The 2019–20 Nashville Predators season was the 22nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) 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

Western Conference

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. 2019 pre-season game log: 5–1–0 (home: 4–0–0; road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 16 Florida 3–6 Nashville Ingram — 1–0–0 2 September 16 Florida 0–1 Nashville Saros 17,200 2–0–0 3 September 20 Nashville 1–3 Tampa Bay Saros 13,456 2–1–0 4 September 21 Tampa Bay 4–5 Nashville OT Rinne — 3–1–0 5 September 25 Carolina 0–3 Nashville Rinne 17,159 4–1–0 6 September 27 Nashville 2–1 Carolina OT Saros 11,212 5–1–0 Notes: Indicates split-squad.

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019. 2019–20 game logOctober: 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 2 October 5 Detroit 5–3 Nashville Saros 17,539 1–1–0 2 3 October 8 San Jose 2–5 Nashville Rinne 17,251 2–1–0 4 4 October 10 Washington 5–6 Nashville Rinne 17,386 3–1–0 6 5 October 12 Nashville 4–7 Los Angeles Saros 18,230 3–2–0 6 6 October 15 Nashville 5–2 Vegas Rinne 18,188 4–2–0 8 7 October 17 Nashville 2–5 Arizona Saros 13,521 4–3–0 8 8 October 19 Florida 3–2 Nashville SO Rinne 17,534 4–3–1 9 9 October 22 Anaheim 1–6 Nashville Rinne 17,424 5–3–1 11 10 October 24 Minnesota 0–4 Nashville Rinne 17,386 6–3–1 13 11 October 26 Nashville 3–2 Tampa Bay OT Saros 19,092 7–3–1 15 12 October 29 Chicago 0–3 Nashville Rinne 17,259 8–3–1 17 13 October 31 Calgary 6–5 Nashville OT Rinne 17,351 8–3–2 18 November: 4–7–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 2 NY Rangers 2–1 Nashville Saros 17,371 8–4–2 18 15 November 4 Nashville 6–1 Detroit Rinne 18,526 9–4–2 20 16 November 7 Nashville 4–9 Colorado Rinne 17,492 9–5–2 20 17 November 9 Nashville 1–2 San Jose SO Saros 17,562 9–5–3 21 18 November 12 Nashville 3–5 Vancouver Rinne 18,233 9–6–3 21 19 November 16 Chicago 7–2 Nashville Rinne 17,393 9–7–3 21 20 November 19 Winnipeg 2–1 Nashville Saros 17,165 9–8–3 21 21 November 21 Vancouver 6–3 Nashville Rinne 17,168 9–9–3 21 22 November 23 Nashville 4–2 St. Louis Saros 18,096 10–9–3 23 23 November 25 St. Louis 2–3 Nashville SO Saros 17,168 11–9–3 25 24 November 27 Vegas 4–3 Nashville OT Saros 17,326 11–9–4 26 25 November 29 Nashville 3–0 Carolina Rinne 19,680 12–9–4 28 26 November 30 Nashville 0–3 Florida Saros 14,285 12–10–4 28 December: 6–4–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 3 Tampa Bay 3–2 Nashville OT Rinne 17,163 12–10–5 29 28 December 7 New Jersey 4–6 Nashville Rinne 17,418 13–10–5 31 29 December 10 San Jose 1–3 Nashville Saros 17,160 14–10–5 33 30 December 12 Nashville 3–4 Buffalo Saros 17,211 14–11–5 33 31 December 14 Dallas 4–1 Nashville Rinne 17,586 14–12–5 33 32 December 16 Nashville 5–2 NY Rangers Saros 17,286 15–12–5 35 33 December 17 Nashville 8–3 NY Islanders Rinne 12,114 16–12–5 37 34 December 19 Nashville 4–5 Ottawa OT Saros 10,407 16–12–6 38 35 December 21 Nashville 4–3 Boston OT Rinne 17,850 17–12–6 40 36 December 23 Arizona 2–3 Nashville Rinne 17,697 18–12–6 42 37 December 27 Pittsburgh 5–2 Nashville Rinne 17,849 18–13–6 42 38 December 28 Nashville 4–6 Pittsburgh Rinne 18,628 18–14–6 42 January: 6–5–1 (home: 1–3–0; road: 5–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 1 Nashville 2–4 Dallas Rinne 85,630(outdoors) 18–15–6 42 40 January 4 Nashville 4–1 Los Angeles