2013–14 Nashville Predators season

2013–14 Nashville Predators
Division	6th Central
Conference	10th Western
2013–14 record	38–32–12
Home record	19–17–5
Road record	19–15–7
Goals for	216
Goals against	242
Team information
General Manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Shea Weber
Alternate captains	Mike Fisher Patric Hornqvist
Arena	Bridgestone Arena
Average attendance	16,600 (97%)[1] (41 games)
Minor league affiliations	Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Shea Weber (21)
Assists	Shea Weber (32)
Points	Shea Weber (53)
Penalties in minutes	Richard Clune (152)
Plus/minus	(+): Craig Smith (12) (−): Eric Nystrom (−26)
Wins	Carter Hutton (19)
Goals against average	Carter Hutton (2.61)
<2012–13 2014–15>

The 2013–14 Nashville Predators season was the club's 16th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators finished tenth in the Western Conference, failing to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second year in a row.

Regular season

After the season ended, it was announced that Head Coach Barry Trotz's contract would not be extended and a search for a new head coach would begin immediately. Trotz had been offered a different role in the organization, which he declined. Trotz had been the only coach in franchise history. ^[2]

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division^[3]

		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y - Colorado Avalanche	82	52	22	8	47	250	220	112
2	St. Louis Blues	82	52	23	7	43	248	191	111
3	Chicago Blackhawks	82	46	21	15	40	267	220	107
4	Minnesota Wild	82	43	27	12	35	207	206	98
5	Dallas Stars	82	40	31	11	36	235	228	91
6	Nashville Predators	82	38	32	12	36	216	242	88
7	Winnipeg Jets	82	37	35	10	29	227	237	84

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)^[4]

R		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Colorado Avalanche	82	52	22	8	47	250	220	112
2	St. Louis Blues	82	52	23	7	43	248	191	111
3	Chicago Blackhawks	82	46	21	15	40	267	220	107

Top 3 (Pacific Division)^[4]

R		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – Anaheim Ducks	82	54	20	8	51	266	209	116
2	San Jose Sharks	82	51	22	9	41	249	200	111
3	Los Angeles Kings	82	46	28	8	38	206	174	100

Wild Card Teams^[4]

R	(Top 2 qualify for playoffs)	Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	Minnesota Wild	CE	82	43	27	12	35	207	206	98
2	Dallas Stars	CE	82	40	31	11	36	235	228	91
3	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	37	30	15	31	216	231	89
4	Nashville Predators	CE	82	38	32	12	36	216	242	88
5	Winnipeg Jets	CE	82	37	35	10	29	227	237	84
6	Vancouver Canucks	PA	82	36	35	11	31	196	223	83
7	Calgary Flames	PA	82	35	40	7	28	209	241	77
8	Edmonton Oilers	PA	82	29	44	9	25	203	270	67

bold – Clinched Playoff spot, y – Clinched Division, z – Clinched Conference

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 2–4–1 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 0–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 16	Nashville	3–6	Florida		Darling	0	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 16	Nashville	2–3	Florida	OT	Hutton	6,541	0–1–1	Recap
3	September 19	Nashville	1–5	Tampa Bay		Hutton	10,332	0–2–1	Recap
4	September 22	NY Islanders	0–2	Nashville		Rinne	15,502	1–2–1	Recap
5	September 24	Tampa Bay	1–2	Nashville		Mazanec	13,089	2–2–1	Recap
6	September 25	Nashville	1–4	Washington		Hutton	16,748	2–3–1	Recap
7	September 27	Nashville	4–6	NY Islanders		Rinne	9,338	2–4–1	Recap

