2020–21 Nashville Predators season

The 2020–21 Nashville Predators season is the 23rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[2] 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 will remain in the Central Division this season and will only play games against the other teams in their realigned division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

2020–21 Nashville Predators
2020–21 record5–6–0
Home record4–1–0
Road record1–5–0
Goals for29
Goals against36
Team information
General managerDavid Poile
CoachJohn Hynes
CaptainRoman Josi
Alternate captainsMattias Ekholm
Ryan Ellis
Filip Forsberg
Ryan Johansen
ArenaBridgestone Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)
Chicago Wolves (AHL)[1]
Florida Everblades (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsFilip Forsberg (6)
AssistsViktor Arvidsson
Filip Forsberg (5)
PointsFilip Forsberg (11)
Penalty minutesMark Borowiecki (29)
Plus/minusFilip Forsberg (+4)
WinsJuuse Saros (3)
Goals against averagePekka Rinne (2.77)

Standings

Central Division
Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Tampa Bay Lightning 9 7 1 1 6 32 18 +14 15
2 Florida Panthers 8 6 0 2 3 29 23 +6 14
3 Columbus Blue Jackets 12 5 4 3 4 31 37 −6 13
4 Carolina Hurricanes 8 6 2 0 3 26 19 +7 12
5 Chicago Blackhawks 12 4 4 4 4 35 39 −4 12
6 Dallas Stars 8 5 2 1 4 32 21 +11 11
7 Nashville Predators 11 5 6 0 2 29 36 −7 10
8 Detroit Red Wings 12 2 8 2 1 22 43 −21 6
Updated to game(s) played on February 5, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[4]

2020–21 game log
February: 1–2–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
9February 1Nashville2–5Tampa BaySaros04–5–08Recap
10February 4Nashville6–5FloridaOTRinne3,6985–5–010Recap
11February 5Nashville1–2FloridaRinne3,9775–6–010Recap
12February 8Tampa Bay–Nashville
13February 9Tampa Bay–Nashville
14February 11Detroit–Nashville
15February 13Detroit–Nashville
16February 15Nashville–Dallas
17February 16Nashville–Dallas
18February 18Nashville–Columbus
19February 20Nashville–Columbus
20February 23Nashville–Detroit
21February 25Nashville–Detroit
22February 27Columbus–Nashville
23February 28Columbus–Nashville

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Postponement

Roster

Updated February 6, 2021[6][7]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
33 Viktor Arvidsson LW R 27 2014 Skellefteå, Sweden
5 Matt Benning D R 26 2020 St. Albert, Alberta
90 Mark Borowiecki D L 31 2020 Ottawa, Ontario
21 Nick Cousins C L 27 2020 Belleville, Ontario
95 Matt Duchene C L 30 2019 Haliburton, Ontario
14 Mattias Ekholm (A) D L 30 2009 Borlänge, Sweden
4 Ryan Ellis (A) D R 30 2009 Hamilton, Ontario
57 Dante Fabbro D R 22 2016 Coquitlam, British Columbia
9 Filip Forsberg (A) LW R 26 2013 Östervåla, Sweden
64 Mikael Granlund RW L 28 2019 Oulu, Finland
23 Rocco Grimaldi C R 27 2018 Rossmoor, California
17 Ben Harpur D L 26 2020 Hamilton, Ontario
56 Erik Haula LW L 29 2020 Pori, Finland
19 Calle Jarnkrok C R 29 2014 Gävle, Sweden
92 Ryan Johansen (A) C R 28 2016 Vancouver, British Columbia
59 Roman Josi (C) D L 30 2008 Bern, Switzerland
73 Kasimir Kaskisuo G L 27 2020 Vantaa, Finland
11 Luke Kunin C R 23 2020 Chesterfield, Missouri
43 Sean Malone C L 25 2020 Buffalo, New York
47 Michael McCarron C R 25 2020 Grosse Pointe, Michigan
25 Mathieu Olivier RW R 23 2019 Levis, Quebec
15 Brad Richardson  C L 36 2020 Belleville, Ontario
35 Pekka Rinne G L 38 2004 Kempele, Finland
74 Juuse Saros G L 25 2013 Forssa, Finland
55 Luca Sbisa  D L 31 2021 Ozieri, Italy
10 Colton Sissons C R 27 2012 North Vancouver, British Columbia
24 Jarred Tinordi D L 28 2018 Burnsville, Minnesota
28 Eeli Tolvanen RW L 21 2017 Vihti, Finland
13 Yakov Trenin C R 24 2015 Chelyabinsk, Russia

Draft picks
See also: List of Nashville Predators draft picks

Below are the Nashville Predators selections at the 2020 NHL Draft which was held on June 6–7 at the NHL Studios

Round # Player Pos Nationally College/Junior/Club Team (league)
1 11 Yaroslav Askarov (G)  RUS SKA-Neva (VHL)
2 42 Luke Evangelista (RW)  CAN London Knights (OHL)
3 73 Luke Prokop (D)  CAN Calgary Hitman (OHL)
4 101 Adam Wilsby (D)  SWE Skelleftea AIK (SHL)
6 166 Luke Reid (D)  CAN Chicago Steel (USHL)
7 202 Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (LW)  USA Northeastern Huskies (H-East)
7 209 Chase McLane (C)  USA Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten)

References
  1. "Wolves take on Predators as second affiliate for 2020-21". AHL. January 7, 2021.
  2. National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
  3. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  4. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  5. "Hurricanes-Predators game postponed due to COVID-19". NHLcom. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  6. "Nashville Predators Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  7. "Nashville Predators Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
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