2015–16 Nashville Predators season

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2015–16 Nashville Predators
Division4th Central
Conference7th Western
2015–16 record41–27–14
Home record23–11–7
Road record18–16–7
Goals for228
Goals against215
Team information
General managerDavid Poile
CoachPeter Laviolette
CaptainShea Weber
Alternate captainsMike Fisher
Roman Josi
James Neal
ArenaBridgestone Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsFilip Forsberg (33)
AssistsRoman Josi (47)
PointsFilip Forsberg (64)
Penalty minutesBarret Jackman (76)
Plus/minusJames Neal (+27)
WinsPekka Rinne (34)
Goals against averageCarter Hutton (2.33)

The 2015–16 Nashville Predators season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[1] It was also the first time that the Predators played in a game 7 in a playoff series.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2015 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 20 Florida 2–5 Nashville Hutton 15,432 1–0–0 Recap
2 September 20 Florida 3–2 Nashville OT Saros 12,711 1–0–1 Recap
3 September 22 Nashville 3–2 Tampa Bay OT Hutton 14,324 2–0–1 Recap
4 September 23 Tampa Bay 2–5 Nashville Rinne 14,186 3–0–1 Recap
5 September 29 Columbus 5–2 Nashville Hutton 16,027 3–1–1 Recap
6 October 3 Nashville 1–7 Columbus Rinne 13,795 3–2–1 Recap