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log
October: 6–5–2 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Nashville 2–4 St. Louis Rinne 18,851 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 4 Nashville 1–3 Colorado Rinne 14,494 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 8 Minnesota 2–3 Nashville Rinne 17,196 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 10 Toronto 4–0 Nashville Rinne 16,671 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 October 12 NY Islanders 2–3 Nashville Rinne 17,113 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 October 15 Florida 3–4 Nashville Rinne 15,935 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 17 Los Angeles 2–1 Nashville SO Rinne 16,416 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 19 Nashville 2–1 Montreal Rinne 21,273 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 20 Nashville 3–1 Winnipeg Hutton 15,004 5–3–1 11 Recap 10 October 22 Nashville 0–2 Minnesota Rinne 17,651 5–4–1 11 Recap 11 October 24 Winnipeg 2–3 Nashville OT Hutton 16,075 6–4–1 13 Recap 12 October 26 St. Louis 6–1 Nashville Hutton 16,681 6–5–1 13 Recap 13 October 31 Nashville 4–5 Phoenix SO Hutton 7,401 6–5–2 14 Recap
November: 7–6–1 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 5–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 2 Nashville 4–3 Los Angeles Hutton 18,118 7–5–2 16 Recap 15 November 6 Nashville 6–4 Colorado Hutton 14,043 8–5–2 18 Recap 16 November 8 Nashville 0–5 Winnipeg Hutton 15,004 8–6–2 18 Recap 17 November 10 Nashville 0–5 New Jersey Hutton 12,964 8–7–2 18 Recap 18 November 12 Nashville 1–3 NY Islanders Mazanec 12,108 8–8–2 18 Recap 19 November 15 Nashville 1–4 Pittsburgh Mazanec 18,606 8–9–2 18 Recap 20 November 16 Chicago 2–7 Nashville Mazanec 17,113 9–9–2 20 Recap 21 November 19 Nashville 2–0 Detroit Mazanec 20,066 10–9–2 22 Recap 22 November 21 Nashville 4–2 Toronto Mazanec 19,256 11–9–2 24 Recap 23 November 23 NY Rangers 2–0 Nashville Mazanec 17,127 11–10–2 24 Recap 24 November 25 Phoenix 2–4 Nashville Mazanec 15,728 12–10–2 26 Recap 25 November 27 Nashville 4–0 Columbus Mazanec 11,893 13–10–2 28 Recap 26 November 28 Edmonton 3–0 Nashville Mazanec 16,279 13–11–2 28 Recap 27 November 30 Philadelphia 3–2 Nashville SO Mazanec 17,136 13–11–3 29 Recap
December: 5–7–1 (Home: 4–4–1 ; Road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 3 Vancouver 3–1 Nashville Mazanec 15,330 13–12–3 29 Recap 29 December 5 Carolina 5–2 Nashville Mazanec 15,768 13–13–3 29 Recap 30 December 7 Nashville 2–5 Washington Mazanec 18,506 13–14–3 29 Recap 31 December 10 Nashville 4–1 NY Rangers Hutton 18,006 14–14–3 31 Recap 32 December 12 Dallas 1–3 Nashville Hutton 16,347 15–14–3 33 Recap 33 December 14 San Jose 2–3 Nashville Hutton 16,243 16–14–3 35 Recap 34 December 17 Chicago 3–1 Nashville Hutton 16,219 16–15–3 35 Recap 35 December 19 Nashville 2–4 Tampa Bay Hutton 17,254 16–16–3 35 Recap 36 December 21 Montreal 4–3 Nashville OT Hutton 16,095 16–16–4 36 Recap 37 December 23 Boston 6–2 Nashville Mazanec 17,207 16–17–4 36 Recap 38 December 27 Nashville 1–4 Dallas Hutton 17,197 16–18–4 36 Recap 39 December 28 Los Angeles 2–3 Nashville Mazanec 17,113 17–18–4 38 Recap 40 December 30 Detroit 4–6 Nashville Mazanec 17,212 18–18–4 40 Recap
January: 7–5–4 (Home: 4–3–1 ; Road: 3–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Nashville 2–3 Boston OT Mazanec 17,565 18–18–5 41 Recap 42 January 4 Nashville 4–5 Florida SO Mazanec 15,796 18–18–6 42 Recap 43 January 5 Nashville 1–2 Carolina Hutton 13,994 18–19–6 42 Recap 44 January 7 San Jose 2–3 Nashville Mazanec 15,016 19–19–6 44 Recap 45 January 9 Anaheim 4–3 Nashville Mazanec 15,892 19–20–6 44 Recap 46 January 11 Ottawa 2–1 Nashville SO Mazanec 17,113 19–20–7 45 Recap 47 January 12 Minnesota 4–0 Nashville Mazanec 16,221 19–21–7 45 Recap 48 January 14 Calgary 2–4 Nashville Hutton 15,730 20–21–7 47 Recap 49 January 16 Nashville 4–3 Philadelphia SO Hutton 19,917 21–21–7 49 Recap 50 January 18 Colorado 5–4 Nashville Dubnyk 17,113 21–22–7 49 Recap 51 January 20 Dallas 1–4 Nashville Hutton 16,190 22–22–7 51 Recap 52 January 23 Nashville 2–1 Vancouver Hutton 18,910 23–22–7 53 Recap 53 January 24 Nashville 4–5 Calgary SO Dubnyk 19,289 23–22–8 54 Recap 54 January 26 Nashville 1–5 Edmonton Hutton 16,839 23–23–8 54 Recap 55 January 28 Nashville 4–3 Winnipeg Hutton 15,004 24–23–8 56 Recap 56 January 31 New Jersey 2–3 Nashville OT Hutton 17,207 25–23–8 58 Recap
February: 1–1–2 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 57 February 1 Nashville 3–4 St. Louis SO Hutton 19,358 25–23–9 59 Recap 58 February 6 Nashville 2–3 Minnesota OT Hutton 18,766 25–23–10 60 Recap 59 February 8 Anaheim 5–2 Nashville Hutton 17,139 25–24–10 60 Recap 60 February 27 Tampa Bay 2–3 Nashville Hutton 17,113 26–24–10 62 Recap
March: 7–8–1 (Home: 2–5–1 ; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 1 Winnipeg 3–1 Nashville Hutton 17,113 26–25–10 62 Recap 62 March 4 Pittsburgh 3–1 Nashville Rinne 17,113 26–26–10 62 Recap 63 March 6 St. Louis 2–1 Nashville Rinne 16,180 26–27–10 62 Recap 64 March 8 Columbus 1–0 Nashville Rinne 17,113 26–28–10 62 Recap 65 March 10 Nashville 4–3 Ottawa OT Rinne 19,063 27–28–10 64 Recap 66 March 11 Nashville 4–1 Buffalo Hutton 18,659 28–28–10 66 Recap 67 March 14 Nashville 3–2 Chicago Rinne 22,106 29–28–10 68 Recap 68 March 15 St. Louis 4–1 Nashville Rinne 17,113 29–29–10 68 Recap 69 March 18 Nashville 1–5 Edmonton Rinne 16,839 29–30–10 68 Recap 70 March 19 Nashville 0–2 Vancouver Hutton 18,910 29–31–10 68 Recap 71 March 21 Nashville 6–5 Calgary Hutton 19,289 30–31–10 70 Recap 72 March 23 Nashville 2–0 Chicago Rinne 21,727 31–31–10 72 Recap 73 March 25 Colorado 5–4 Nashville SO Rinne 16,438 31–31–11 73 Recap 74 March 27 Buffalo 1–6 Nashville Hutton 16,729 32–31–11 75 Recap 75 March 28 Nashville 3–7 Dallas Rinne 18,532 32–32–11 75 Recap 76 March 30 Washington 3–4 Nashville SO Hutton 16,553 33–32–11 77 Recap
April: 5–0–1 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 4 Nashville 5-2 Anaheim Rinne 17,174 34–32–11 79 Recap 78 April 5 Nashville 3-0 San Jose Hutton 17,562 35–32–11 81 Recap 79 April 8 Nashville 2-3 Dallas OT Rinne 16,219 35–32–12 82 Recap 80 April 10 Phoenix 0-2 Nashville Rinne 17,174 36–32–12 84 Recap 81 April 12 Chicago 5-7 Nashville Rinne 17,355 37–32–12 86 Recap 82 April 13 Nashville 7-3 Minnesota Hutton 18,658 38–32–12 88 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The 2013-14 season was another disappointing one for the Nashville Predators as they missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Player stats

