2009–10 Nashville Predators
Division	2nd Central
Conference	6th Western
2009–10 record	15-9-1
Home record	9-4-0
Road record	6-5-1
Goals for	62
Goals against	64
Team information
General Manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Jason Arnott
Alternate captains	Steve Sullivan Shea Weber
Arena	Sommet Center
Average attendance	13,754 (13 games) (80 % of capacity) Total: 80393
Team leaders
Goals	Jason Arnott - (7)
Assists	J.P. Dumont - (12)
Points	J.P. Dumont - (17)
Penalties in minutes	Martin Erat - (20)
Plus/minus	Jordin Tootoo/Cody Franson - (+4)
Wins	Pekka Rinne - (11)
Goals against average	Pekka Rinne - (2.37)
<2008–09

The 2009–10 Nashville Predators season is the Nashville Predators' eleventh season in the National Hockey League.

Contents 1 Pre-season 2 Regular season 2.1 Divisional standings 2.2 Conference standings 2.3 Game log 3 Playoffs 4 Player stats 4.1 Skaters 4.2 Goaltenders 5 Awards and records 5.1 Records 5.2 Milestones 5.3 Awards 6 Transactions 6.1 Trades 6.2 Free agents acquired 6.3 Free agents lost 6.4 Lost via Waivers 6.5 Players re-signed 7 Draft picks 8 Roster 9 See also 10 Farm teams 11 References 12 External Links

[edit] Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 4–2–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Atlanta Thrashers	0 - 5	Nashville Predators		Dan Ellis	14,103	1-0-0	[1]
2	September 18	Nashville Predators	4 - 2	Carolina Hurricanes		Pekka Rinne	8,495	2-0-0	[2]
3	September 19	Columbus Blue Jackets	2 - 3	Nashville Predators		Pekka Rinne	10,703	3-0-0	[3]
4	September 23	Nashville Predators	4 - 5	Atlanta Thrashers		Pekka Rinne	5,017	3-1-0	[4]
5	September 26	Carolina Hurricanes	5 - 2	Nashville Predators		Pekka Rinne	10,973	3-2-0	[5]
6	September 27	Nashville Predators	4 - 2	Columbus Blue Jackets		Dan Ellis	13,761	4-2-0	[6]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Divisional standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points

	Central Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	Chicago Blackhawks	27	17	7	3	82	63	37
2	Nashville Predators	28	16	10	2	70	75	34
3	Columbus Blue Jackets	28	13	10	5	87	102	31
4	Detroit Red Wings	27	13	10	4	77	77	30
5	St. Louis Blues	26	11	10	5	65	69	27

After games of December 4, 2009.^[1]

[edit] Conference standings

	Western Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	San Jose Sharks	31	19	7	5	104	82	43
2	Chicago Blackhawks	28	18	7	3	85	64	39
3	Calgary Flames	28	18	7	3	86	69	39
4	Colorado Avalanche	31	16	9	6	94	95	38
5	Los Angeles Kings	30	17	10	3	93	92	37
6	Phoenix Coyotes	29	17	11	1	73	68	35
7	Nashville Predators	29	16	11	2	73	80	34
8	Dallas Stars	29	13	8	8	85	85	34
9	Vancouver Canucks	29	16	13	0	91	75	32
10	Detroit Red Wings	28	13	10	5	80	81	31
11	Columbus Blue Jackets	29	13	11	5	89	105	31
12	St. Louis Blues	27	12	10	5	70	73	29
13	Minnesota Wild	28	13	12	3	78	86	29
14	Edmonton Oilers	29	12	13	4	87	93	28
15	Anaheim Ducks	28	10	13	5	79	92	25

After games of December 5, 2009.^[2]