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log[2]
October: 7–1–2 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 3–1–1)[2]
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 8 Carolina 1–2 Nashville Rinne 17,204 1–0–0 2 Recap
2 October 10 Edmonton 0–2 Nashville Rinne 17,113 2–0–0 4 Recap
3 October 13 Nashville 3–1 New Jersey Rinne 11,117 3–0–0 6 Recap
4 October 15 Nashville 3–4 NY Islanders Rinne 10,542 3–1–0 6 Recap
5 October 17 Nashville 4–3 Ottawa SO Hutton 16,895 4–1–0 8 Recap
6 October 20 Tampa Bay 4–5 Nashville SO Rinne 17,113 5–1–0 10 Recap
7 October 22 Anaheim 1–5 Nashville Rinne 17,113 6–1–0 12 Recap
8 October 24 Pittsburgh 2–1 Nashville OT Rinne 17,163 6–1–1 13 Recap
9 October 28 Nashville 2–1 San Jose Rinne 15,219 7–1–1 15 Recap
10 October 31 Nashville 3–4 Los Angeles OT Rinne 18,230 7–1–2 16 Recap
November: 5–6–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–4–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
11 November 1 Nashville 2–4 Anaheim Hutton 16,276 7–2–2 16 Recap
12 November 5 Nashville 3–2 Minnesota Rinne 19,024 8–2–2 18 Recap
13 November 7 St. Louis 4–0 Nashville Rinne 17,143 8–3–2 18 Recap
14 November 10 Ottawa 5–7 Nashville Rinne 16,963 9–3–2 20 Recap
15 November 12 Toronto 2–1 Nashville SO Rinne 17,231 9–3–3 21 Recap
16 November 14 Winnipeg 0–7 Nashville Rinne 17,113 10–3–3 23 Recap
17 November 17 Anaheim 2–3 Nashville Rinne 17,113 11–3–3 25 Recap
18 November 20 Nashville 0–4 Columbus Rinne 13,584 11–4–3 25 Recap
19 November 21 Nashville 0–4 Minnesota Rinne 19,056 11–5–3 25 Recap
20 November 23 Nashville 0–3 NY Rangers Rinne 18,006 11–6–3 25 Recap
21 November 25 Nashville 3–2 Buffalo Hutton 17,871 12–6–3 27 Recap
22 November 27 Nashville 2–3 Philadelphia OT Rinne 19,818 12–6–4 28 Recap
23 November 28 Buffalo 4–1 Nashville Saros 17,217 12–7–4 28 Recap
December: 6–6–3 (Home: 5–3–1 ; Road: 1–3–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
24 December 1 Arizona 2–5 Nashville Rinne 15,091 13–7–4 30 Recap
25 December 3 Florida 2–1 Nashville Rinne 15,405 13–8–4 30 Recap
26 December 5 Nashville 4–5 Detroit OT Rinne 20,027 13–8–5 31 Recap
27 December 7 Nashville 3–2 Boston Hutton 17,565 14–8–5 33 Recap
28 December 8 Nashville 1–4 Chicago Rinne 21,432 14–9–5 33 Recap
29 December 10 Chicago 1–5 Nashville Rinne 17,113 15–9–5 35 Recap
30 December 12 Colorado 3–2 Nashville Rinne 17,113 15–10–5 35 Recap
31 December 15 Calgary 2–1 Nashville OT Rinne 15,431 15–10–6 36 Recap
32 December 17 Nashville 1–2 St. Louis Rinne 17,882 15–11–6 36 Recap
33 December 19 Minnesota 2–3 Nashville Rinne 17,117 16–11–6 38 Recap
34 December 21 Montreal 1–5 Nashville Rinne 17,113 17–11–6 40 Recap
35 December 26 Detroit 3–2 Nashville Rinne 17,208 17–12–6 40 Recap
36 December 28 NY Rangers 3–5 Nashville Rinne 17,317 18–12–6 42 Recap
37 December 29 Nashville 3–4 St. Louis OT Hutton 19,319 18–12–7 43 Recap
38 December 31 Nashville 1–5 Dallas Rinne 18,532 18–13–7 43 Recap
January: 6–5–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 5–3–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
39 January 2 Nashville 2–1 Carolina OT Rinne 12,149 19–13–7 45 Recap
40 January 5 Winnipeg 4–1 Nashville Rinne 17,113 19–14–7 45 Recap
41 January 8 Nashville 3–5 Colorado Rinne 17,680 19–15–7 45 Recap
42 January 9 Nashville 0–4 Arizona Hutton 12,345 19–16–7 45 Recap
43 January 12 Nashville 2–3 Chicago Rinne 21,618 19–17–7 45 Recap
44 January 14 Nashville 4–5 Winnipeg OT Rinne 15,294 19–17–8 46 Recap
45 January 16 Minnesota 0–3 Nashville Hutton 17,302 20–17–8 48 Recap
46 January 19 Chicago 4–1 Nashville Rinne 17,122 20–18–8 48 Recap
47 January 21 Nashville 4–1 Winnipeg Rinne 15,294 21–18–8 50 Recap
48 January 23 Nashville 4–1 Edmonton Rinne 16,839 22–18–8 52 Recap
49 January 26 Nashville 2–1 Vancouver Rinne 18,570 23–18–8 54 Recap
50 January 27 Nashville 2–1 Calgary Hutton 19,289 24–18–8 56 Recap
February: 7–3–3 (Home: 3–3–2 ; Road: 4–0–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
51 February 2 St. Louis 1–0 Nashville Rinne 16,045 24–19–8 56 Recap
52 February 4 Philadelphia 6–3 Nashville Rinne 17,113 24–20–8 56 Recap
53 February 6 San Jose 2–6 Nashville Rinne 17,192 25–20–8 58 Recap
54 February 9 Washington 5–3 Nashville Rinne 17,113 25–21–8 58 Recap
55 February 12 Nashville 3–4 Tampa Bay OT Rinne 19,092 25–21–9 59 Recap
56 February 13 Nashville 5–0 Florida Hutton 13,019 26–21–9 61 Recap
57 February 15 Dallas 3–2 Nashville OT Hutton 17,113 26–21–10 62 Recap
58 February 18 Boston 0–2 Nashville Rinne 17,113 27–21–10 64 Recap
59 February 20 Los Angeles 2–1 Nashville OT Rinne 17,369 27–21–11 65 Recap
60 February 22 Nashville 2–1 Montreal SO Rinne 21,288 28–21–11 67 Recap
61 February 23 Nashville 3–2 Toronto Hutton 18,844 29–21–11 69 Recap
62 February 25 Nashville 3–1 Chicago Rinne 22,058 30–21–11 71 Recap
63 February 27 St. Louis 0–5 Nashville Rinne 17,379 31–21–11 73 Recap
March: 8–5–2 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 3–4–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
64 March 1 Dallas 3–5 Nashville Rinne 17,113 32–21–11 75 Recap
65 March 3 New Jersey 5–4 Nashville OT Rinne 17,113 32–21–12 76 Recap
66 March 5 Nashville 5–2 Colorado Rinne 17,165 33–21–12 78 Recap
67 March 8 Nashville 4–2 Winnipeg Rinne 15,294 34–21–12 80 Recap
68 March 9 Nashville 2–3 Calgary OT Hutton 19,289 34–21–13 81 Recap
69 March 12 Nashville 2–4 Vancouver Rinne 18,898 34–22–13 81 Recap
70 March 14 Nashville 3–2 Edmonton Rinne 16,839 35–22–13 83 Recap
71 March 17 NY Islanders 2–4 Nashville Rinne 17,113 36–22–13 85 Recap
72 March 18 Nashville 1–4 Washington Hutton 18,506 36–23–13 85 Recap
73 March 21 Los Angeles 2–5 Nashville Rinne 17,113 37–23–13 87 Recap
74 March 24 Vancouver 2–3 Nashville SO Rinne 17,113 38–23–13 89 Recap
75 March 26 Columbus 1–5 Nashville Rinne 17,113 39–23–13 91 Recap
76 March 28 Colorado 4–3 Nashville Hutton 16,443 39–24–13 91 Recap
77 March 29 Nashville 2–5 Dallas Rinne 18,265 39–25–13 91 Recap
78 March 31 Nashville 2–5 Pittsburgh Rinne 18,560 39–26–13 91 Recap
April: 2–1–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 0–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
79 April 2 San Jose 3–2 Nashville SO Hutton 17,113 39–26–14 92 Recap
80 April 5 Colorado 3–4 Nashville Rinne 17,113 40–26–14 94 Recap
81 April 7 Arizona 2–3 Nashville OT Rinne 17,113 41–26–14 96 Recap
82 April 9 Nashville 2–3 Dallas Hutton 18,532 41–27–14 96 Recap