Final stats^[5]

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Weber, SheaShea Weber 79 23 33 56 −2 52 Hornqvist, PatricPatric Hornqvist 76 22 31 53 1 28 Smith, CraigCraig Smith 79 24 28 52 16 22 Fisher, MikeMike Fisher 75 20 29 49 −4 60 Josi, RomanRoman Josi 72 13 27 40 −2 18 Legwand, DavidDavid Legwand^‡ 62 10 30 40 −8 30 Cullen, MattMatt Cullen 77 10 29 39 4 32 Wilson, ColinColin Wilson 81 11 22 33 −1 21 Spaling, NickNick Spaling 71 13 19 32 2 14 Ellis, RyanRyan Ellis 80 6 21 27 9 24 Bourque, GabrielGabriel Bourque 74 9 17 26 −5 8 Jones, SethSeth Jones 77 6 19 25 −23 24 Gaustad, PaulPaul Gaustad 75 10 11 21 −6 61 Nystrom, EricEric Nystrom 79 15 6 21 −25 60 Stalberg, ViktorViktor Stalberg 70 8 10 18 −14 32 Ekholm, MattiasMattias Ekholm 62 1 8 9 −8 10 Jarnkrok, CalleCalle Jarnkrok 12 2 7 9 7 4 Clune, RichardRichard Clune 58 3 4 7 −7 166 Bartley, VictorVictor Bartley 50 1 5 6 0 23 Del Zotto, MichaelMichael Del Zotto^† 25 1 4 5 −4 8 Forsberg, FilipFilip Forsberg 13 1 4 5 −8 4 Sissons, ColtonColton Sissons 17 1 3 4 0 4 Hendricks, MattMatt Hendricks^‡ 44 2 2 4 −5 54 Klein, KevinKevin Klein^‡ 47 1 2 3 −11 21 Moser, SimonSimon Moser 6 1 1 2 0 2 Eaves, PatrickPatrick Eaves^† 5 0 0 0 −3 0 Piskula, JoeJoe Piskula 2 0 0 0 1 0 Van Guilder, MarkMark Van Guilder 1 0 0 0 0 0 Beck, TaylorTaylor Beck 7 0 0 0 −2 6

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Hutton, CarterCarter Hutton	40	34	2085-172,085:17	20	11	4	91	2.62	1006	.910	1	0	1	2
Mazanec, MarekMarek Mazanec	25	22	1369-321,369:32	8	10	4	64	2.80	650	.902	2	0	0	0
Rinne, PekkaPekka Rinne	24	24	1366-491,366:49	10	10	3	63	2.77	645	.902	2	0	0	0
Dubnyk, DevanDevan Dubnyk^†^‡	2	2	0123-57123:57	0	1	1	9	4.35	60	.850	0	0	0	0
Hellberg, MagnusMagnus Hellberg	1	0	0012-1212:12	0	0	0	1	5.00	4	.750	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

Transactions

The Predators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.