[edit] Game log

2009–10 Game Log
October: 6-6–1 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Nashville Predators 3 - 2 Dallas Stars SO Dan Ellis 18,532 1-0-0 2 [7] 2 October 8 Colorado Avalanche 2 - 3 Nashville Predators Dan Ellis 14,797 2-0-0 4 [8] 3 October 10 Buffalo Sabres 1 - 0 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 14,209 2-1-0 4 [9] 4 October 12 Edmonton Oilers 6 - 1 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 12,179 2-2-0 4 [10] 5 October 14 Nashville Predators 0 - 6 Dallas Stars Dan Ellis 16,365 2-3-0 4 [11] 6 October 15 Chicago Blackhawks 3 - 1 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 13,103 2-4-0 4 [12] 7 October 17 Nashville Predators 2 - 3 Washington Capitals SO Dan Ellis 18,277 2-4-1 5 [13] 8 October 21 Nashville Predators 2 - 3 Boston Bruins Dan Ellis 16,715 2-5-1 5 [14] 9 October 22 Nashville Predators 6 - 5 Ottawa Senators OT Pekka Rinne 18,970 3-5-1 7 [15] 10 October 24 Nashville Predators 0 - 2 Chicago Blackhawks Dan Ellis 20,272 3-6-1 7 [16] 11 October 28 Nashville Predators 4 - 3 Minnesota Wild Pekka Rinne 18,199 4-6-1 9 [17] 12 October 29 Chicago Blackhawks 0 - 2 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 13,585 5-6-1 11 [18] 13 October 31 Dallas Stars 2 - 4 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 12,520 6-7-1 13 [19]
November: 9–4–0 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 5 Nashville Predators 0-4 Anaheim Ducks Pekka Rinne 14,298 6-7-1 13 [20] 15 November 7 Nashville Predators 3-1 Los Angeles Kings Dan Ellis 15,237 7-7-1 15 [21] 16 November 10 Nashville Predators 3-4 San Jose Sharks Dan Ellis 17,562 7-8-1 15 [22] 17 November 12 Nashville Predators 3-1 St. Louis Blues Pekka Rinne 19,150 8-8-1 17 [23] 18 November 14 Montreal Canadiens 0-2 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 15,604 9-8-1 19 [24] 19 November 17 San Jose Sharks 3-4 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 13,324 10-8-1 21 [25] 20 November 19 New Jersey Devils 2-3 Nashville Predators SO Pekka Rinne 13,445 11-8-1 23 [26] 21 November 21 Columbus Blue Jackets 3-4 Nashville Predators SO Pekka Rinne 13,790 12-8-1 25 [27] 22 November 23 Detroit Red Wings 1-3 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 14,410 13-8-1 27 [28] 23 November 25 Nashville Predators 4-3 Colorado Avalanche OT Pekka Rinne 12,356 14-8-1 29 [29] 24 November 27 St. Louis Blues 3-1 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 13,170 14-9-1 29 [30] 25 November 28 Florida Panthers 1-3 Nashville Predators Dan Ellis 14,120 15-9-1 31 [31] 26 November 30 Calgary Flames 5-0 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 10,581 15-10-1 31 [32]
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 2 Nashville Predators Minnesota Wild 28 December 4 Nashville Predators Chicago Blackhawks 29 December 5 Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators 30 December 8 Vancouver Canucks Nashville Predators 31 December 10 Columbus Blue Jackets Nashville Predators 32 December 12 Detroit Red Wings Nashville Predators 33 December 14 Nashville Predators Columbus Blue Jackets 34 December 15 Tampa Bay Lightning Nashville Predators 35 December 17 Nashville Predators Edmonton Oilers 36 December 19 Nashville Predators Calgary Flames 37 December 22 Nashville Predators Vancouver Canucks 38 December 26 Chicago Blackhawks Nashville Predators 39 December 27 Nashville Predators Chicago Blackhawks 40 December 29 Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues 41 December 31 Nashville Predators Columbus Blue Jackets
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 Anaheim Ducks Nashville Predators 43 January 5 Calgary Flames Nashville Predators 44 January 7 Carolina Hurricanes Nashville Predators 45 January 9 Anaheim Ducks Nashville Predators 46 January 11 Nashville Predators Vancouver Canucks 47 January 12 Nashville Predators Edmonton Oilers 48 January 15 Nashville Predators Calgary Flames 49 January 18 Toronto Maple Leafs Nashville Predators 50 January 21 Nashville Predators Phoenix Coyotes 51 January 22 Nashville Predators Colorado Avalanche 52 January 26 Nashville Predators Columbus Blue Jackets 53 January 29 Nashville Predators Detroit Red Wings 54 January 30 Atlanta Thrashers Nashville Predators
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 2 Phoenix Coyotes Nashville Predators 56 February 4 Colorado Avalanche Nashville Predators 57 February 6 San Jose Sharks Nashville Predators 58 February 9 Nashville Predators New York Islanders 59 February 10 Nashville Predators New York Rangers 60 February 12 Nashville Predators New Jersey Devils 61 February 14 Nashville Predators Pittsburgh Penguins
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Edmonton Oilers Nashville Predators 63 March 4 Los Angeles Kings Nashville Predators 64 March 5 Nashville Predators Detroit Red Wings 65 March 7 Vancouver Canucks Nashville Predators 66 March 9 Nashville Predators Atlanta Thrashers 67 March 11 Nashville Predators San Jose Sharks 68 March 12 Nashville Predators Anaheim Ducks 69 March 14 Nashville Predators Los Angeles Kings 70 March 16 Philadelphia Flyers Nashville Predators 71 March 18 Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators 72 March 20 Columbus Blue Jackets Nashville Predators 73 March 21 Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues 74 March 23 Dallas Stars Nashville Predators 75 March 25 Phoenix Coyotes Nashville Predators 76 March 27 Detroit Red Wings Nashville Predators 77 March 29 Nashville Predators Florida Panthers 78 March 30 Los Angeles Kings Nashville Predators
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 St. Louis Blues Nashville Predators 80 April 3 Nashville Predators Detroit Red Wings 81 April 7 Nashville Predators Phoenix Coyotes 82 April 10 St. Louis Blues Nashville Predators
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

