Nashville Predators
2026-27: 1-1-1 · 3 pts · 21st in the NHL · 5th in the Central · L10 1-1-1 · OT1
2025-26: 38-34-10 · 86 pts · 23rd in the NHL · 6th in the Central
at Montréal · 7:00 PM ETPrices after the game-day snapshotExpected in goal: Juuse Saros 100%Game preview →Nashville are 1-1-1 after 3 games of 2026-27, 5th in the Central. Last season they finished 23rd in the league with 86 points.
5th in the Central after 3 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 21st in the league · 1-1-1 · 3 pts
StandingsPoints in line with the goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 7 goals for and 9 against in 3 games. Last season: 86 points against 84.4. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Three home, three away next
Next six
See all: Next six →Montréal Canadiens106 pts · 6th10 Oct@
Ottawa Senators99 pts · 9th13 Octvs
Vegas Golden Knights95 pts · 13th15 Octvs
San Jose Sharks86 pts · 24th17 Octvs
St. Louis Blues86 pts · 22nd22 Oct@
Boston Bruins100 pts · 8thDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 49.9% of the time. 4 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
Toronto4–5 OT25–37OTL3 Octvs
Dallas2–126–30W1 Octvs
Minnesota1–320–30LScores Steven Stamkos leads with 4 points in 3 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$10.57M of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 2 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include. 2 roster players without a contract record are left out of the split.
Who dressed at Toronto on 6 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
The same 20 players who dressed on 3 Oct.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 8th power play and a 19th penalty kill
Small sample after 3 games. Last season: power play 23.1%, penalty kill 81.7%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
Nashville attempt more from the slot than anywhere else
Every Nashville attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (3 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
151 att · 71 on goal · 7 G
By shot type
Nashville Predators rank 9th for 22+ mph bursts and 29th for shot-attempt differential
How fast Nashville Predators skated, how hard they shot and where the puck spent its time, ranked against the other 31 teams.
Fastest skaters
- 22.37Ross ColtonvsDAL3 Oct · 1st 11:21
- 21.84Alexander KerfootvsDAL3 Oct · 1st 05:57
- 21.77Adam EdstromvsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 19:45
- 21.64Reid SchaefervsMIN1 Oct · 1st 02:29
- 21.43Adam WilsbyvsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 17:13
- 21.38Filip ForsbergvsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 05:38
- 20.98Steven StamkosvsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 04:18
- 20.84Matthew WoodvsDAL3 Oct · 1st 15:30
Each Nashville Predators skater's fastest burst, the top eight, in mph.
Hardest shots
- 90.09Filip ForsbergvsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 15:49
- 87.82Roman JosivsMIN1 Oct · 1st 03:23
- 85.96Steven StamkosvsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 11:04
- 82.86Mavrik BourquevsMIN1 Oct · 1st 04:42
- 81.30Adam WilsbyvsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 06:59
- 80.84Brady SkjeivsMIN1 Oct · 1st 16:46
- 77.34Ryan UfkovsMIN1 Oct · 1st 18:08
- 76.93Jonathan MarchessaultvsMIN1 Oct · 1st 02:10
Each Nashville Predators skater's hardest shot, the top eight, in mph.
Territory
Ranks are league-wide, 1st = best.
Juuse Saros has started 3 of 3
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
One on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →Recalled G Matt Murray from Milwaukee (AHL). Placed G Justus Annunen on injured reserve.
Recalled LW Yegor Pinchuk from Milwaukee (AHL). Assigned G Matt Murray to Milwaukee.
Recalled G Matthew Murray from Milwaukee (AHL).
Assigned D Ryan Ufko to Milwaukee (AHL).
Placed RD Ilya Lyubushkin and RD Nicklaus Perbix on waivers.
Claimed D William Trudeau off waivers from New York.
Assigned Fs Felix Nilsson and Cole O'Hara, D Tanner Molendyk and G Matt Murray to Milwaukee (AHL).
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 31% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the Nashville Predators, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 88-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 36%; the market sits 6 points lower.
Season points: the market's ladder
3 points from 3 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
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Chicago is the most-played rivalry: 166 meetings
Nashville against every Central rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
Chicago Blackhawks
Colorado Avalanche
Winnipeg Jets
Utah Mammoth16 playoff trips in the last 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 30 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct