2024–25 Nashville Predators season

The 2024–25 Nashville Predators season was the 26th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.

On March 27, 2025, the Predators were eliminated from playoff contention after a loss to the St. Louis Blues. The Predators finished with a losing record for the first time since the 2012–13 season, and their first in an 82-game season since 2002-03.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was released on June 25, 2024. 2024–25 game logOctober: 2–3–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Recap 1 September 22 Nashville 2–3 Florida Haider Amerant Bank Arena 8,076 0–1–0 2 September 22 Nashville 2–6 Florida Wedgewood Amerant Bank Arena 8,076 0–2–0 – September 27 Nashville – Tampa Bay Game postponed due to the impending threat from Hurricane Helene. 3 September 28 Tampa Bay 0–6 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 1–2–0 4 October 2 Nashville 6–4 Carolina Wedgewood Lenovo Center 18,700 2–2–0 5 October 5 Carolina 5–3 Nashville Wedgewood Bridgestone Arena 17,159 2–3–0 – October 7 Nashville – Tampa Bay Game cancelled due to the impending threat from Hurricane Milton.Notes: Indicates split-squad.

Regular season The regular season schedule was announced on July 2, 2024

2024–25 game logOctober: 3–6–1 (home: 2–5–0; road: 1–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 Dallas 4–3 Nashville Wedgewood Bridgestone Arena 17,544 0–1–0 0 2 October 12 Nashville 0–3 Detroit Saros Little Caesars Arena 19,515 0–2–0 0 3 October 15 Seattle 7–3 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 0–3–0 0 4 October 17 Edmonton 4–2 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 0–4–0 0 5 October 19 Detroit 5–2 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 0–5–0 0 6 October 22 Boston 0–4 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,184 1–5–0 2 7 October 25 Nashville 3–2 Chicago Saros United Center 17,787 2–5–0 4 8 October 26 Columbus 3–4 Nashville OT Wedgewood Bridgestone Arena 17,159 3–5–0 6 9 October 28 Nashville 2–3 Tampa Bay OT Saros Amalie Arena 19,092 3–5–1 7 10 October 31 Edmonton 5–1 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 3–6–1 7 November: 4–6–5 (home: 3–1–2; road: 1–5–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 2 Colorado 2–5 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,213 4–6–1 9 12 November 4 Los Angeles 3–0 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,168 4–7–1 9 13 November 6 Nashville 2–3 Washington Saros Capital One Arena 17,177 4–8–1 9 14 November 7 Nashville 2–6 Florida Wedgewood Amerant Bank Arena 18,264 4–9–1 9 15 November 9 Utah 0–4 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 5–9–1 11 16 November 11 Nashville 2–3 Colorado OT Saros Ball Arena 18,016 5–9–2 12 17 November 14 Nashville 2–3 Edmonton OT Wedgewood Rogers Place 18,347 5–9–3 13 18 November 15 Nashville 0–2 Calgary Saros Scotiabank Saddledome 17,900 5–10–3 13 19 November 17 Nashville 5–3 Vancouver Saros Rogers Arena 18,587 6–10–3 15 20 November 20 Nashville 0–3 Seattle Saros Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 6–11–3 15 21 November 23 Winnipeg 1–4 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 7–11–3 17 22 November 25 Nashville 2–5 New Jersey Saros Prudential Center 16,514 7–12–3 17 23 November 27 Philadelphia 3–2 Nashville OT Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 7–12–4 18 24 November 29 Tampa Bay 3–2 Nashville OT Saros Bridgestone Arena 18,228 7–12–5 19 25 November 30 Nashville 2–3 Minnesota OT Saros Xcel Energy Center 19,064 7–12–6 20 December: 4–8–1 (home: 3–1–1; road: 1–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 4 Nashville 2–3 Toronto Saros Scotiabank Arena 18,611 7–13–6 20 27 December 5 Nashville 0–3 Montreal Annunen Bell Centre 21,105 7–14–6 20 28 December 7 Nashville 1–3 Ottawa Saros Canadian Tire Centre 16,741 7–15–6 20 29 December 10 Calgary 4–3 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 7–16–6 20 30 December 12 Nashville 4–1 Dallas Annunen American Airlines Center 18,532 8–16–6 22 31 December 14 Nashville 2–5 Colorado Saros Ball Arena 18,049 8–17–6 22 32 December 17 NY Rangers 0–2 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 9–17–6 24 33 December 19 Pittsburgh 5–4 Nashville OT Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 9–17–7 25 34 December 