[edit] Playoffs

The Nashville Predators will attempt to make the playoffs for the first time since 2008.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Dumont, J.P.J.P. Dumont 22 5 14 19 3 8 Arnott, JasonJason Arnott 23 10 7 17 -1 8 Sullivan, SteveSteve Sullivan 29 6 10 16 -4 4 Legwand, DavidDavid Legwand 29 5 10 15 -3 12 Weber, SheaShea Weber 27 6 9 15 -4 4 Erat, MartinMartin Erat 26 6 7 13 -7 22 Suter, RyanRyan Suter 29 2 11 13 -4 18 Ward, JoelJoel Ward 27 5 7 12 -4 6 Hornqvist, PatricPatric Hornqvist 28 5 5 10 2 8 Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis 25 2 7 9 2 22 Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo 16 2 6 8 1 18 Goc, MarcelMarcel Goc 27 4 2 6 -3 6 Franson, CodyCody Franson 23 2 4 6 5 10 Bouillon, FrancisFrancis Bouillon 29 1 3 4 -9 16 Smithson, JerredJerred Smithson 29 4 0 4 2 20 Klein, KevinKevin Klein 29 1 3 4 -5 8 Santorelli, MichaelMichael Santorelli 21 2 1 3 -6 8 Scatchard, DaveDave Scatchard 11 1 2 3 2 11 Thuresson, AndreasAndreas Thuresson 10 0 2 2 -2 2 Wilson, ColinColin Wilson 10 1 1 2 -1 0 Sulzer, AlexanderAlexander Sulzer 5 0 1 1 2 0 Belak, WadeWade Belak 14 0 1 1 0 19 O'Reilly, CalCal O'Reilly 8 0 1 1 1 2 Guite, BenBen Guite 4 0 0 0 -1 2 Grant, TristonTriston Grant 3 0 0 0 -1 9 Olvecky, PeterPeter Olvecky 1 0 0 0 0 0 Laakso, TeemuTeemu Laakso 7 0 0 0 -2 2 Jones, RyanRyan Jones 10 0 0 0 -1 2

[edit] Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Rinne, PekkaPekka Rinne 20 1102 11 6 1 48 2.61 519 .908 2 0 0 0 Ellis, DanDan Ellis 13 656 5 5 1 30 2.74 328 .909 0 0 1 0

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

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Records

[edit] Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

[edit] Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Pekka Rinne[3]	NHL First Star of the Week	November 2, 2009

[edit] Transactions

The Predators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

[edit] Trades Date Details June 27, 2009 To Tampa Bay Lightning 5th-round pick (#148 overall) in 2009 To Nashville Predators 5th-round pick in 2010 June 27, 2009 To St. Louis Blues 7th-round pick (#202 overall) in 2009 To Nashville Predators 7th-round pick in 2010