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

Playoffs

Summary

First round: Anaheim

After trailing 2–1 in the second period, the Predators opened their playoff run with a 3–2 victory over the Ducks.[3] The Predators took a 2–0 lead in the series with a 3–2 victory over the Ducks.[4] Back home in Nashville for Game 3, the Predators were shut out in a 3–0 loss and the Ducks pushed the series to 2–1.[5] The Ducks evened the series in a 4–1 victory in Game 4.[6] The Ducks pulled to a one-game lead over the Predators with a 5–2 victory in Game 5.[7] Back in Nashville for Game 6, the Predators kept the series alive with a 3–1 victory over the Ducks.[8] The Predators scored two goals in the first period and held off a late rally by the Ducks to win Game 7 2–1 and advance on to the Western Conference semifinals.[9]

Second round: San Jose

Despite scoring the first goal, the Predators fell 5–2 to the Sharks in Game 1 of the second round.[10] The Predators fell to a two-game deficit in a 3–2 loss to the Sharks in Game 2.[11] After allowing a power play goal in the first period, the Predators scored four unanswered goals – including two on power plays – to take Game 3.[12] A third overtime goal by Mike Fisher gave the Predators a 4–3 victory in Game 4 and evened the series at two games a piece.[13] The Predators fell 5–1 to the Sharks in Game 5.[14] Despite trailing two goals in the first period of Game 6, the Predators rallied back to tie the game in the third period and score the winning goal in overtime to force a Game 7, which they lost 5–0.[15]

Results

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Anaheim Ducks: Nashville wins 4–3
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 15 Nashville 3–2 Anaheim Rinne 17,236 1–0 Recap
2 April 17 Nashville 3–2 Anaheim Rinne 17,174 2–0 Recap
3 April 19 Anaheim 3–0 Nashville Rinne 17,204 2–1 Recap
4 April 21 Anaheim 4–1 Nashville Rinne 17,232 2–2 Recap
5 April 23 Nashville 2–5 Anaheim Rinne 17,360 2–3 Recap
6 April 25 Anaheim 1–3 Nashville Rinne 17,113 3–3 Recap
7 April 27 Nashville 2–1 Anaheim Rinne 17,407 4–3 Recap
Western Conference Second Round vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks: San Jose wins 4–3
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 29 Nashville 2–5 San Jose Rinne 17,026 0–1 Recap
2 May 1 Nashville 2–3 San Jose Rinne 17,562 0–2 Recap
3 May 3 San Jose 1–4 Nashville Rinne 17,163 1–2 Recap
4 May 5 San Jose 3–4 Nashville 3OT Rinne 17,188 2–2 Recap
5 May 7 Nashville 1–5 San Jose Rinne 17,562 2–3 Recap
6 May 9 San Jose 3–4 Nashville OT Rinne 17,292 3–3 Recap
7 May 12 Nashville 0–5 San Jose Rinne 17,562 3–4 Recap

