playoffs.
On May 8, 2021, the Predators clinched a playoff berth after a 3–1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.
==Standings==
===Central Division===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	January 14 	Columbus 	1–3 	Nashville 	 	Saros 	0 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	January 16 	Columbus 	2–5 	Nashville 	 	Saros 	0 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	January 18 	Carolina 	4–2 	Nashville 	 	Rinne 	0 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap
— 	January 19 	Carolina 	– 	Nashville 	Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 2.	Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 2.	Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 2.	Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 2.	Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 2.	Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 2.
4 	January 22 	Nashville 	0–7 	Dallas 	 	Saros 	4,214 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap
5 	January 24 	Nashville 	2–3 	Dallas 	 	Saros 	4,056 	2–3–0 	4 	Recap
6 	January 26 	Chicago 	2–3 	Nashville 	OT 	Rinne 	— 	3–3–0 	6 	Recap
7 	January 27 	Chicago 	1–2 	Nashville 	SO 	Saros 	— 	4–3–0 	8 	Recap
8 	January 30 	Nashville 	3–4 	Tampa Bay 	 	Rinne 	0 	4–4–0 	8 	Recap
===Playoffs===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	May 17 	Nashville 	2–5 	Carolina 	 	Saros 	12,000 	0–1 	Recap
2 	May 19 	Nashville 	0–3 	Carolina 	 	Saros 	12,000 	0–2 	Recap
3 	May 21 	Carolina 	4–5 	Nashville 	2OT 	Saros 	12,135 	1–2 	Recap
4 	May 23 	Carolina 	3–4 	Nashville 	2OT 	Saros 	12,135 	2–2 	Recap
5 	May 25 	Nashville 	2–3 	Carolina 	OT 	Saros 	12,000 	2–3 	Recap
6 	May 27 	Carolina 	4–3 	Nashville 	OT 	Saros 	14,107 	2–4 	Recap
==Draft picks==
Below are the Nashville Predators selections at the 2020 NHL Draft which was held on October 6–7 at the NHL Studios.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos 	Nationally	College/Junior/Club Team (league)
1 	11 	Yaroslav Askarov 	(G) 	 	SKA-Neva (VHL)
2 	42 	Luke Evangelista 	(RW)	 	London Knights (OHL)
3 	73 	Luke Prokop 	(D) 	 	Calgary Hitman (OHL)
4 	101	Adam Wilsby 	(D) 	 	Skelleftea AIK (SHL)
6 	166	Luke Reid 	(D) 	 	Chicago Steel (USHL)
7 	202	Gunnarwolfe Fontaine	(LW)	 	Northeastern Huskies (H-East)
7 	209	Chase McLane 	(C) 	 	Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten)
==Notes==
==References==
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