Trades Date Details June 30, 2013[6] To St. Louis Blues 4th-round pick in 2013 To Nashville Predators 7th-round pick in 2013 4th-round pick in 2014 January 15, 2014[7] To Edmonton Oilers Matt Hendricks To Nashville Predators Devan Dubnyk January 22, 2014[8] To New York Rangers Kevin Klein To Nashville Predators Michael Del Zotto March 5, 2014[9] To Montreal Canadiens Devan Dubnyk To Nashville Predators Future Considerations March 5, 2014[10] To Detroit Red Wings David Legwand To Nashville Predators Calle Jarnkrok Patrick Eaves Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2014 April 19, 2014[11] To Washington Capitals 7th-round pick in 2014 To Nashville Predators Jaynen Rissling Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms Viktor Stalberg[12] Chicago Blackhawks 4 years, $12 million Matt Cullen[13] Minnesota Wild 2 years, $7 million Eric Nystrom[14] Dallas Stars 4 years, $10 million Matt Hendricks[15] Washington Capitals 4 years, $7.4 million Carter Hutton[16] Rockford IceHogs 1 year, $550,000 Bryan Rodney[17] Manchester Monarchs 1 year, $550,000 Simon Moser[18] SC Bern 1 year, $550,000 entry-level contract Johan Alm[19] Skelleftea AIK 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms T. J. Brennan[20] Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $600,000 Jeremy Smith[21] Columbus Blue Jackets 1 year, $550,000 Chris Mueller[22] Dallas Stars 1 year, $600,000 Matthew Halischuk[23] Winnipeg Jets 1 year, $650,000 Jonathon Blum[24] Minnesota Wild 1 year, $650,000 Brandon Yip[25] Phoenix Coyotes 1 year, $675,000 Hal Gill[26] Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $700,000 Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Player signings Player Date Contract terms Seth Jones[27] July 10, 2013 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract Richard Clune[28] July 17, 2013 2 years, $1.7 million Nick Spaling[29] July 25, 2013 1 year, $1.5 million Jonathan-Ismael Diaby[30] January 2, 2014 3 years, $1.9375 million entry-level contract Felix Girard[31] April 15, 2014 3 years, $1.895 million entry-level contract Garrett Noonan[32] April 22, 2014 2 years, $1.8 million entry-level contract Jaynen Rissling[33] April 22, 2014 3 years, $1.82 million entry-level contract Pontus Aberg[34] May 7, 2014 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract Max Gortz[35] June 2, 2014 3 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract Carter Hutton[36] June 2, 2014 2 years, $1.45 million contract extension Draft picks Nashville Predators' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 4 Seth Jones D United States Portland Winterhawks (WHL) 3 64^[a] Jonathan-Ismael Diaby D Canada Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) 4 95 Felix Girard C Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) 4 99^[b] Juuse Saros G Finland HPK (SM-liiga) 5 125 Saku Maenalanen RW Finland Karpat Jr. (Finland-Jr.) 5 140^[d] Teemu Kivihalme D United States Burnsville Blaze (MSHSL) 6 155 Emil Pettersson C Sweden Timra IK (SHL/Swe-2) 6 171^[e] Tommy Veilleux LW Canada Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) 7 185 Wade Murphy RW Canada Penticton Vees (BCHL) 7 203^[f] Janne Juvonen G Finland Lahti Pelicans (SM-liiga) Draft notes[37] The Nashville Predators' second-round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a February 27, 2012 trade that sent Andrei Kostitsyn to the Predators in exchange for a 2013 conditional fifth-round pick and this pick.[38] ^a The Tampa Bay Lightning's third-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as a result of a June 15, 2012 trade that sent Anders Lindback, Kyle Wilson and a 2012 seventh-round pick (#202–Nikita Gusev) to the Lightning in exchange for Sebastien Caron, two 2012 second-round picks (#37–Pontus Aberg, #50–Colton Sissons) and this pick.[39] The Nashville Predators' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a June 23, 2012 trade that sent a 2012 third-round pick (#89–Brendan Leipsic) to the Predators in exchange for this pick.[40] ^b The Buffalo Sabres' fourth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as a result of a February 27, 2012 trade that sent a 2012 first-round pick (#21–Mark Jankowski) to the Sabres in exchange for Paul Gaustad and this pick.[41] The Toronto Maple Leafs' fourth-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2013 (203rd overall) and a fourth-round pick in 2014 to Nashville in exchange for this pick.[42]      Nashville previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 3, 2011 that sent Cody Franson and Matthew Lombardi to Toronto in exchange for Brett Lebda, Robert Slaney and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[43] The condition – Lombardi plays in 60 or more regular season games over the course of the 2011–12 and 2012–13 NHL seasons[43] – was converted on April 3, 2012.[44] ^d The New York Rangers' fifth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as a result of a June 23, 2012 trade that sent a 2012 fifth-round pick (#142–Thomas Spelling) to the Rangers in exchange for this pick.[40] ^e The San Jose Sharks' sixth-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as a result of an April 3, 2013 trade that sent Scott Hannan to the Sharks in exchange for this pick.[45] ^f The St. Louis Blues’ seventh-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Toronto’s fourth-round pick in 2013 (112th overall) to St. Louis in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2014 and this pick.[42] References "2013–2014 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN". 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