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season[16]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Filip Forsberg 82 33 31 64 1 47
Roman Josi 81 14 47 61 −3 43
James Neal 82 31 27 58 27 65
Shea Weber 78 20 31 51 −7 27
Mike Ribeiro 81 7 43 50 11 62
Craig Smith 82 21 16 37 4 40
Mattias Ekholm 82 8 27 35 14 44
Ryan Johansen† 42 8 26 34 10 36
Ryan Ellis 79 10 22 32 13 35
Calle Jarnkrok 81 16 14 30 1 14
Colin Wilson 64 6 18 24 −1 14
Mike Fisher 70 13 10 23 −14 29
Viktor Arvidsson 56 8 8 16 −8 35
Seth Jones‡ 40 1 10 11 −5 10
Miikka Salomaki 61 5 5 10 −1 28
Austin Watson 57 3 7 10 −4 32
Cody Hodgson 39 3 5 8 2 6
Eric Nystrom 46 7 0 7 −6 20
Colton Sissons 34 4 2 6 5 12
Paul Gaustad 63 2 4 6 −4 46
Anthony Bitetto 28 1 5 6 0 19
Barret Jackman 73 1 4 5 1 76
Gabriel Bourque 22 1 3 4 0 18
Petter Granberg 27 0 2 2 1 13
Kevin Fiala 5 1 0 1 0 0
Cody Bass 17 0 0 0 −1 17
Victor Bartley‡ 1 0 0 0 −1 0
Stefan Elliott† 2 0 0 0 −1 0
Corey Potter 1 0 0 0 0 0


Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Colin Wilson 14 5 8 13 8 0
Roman Josi 14 1 8 9 −6 12
James Neal 14 4 4 8 1 8
Ryan Johansen 14 4 4 8 0 16
Mike Fisher 14 5 2 7 −1 2
Shea Weber 14 3 4 7 −7 18
Mattias Ekholm 14 3 4 7 2 4
Ryan Ellis 14 0 6 6 0 4
Filip Forsberg 14 2 2 4 −11 2
Craig Smith 11 1 1 2 1 4
Miikka Salomaki 14 1 1 2 2 6
Viktor Arvidsson 14 1 1 2 −3 8
Mike Ribeiro 12 0 2 2 −3 16
Paul Gaustad 14 1 0 1 0 0
Calle Jarnkrok 14 0 1 1 −5 4
Barret Jackman 14 0 0 0 1 22
Eric Nystrom 1 0 0 0 0 2
Cody Bass 6 0 0 0 −2 2
Anthony Bitetto 14 0 0 0 1 6
Pontus Aberg 2 0 0 0 0 0
Colton Sissons 10 0 0 0 −1 8

Goaltenders

Regular Season[17]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Pekka Rinne 66 66 3895:22 34 21 10 161 2.48 1744 .908 4 0 2 6
Carter Hutton 17 15 978:56 7 5 4 38 2.33 464 .918 2 0 1 0
Juuse Saros 1 1 58:01 0 1 0 3 3.10 23 .870 0 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Pekka Rinne 14 14 866 7 7 38 2.63 404 .906 0 0 1 0
Carter Hutton 3 0 20 0 0 1 3.00 3 .667 0 0 0 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Predators. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Predators only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular Season
Player Award Awarded
S. Weber NHL Second Star of the Week[18] December 7, 2015
S. Weber NHL All-Star game selection[19] January 6, 2016
R. Josi NHL All-Star game selection[19] January 6, 2016
P. Rinne NHL All-Star game selection[19] January 6, 2016
J. Neal NHL All-Star game replacement selection[20] January 28, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
V. Arvidsson 1st Career NHL Goal
1st Career NHL Point		 October 8, 2015
C. Hodgson 300th Career NHL Game November 1, 2015
S. Weber 400th Career NHL Point November 10, 2015
S. Weber 700th Career NHL Game November 12, 2015
C. Jarnkrok 100th Career NHL Game November 12, 2015
R. Josi 100th Career NHL Assist November 17, 2015
J. Neal 500th Career NHL Game November 23, 2015
P. Rinne 400th Career NHL Game November 27, 2015
C. Smith 300th Career NHL Game November 28, 2015


Transactions

The Predators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season.