Rinne 18,230 19–15–6 44 41 January 5 Nashville 4–5 Anaheim SO Saros 15,858 19–15–7 45 42 January 7 Boston 6–2 Nashville Rinne 17,623 19–16–7 45 43 January 9 Nashville 5–2 Chicago Rinne 21,440 20–16–7 47 44 January 12 Nashville 1–0 Winnipeg Saros 15,325 21–16–7 49 45 January 14 Nashville 2–4 Edmonton Rinne 17,029 21–17–7 49 46 January 16 Anaheim 4–2 Nashville Saros 17,388 21–18–7 49 47 January 18 Buffalo 1–2 Nashville Rinne 17,729 22–18–7 51 48 January 27 Toronto 5–2 Nashville Rinne 17,298 22–19–7 51 49 January 29 Nashville 5–4 Washington Saros 18,573 23–19–7 53 50 January 30 Nashville 6–5 New Jersey SO Rinne 14,327 24–19–7 55 February: 8–5–1 (home: 5–3–0; road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 Vegas 3–0 Nashville Rinne 17,664 24–20–7 55 52 February 4 Nashville 2–1 Winnipeg OT Saros 15,325 25–20–7 57 53 February 6 Nashville 3–2 Calgary Saros 18,512 26–20–7 59 54 February 8 Nashville 2–3 Edmonton Saros 17,212 26–21–7 59 55 February 10 Nashville 2–6 Vancouver Rinne 18,871 26–22–7 59 56 February 13 NY Islanders 0–5 Nashville Saros 17,561 27–22–7 61 57 February 15 Nashville 4–3 St. Louis Saros 18,096 28–22–7 63 58 February 16 St. Louis 1–2 Nashville Rinne 17,349 29–22–7 65 59 February 18 Carolina 4–1 Nashville Saros 17,204 29–23–7 65 60 February 21 Nashville 1–2 Chicago OT Rinne 21,878 29–23–8 66 61 February 22 Columbus 3–4 Nashville SO Saros 17,549 30–23–8 68 62 February 25 Ottawa 2–3 Nashville Saros 17,205 31–23–8 70 63 February 27 Calgary 3–4 Nashville OT Saros 17,350 32–23–8 72 64 February 29 Colorado 3–2 Nashville Saros 17,619 32–24–8 72 March: 3–2–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 Edmonton 8–3 Nashville Rinne 17,316 32–25–8 72 66 March 3 Nashville 1–3 Minnesota Saros 17,242 32–26–8 72 67 March 5 Dallas 0–2 Nashville Saros 17,349 33–26–8 74 68 March 7 Nashville 1–0 Dallas Saros 18,532 34–26–8 76 69 March 10 Nashville 4–2 Montreal Saros 21,021 35–26–8 78 Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 70 March 12 Nashville Toronto 71 March 14 Nashville Columbus 72 March 15 Nashville Minnesota 73 March 19 Colorado Nashville 74 March 21 Philadelphia Nashville 75 March 22 Nashville Chicago 76 March 24 Winnipeg Nashville 77 March 26 Los Angeles Nashville 78 March 28 Nashville Arizona 79 March 29 Nashville Colorado 80 April 1 Montreal Nashville 81 April 2 Nashville Philadelphia 82 April 4 Minnesota NashvilleLegend:

Playoffs

The Predators lost to the Arizona Coyotes in four games in the qualifying round. 2020 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference Qualifying Round vs. (11) Arizona Coyotes: Arizona won 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 2 Arizona 4–3 Nashville Saros 0–1 2 August 4 Arizona 2–4 Nashville Saros 1–1 3 August 5 Nashville 1–4 Arizona Saros 1–2 4 August 7 Nashville 3–4 Arizona OT Saros 1–3 Legend:

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)124 Philip Tomasino C Niagara IceDogs (OHL)2451 Egor Afanasyev LW Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)365 Alexander Campbell LW Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)41092 Marc Del Gaizo D UMass (Hockey East)4117 Semyon Chystyakov D Tolpar Ufa (MHL)5148 Ethan Haider G Minnesota Magicians (NAHL)6179 Isak Walther RW Södertälje SK J18 (J18 Elit)7210 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.

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