[edit] Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Ben Guite[4] Colorado Avalanche 1 year, $550,000 2-way contract Peter Olvecky[5] Minnesota Wild 1 year, $500,000 2-way contract Ben Eaves[6] Espoo Blues 1 year, $600,000 2-way contract Marcel Goc[7] San Jose Sharks 1 year, $550,000 2-way contract Francis Bouillon[8] Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $750,000 Dave Scatchard[9] Milwaukee Admirals 1 year, $550,000 2-way contract [edit] Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Greg Zanon[10] Minnesota Wild 3 years, $5.8 million Vernon Fiddler[11] Phoenix Coyotes 2 years, $2.2 million Ville Koistinen[12] Florida Panthers 2 years, $2.4 million Scott Nichol[13] San Jose Sharks 1 year, $750,000 Jed Ortmeyer[14] San Jose Sharks 1 year Radek Bonk Trinec Ocelari HC [edit] Lost via Waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers [edit] Players re-signed Player Contract terms Triston Grant[15] 1 year, $500k 2-way contract Joel Ward[16] 2 years, $3 million Steve Sullivan[17] 2 years, $7.5 million Nolan Yonkman[18] 1 year, $500,000 2-way contract Ryan Maki[19] 1 year, $500,000 2-way contract Ryan Jones[20] 2 years, $975,000 Cal O'Reilly[21] 2 years, $1.125 million 2-way contract

[edit] Draft picks

Nashville's picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	11	Ryan Ellis	(D)	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (Ontario Hockey League)
2	41	Zach Budish	(RW)	United States	Edina High School (United States High School)
2	42 (Minnesota)	Charles-Olivier Roussel	(D)	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
3	70 (from Ottawa)	Taylor Beck	(LW)	Canada	Guelph Storm (Ontario Hockey League)
3	72	Michael Latta	(C)	Canada	Guelph Storm (Ontario Hockey League)
4	98 (from Toronto via San Jose)	Craig Smith	(C)	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (United States Hockey League)
4	102	Mattias Ekholm	(D)	Sweden	Mora IK (Allsvenskan)
4	110 (from NY Rangers)	Nick Oliver	(C/F)	United States	Roseau High School (United States High School)
5	132	Gabriel Bourque	(LW)	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
7	192	Cameron Reid	(C)	Canada	Westside Warriors (BCHL)

[edit] Roster

Updated December 5, 2009.^[22]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
19	Canada 	Arnott, JasonJason Arnott (C)	4.0 C	R	35	2006	Collingwood, Ontario
3	Canada 	Belak, WadeWade Belak	7.1 RW/D	L	33	2008	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
51	Canada 	Bouillon, FrancisFrancis Bouillon	2.0 D	L	34	2009	New York, New York
71	Canada 	Dumont, J. P.J. P. Dumont	7.0 RW	L	31	2006	Montreal, Quebec
39	Canada 	Ellis, DanDan Ellis	1.0 G	L	29	2007	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
10	Czech Republic 	Erat, MartinMartin Erat	7.0 RW	L	28	1999	Třebíč, Czechoslovakia
32	Canada 	Franson, CodyCody Franson	2.0 D	R	22	2005	Salmon Arm, British Columbia
9	Germany 	Goc, MarcelMarcel Goc	4.0 C	L	26	2009	Calw, West Germany
2	Canada 	Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis	2.0 D	L	26	2001	Smithers, British Columbia
27	Sweden 	Hornqvist, PatricPatric Hornqvist	7.0 RW	R	22	2005	Sollentuna, Sweden
28	Canada 	Jones, RyanRyan Jones	6.0 LW	R	25	2008	Chatham, Ontario
8	Canada 	Klein, KevinKevin Klein	2.0 D	R	24	2003	Kitchener, Ontario
11	United States 	Legwand, DavidDavid Legwand	4.0 C	L	29	1998	Detroit, Michigan
16	Canada 	O'Reilly, CalCal O'Reilly	4.0 C	L	23	2005	Toronto, Ontario
35	Finland 	Rinne, PekkaPekka Rinne	1.0 G	L	27	2004	Kempele, Finland
38	Canada 	Scatchard, DaveDave Scatchard	4.0 C	R	33	2009	Hinton, Alberta
25	Canada 	Smithson, JerredJerred Smithson	7.2 RW/C	R	30	2004	Vernon, British Columbia
26	Canada 	Sullivan, SteveSteve Sullivan (A)	6.0 LW	R	35	2004	Timmins, Ontario
20	United States 	Suter, RyanRyan Suter	2.0 D	L	24	2003	Madison, Wisconsin
22	Canada 	Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo	7.0 RW	R	26	2001	Churchill, Manitoba
29	Canada 	Ward, JoelJoel Ward	7.0 RW	R	29	2008	North York, Ontario
6	Canada 	Weber, SheaShea Weber (A)	2.0 D	R	24	2003	Sicamous, British Columbia

[edit] See also

• 2009–10 NHL season

[edit] Farm teams

[edit] References

[edit] External Links

• 2009–10 Nashville Predators season at ESPN
• 2009–10 Nashville Predators season at Hockey Reference

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