Trades

Date
Details
 Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) To Calgary Flames
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2016 		To Nashville Predators
Max Reinhart 		[21]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) To New York Rangers
Magnus Hellberg 		To Nashville Predators
6th-round pick in 2017 		[22]
July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12) To Toronto Maple Leafs
Taylor Beck 		To Nashville Predators
Jamie Devane 		[23]
January 6, 2016 (2016-01-06) To Columbus Blue Jackets
Seth Jones 		To Nashville Predators
Ryan Johansen 		[24]
January 14, 2016 (2016-01-14) To Ottawa Senators
Conor Allen 		To Nashville Predators
Patrick Mullen 		[25]
January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15) To Arizona Coyotes
Victor Bartley 		To Nashville Predators
Stefan Elliott 		[26]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) To Arizona Coyotes
Future considerations 		To Nashville Predators
Corey Potter 		[27]
June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20) To Buffalo Sabres
Jimmy Vesey (rights) 		To Nashville Predators
MIN's 3rd-round pick in 2016 		[28]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Barret Jackman St. Louis Blues 2 year, $4 million [29]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Cody Hodgson Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $1.05 million [30]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Conor Allen New York Rangers 1 year, $575,000 [31]
July 4, 2015 (2015-07-04) Cody Bass Rockford IceHogs 1 year, $575,000 [32]
January 5, 2016 (2016-01-05) Frederick Gaudreau Milwaukee Admirals 2 years, entry-level contract [33]
April 21, 2016 (2016-04-21) Adam Payerl Milwaukee Admirals 1 year, $575,000 [34]
June 1, 2016 (2016-06-01) Jonas Gunnarsson Malmo Redhawks 1 year, entry-level contract [35]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Viktor Stalberg New York Rangers 1 year, $1.1 million [36]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Joe Piskula Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $600,000 [37]
August 6, 2015 (2015-08-06) Matt Cullen Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $800,000 [38]
August 17, 2015 Mike Santorelli Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $875,000 [39]
September 10, 2015 Cody Franson Buffalo Sabres 2 years, $6.65 million [40]

Claimed via waivers

Player Previous team Date
Petter Granberg[41] Toronto Maple Leafs November 22, 2015

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26) Mike Fisher 2 years, $8.8 million [42]
June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29) Austin Watson 2 years, $1.15 million [43]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Mike Ribeiro 2 years, $7 million [44]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Gabriel Bourque 1 year, $866,250 [45]
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Max Reinhart 1 year, $575,000 [46]
July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10) Vladislav Kamenev 3 years, entry-level contract [47]
July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10) Yakov Trenin 3 years, entry-level contract [48]
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13) Anthony Bitetto 1 year, $665,500 [49]
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16) Taylor Aronson 1 year, $605,000 [50]
July 17, 2015 (2015-07-17) Calle Jarnkrok 1 year, $735,000 [51]
July 20, 2015 (2015-07-20) Craig Smith 5 years, $21.25 million [52]
July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24) Jack Dougherty 3 years, entry-level contract [53]
July 27, 2015 (2015-07-27) Colin Wilson 4 years, $15.75 million [54]
October 26, 2015 (2015-10-26) Mattias Ekholm 6 years, $22.5 million contract extension [55]
November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12) Alexandre Carrier 3 years, entry-level contract [56]
February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22) Colton Sissons 3 years, $1.875 million contract extension [57]
February 26, 2016 (2016-02-26) Anthony Bitetto 2 years, $1.225 million contract extension [58]
March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01) Miikka Salomaki 2 years, $1.225 million contract extension [59]
May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16) Justin Kirkland 3 years, entry-level contract [60]
June 1, 2016 (2016-06-01) Cody Bass 2 years, $1.225 million contract extension [61]
June 13, 2016 (2016-06-13) Marek Mazanec 1 year, $575,000 [62]

Draft picks

Below are the Nashville Predators' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, that was held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 55 Iakov Trenin C  Russia Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
3 85 Thomas Novak C  United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
4 100[a] Anthony Richards C  Canada Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
4 115 Alexandre Carrier D  Canada Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
5 145 Karel Vejmelka G  Czech Republic HC Dynamo Pardubice (Czech U20)
6 175 Tyler Moy C  Canada Harvard University (NCAA)
7 205 Evan Smith G  United States Austin Bruins (NAHL)

Draft notes

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