21 Los Angeles 2–3 Nashville OT Annunen Bridgestone Arena 17,159 10–17–7 27 35 December 23 Carolina 2–5 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 11–17–7 29 36 December 27 Nashville 4–7 St. Louis Saros Enterprise Center 18,096 11–18–7 29 37 December 30 Nashville 0–3 Winnipeg Saros Canada Life Centre 15,225 11–19–7 29 38 December 31 Nashville 3–5 Minnesota Annunen Xcel Energy Center 19,145 11–20–7 29 January: 7–5–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 3 Nashville 3–0 Vancouver Saros Rogers Arena 18,894 12–20–7 31 40 January 4 Nashville 4–1 Calgary Annunen Scotiabank Saddledome 17,893 13–20–7 33 41 January 7 Nashville 2–5 Winnipeg Saros Canada Life Centre 13,105 13–21–7 33 42 January 11 Washington 4–1 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 13–22–7 33 43 January 14 Vegas 3–5 Nashville Annunen Bridgestone Arena 17,159 14–22–7 35 44 January 16 Chicago 2–3 Nashville SO Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 15–22–7 37 45 January 18 Minnesota 2–6 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,615 16–22–7 39 46 January 21 San Jose 5–7 Nashville Annunen Bridgestone Arena 17,159 17–22–7 41 47 January 23 Nashville 6–5 San Jose Annunen SAP Center 11,292 18–22–7 43 48 January 25 Nashville 2–5 Anaheim Saros Honda Center 15,748 18–23–7 43 49 January 29 Vancouver 3–1 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 18–24–7 43 50 January 31 Nashville 3–4 Buffalo Annunen KeyBank Center 18,347 18–25–7 43 February: 3–5–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 Nashville 0–3 Pittsburgh Saros PPG Paints Arena 18,272 18–26–7 43 52 February 3 Ottawa 5–2 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 18–27–7 43 53 February 7 Nashville 2–6 Chicago Saros United Center 19,347 18–28–7 43 54 February 8 Buffalo 4–6 Nashville Annunen Bridgestone Arena 17,159 19–28–7 45 55 February 22 Colorado 1–2 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 20–28–7 47 56 February 23 New Jersey 5–0 Nashville Annunen Bridgestone Arena 17,159 20–29–7 47 57 February 25 Florida 4–1 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 20–30–7 47 58 February 27 Winnipeg 1–2 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 21–30–7 49 March: 6–9–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 3–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 59 March 1 Nashville 4–7 NY Islanders Saros UBS Arena 17,255 21–31–7 49 60 March 2 Nashville 0–4 NY Rangers Annunen Madison Square Garden 17,336 21–32–7 49 61 March 4 Nashville 6–3 Boston Saros TD Garden 17,850 22–32–7 51 62 March 6 Seattle 3–5 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 23–32–7 53 63 March 8 Chicago 2–3 Nashville OT Annunen Bridgestone Arena 17,159 24–32–7 55 64 March 11 Nashville 3–2 San Jose Saros SAP Center 10,523 25–32–7 57 65 March 14 Nashville 1–2 Anaheim Saros Honda Center 14,758 25–33–7 57 66 March 15 Nashville 0–1 Los Angeles OT Annunen Crypto.com Arena 18,145 25–33–8 58 67 March 18 St. Louis 4–1 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 25–34–8 58 68 March 20 Anaheim 4–1 Nashville Annunen Bridgestone Arena 17,159 25–35–8 58 69 March 22 Toronto 2–5 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 26–35–8 60 70 March 23 Nashville 1–4 St. Louis Annunen Enterprise Center 18,096 26–36–8 60 71 March 25 Nashville 3–1 Carolina Saros Lenovo Center 18,700 27–36–8 62 72 March 27 St. Louis 3–2 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 27–37–8 62 73 March 29 Vegas 3–1 Nashville Annunen Bridgestone Arena 17,159 27–38–8 62 74 March 31 Nashville 1–2 Philadelphia Annunen Wells Fargo Center 18,858 27–39–8 62 April: 3–5–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 1 Nashville 4–8 Columbus Saros Nationwide Arena 15,605 27–40–8 62 76 April 3 Nashville 1–5 Dallas Annunen American Airlines Center 18,532 27–41–8 62 77 April 6 Montreal 2–1 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,183 27–42–8 62 78 April 8 NY Islanders 6–7 Nashville OT Annunen Bridgestone Arena 17,159 28–42–8 64 79 April 10 Nashville 4–3 Utah SO Saros Delta Center 11,131 29–42–8 66 80 April 12 Nashville 3–5 Vegas Annunen T-Mobile Arena 18,338 29–43–8 66 81 April 14 Utah 7–3 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,159 29–44–8 66 82 April 16 Dallas 1–5 Nashville Saros Bridgestone Arena 17,330 30–44–8 68 Legend:

Player statistics Updated to game played April 12, 2025

Skaters Regular season Player 82 31 42 73 44 78 21 35 56 35 77 19 29 48 24 53 9 29 38 18 82 27 26 53 48 ‡ 52 13 9 22 4 ‡ 57 9 12 21 12 82 10 23 33 38 72 7 14 21 22 66 9 21 30 22 60 5 10 15 59 69 4 8 12 69 50 8 8 16 14 ‡ 40 4 5 9 +1 15 72 5 9 14 100 58 4 12 16 +2 22 † 24 3 4 7 8 ‡ 28 1 6 7 12 ‡ 15 2 3 5 0 23 1 4 5 +3 6 44 2 7 9 21 ‡ 61 1 4 5 41 13 0 2 2 0 6 6 0 1 1 +3 0 ‡ 11 0 1 1 0 0 28 0 1 1 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 +1 0 5 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 † 7 0 0 0 19 9 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 56 56 2,658:40 19 30 6 160 2.96 1,527 .898 4 0 1 4 † 23 20 713:28 9 11 1 67 3.17 596 .898 0 0 0 0 ‡ 5 4 260:01 1 2 1 16 3.69 131 .878 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 2024–25 season.

Key: Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Pittsburgh PenguinsCody GlassMIN 3rd-round pick in 20256th-round pick in 2026To Nashville PredatorsJordan Frasca To San Jose SharksYaroslav AskarovNolan BurkeCOL 3rd-round pick in 2025To Nashville PredatorsMagnus ChronaDavid Edstromconditional SJS 1st-round pick in 2025 orVGK 1st-round pick in 2025 To Pittsburgh PenguinsPhilip TomasinoTo Nashville PredatorsNYR 4th-round pick in 2027 To Chicago BlackhawksFuture considerationsTo Nashville PredatorsRyder Rolston To Colorado AvalancheScott WedgewoodTo Nashville PredatorsJustus Annunen6th-round pick in 2025 To Montreal CanadiensAlexandre CarrierTo Nashville PredatorsJustin Barron To Colorado AvalancheJuuso ParssinenNYR 7th-round pick in 2026To Nashville PredatorsOndrej Pavel3rd-round pick in 2027 To Vancouver CanucksFuture considerationsTo Nashville PredatorsMark Friedman To Tampa Bay LightningAnthony AngelloTo Nashville PredatorsJesse Ylonen To Minnesota WildGustav NyquistTo Nashville Predators2nd-round pick in 2026 To Pittsburgh PenguinsTommy NovakLuke Schenn To Nashville PredatorsMichael Bunting4th-round pick in 2026 Notes If Vegas' first-round pick falls within the top 10, San Jose has the right to transfer either its first-round pick or Vegas' first-round pick to Nashville. Nashville retains 50% of Nyqvist's remaining contract.

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Nick Blankenburg Columbus Blue Jackets 2-year Free agency Vinnie Hinostroza Pittsburgh Penguins 2-year Free agency Jake Lucchini Minnesota Wild 2-year Free agency Jonathan Marchessault Vegas Golden Knights 5-year Free agency Matt Murray Dallas Stars 1-year Free agency Brady Skjei Carolina Hurricanes 7-year Free agency Steven Stamkos Tampa Bay Lightning 4-year Free agency Scott Wedgewood Dallas Stars 2-year Free agency Kieffer Bellows Toronto Marlies (AHL) 1-year Free agency

Players lost