2012–13 Nashville Predators season

2012–13 Nashville Predators
2012–13 Nashville Predators
Division	5th Central
Conference	14th Western
2012–13 record	16–23–9
Home record	11–9–4
Road record	5–14–5
Goals for	111
Goals against	139
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Shea Weber
Alternate captains	Martin Erat (Oct.–Apr.); Mike Fisher; David Legwand (Apr.)
Arena	Bridgestone Arena
Average attendance	17,113 (100%); (2 games)
Team leaders
Goals	David Legwand (12)
Assists	Shea Weber (19)
Points	Shea Weber (28)
Penalty minutes	Rich Clune (113)
Plus/minus	Mike Fisher (+6)
Wins	Pekka Rinne (15)
Goals against average	Pekka Rinne (2.43)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Nashville Predators season was the team's 15th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.

Off-season

After already losing one half of their All-Star defensive core to free agency when Ryan Suter signed with the Minnesota Wild, on July 19, 2012, Shea Weber signed an offer sheet from the Philadelphia Flyers.^[2] The Predators had seven days to decide whether to match the offer, opting to do so on July 24 to keep Weber in a Predators uniform.^[3]

Regular season

The Predators scored 109 goals (excluding three shootout-winning goals) over the lockout-shortened season of 48 games, tied for 30th overall with the Florida Panthers. The Predators were also shut out a league-high nine times, tied with the Phoenix Coyotes.^[4]^[5]

Standings

Central Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Chicago Blackhawks	48	36	7	5	30	155	102	+53	77
2	x – St. Louis Blues	48	29	17	2	24	129	115	+14	60
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	48	24	16	8	22	124	115	+9	56
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	48	24	17	7	19	120	119	+1	55
5	Nashville Predators	48	16	23	9	14	111	139	−28	41

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Western Conference
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	p – Chicago Blackhawks	48	36	7	5	30	155	102	+53	77
2	PA	y – Anaheim Ducks	48	30	12	6	24	140	118	+22	66
3	NW	y – Vancouver Canucks	48	26	15	7	21	127	121	+6	59
4	CE	x – St. Louis Blues	48	29	17	2	24	129	115	+14	60
5	PA	x – Los Angeles Kings	48	27	16	5	25	133	118	+15	59
6	PA	x – San Jose Sharks	48	25	16	7	17	124	116	+8	57
7	CE	x – Detroit Red Wings	48	24	16	8	22	124	115	+9	56
8	NW	x – Minnesota Wild	48	26	19	3	22	122	127	−5	55

9	CE	Columbus Blue Jackets	48	24	17	7	19	120	119	+1	55
10	PA	Phoenix Coyotes	48	21	18	9	17	125	131	−6	51
11	PA	Dallas Stars	48	22	22	4	20	130	142	−12	48
12	NW	Edmonton Oilers	48	19	22	7	17	125	134	−9	45
13	NW	Calgary Flames	48	19	25	4	19	128	160	−32	42
14	CE	Nashville Predators	48	16	23	9	14	111	139	−28	41
15	NW	Colorado Avalanche	48	16	25	7	14	116	152	−36	39

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Game log

2012–13 Game Log

January: 2–2–3 (Home: 0–0–2 ; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	January 19	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–2	Nashville Predators	SO	Rinne	17,113	0–0–1	1	Recap
2	January 21	St. Louis Blues	4–3	Nashville Predators	SO	Rinne	17,113	0–0–2	2	Recap
3	January 22	Nashville Predators	3–1	Minnesota Wild	—	Mason	17,540	1–0–2	4	Recap
4	January 24	Nashville Predators	0–3	St. Louis Blues	—	Rinne	16,047	1–1–2	4	Recap
5	January 26	Nashville Predators	2–3	Anaheim Ducks	SO	Rinne	17,174	1–1–3	5	Recap
6	January 28	Nashville Predators	0–4	Phoenix Coyotes	—	Rinne	8,581	1–2–3	5	Recap
7	January 31	Nashville Predators	2–1	Los Angeles Kings	SO	Rinne	18,118	2–2–3	7	Recap

February: 5–2–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 2–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
8	February 2	Nashville Predators	2–1	San Jose Sharks	SO	Rinne	17,562	3–2–3	9	Recap
9	February 5	Nashville Predators	6–1	St. Louis Blues	—	Rinne	15,206	4–2–3	11	Recap
10	February 7	Los Angeles Kings	0–3	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	17,113	5–2–3	13	Recap
11	February 9	Nashville Predators	1–2	Minnesota Wild	OT	Mason	18,806	5–2–4	14	Recap
12	February 10	Chicago Blackhawks	3–0	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	17,113	5–3–4	14	Recap
13	February 12	San Jose Sharks	0–1	Nashville Predators	OT	Rinne	17,113	6–3–4	16	Recap
14	February 14	Phoenix Coyotes	0–3	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	17,113	7–3–4	18	Recap
15	February 16	Anaheim Ducks	3–2	Nashville Predators	SO	Rinne	17,322	7–3–5	19	Recap
16	February 18	Nashville Predators	5–6	Colorado Avalanche	—	Mason	15,099	7–4–5	19	Recap
17	February 19	Detroit Red Wings	3–4	Nashville Predators	OT	Rinne	17,113	8–4–5	21	Recap
18	February 22	Vancouver Canucks	1–0	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	17,113	8–5–5	21	Recap
19	February 23	Nashville Predators	0–4	Detroit Red Wings	—	Rinne	20,066	8–6–5	21	Recap
20	February 25	Dallas Stars	4–5	Nashville Predators	OT	Rinne	17,113	9–6–5	23	Recap
21	February 27	Nashville Predators	1–5	Anaheim Ducks	—	Rinne	13,630	9–7–5	23	Recap

March: 5–7–2 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 1–6–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
22	March 2	Nashville Predators	1–2	San Jose Sharks	—	Rinne	17,562	9–8–5	23	Recap
23	March 4	Nashville Predators	1–5	Los Angeles Kings	—	Rinne	18,118	9–9–5	23	Recap
24	March 8	Edmonton Oilers	0–6	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	17,277	10–9–5	25	Recap
25	March 9	Minnesota Wild	2–1	Nashville Predators	SO	Rinne	17,113	10–9–6	26	Recap
26	March 12	Nashville Predators	4–0	Dallas Stars	—	Rinne	15,661	11–9–6	28	Recap
27	March 14	Nashville Predators	4–7	Vancouver Canucks	—	Mason	18,910	11–10–6	28	Recap
28	March 15	Nashville Predators	3–6	Calgary Flames	—	Mason	19,289	11–11–6	28	Recap
29	March 17	Nashville Predators	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	—	Rinne	16,839	11–12–6	28	Recap
30	March 19	Nashville Predators	3–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Rinne	13,364	11–13–6	28	Recap
31	March 21	Calgary Flames	3–5	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	17,113	12–13–6	30	Recap
32	March 23	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–5	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	17,113	13–13–6	32	Recap
33	March 25	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	17,113	14–13–6	34	Recap
34	March 28	Phoenix Coyotes	7–4	Nashville Predators	—	Mason	17,113	14–14–6	34	Recap
35	March 30	Nashville Predators	0–1	Colorado Avalanche	OT	Rinne	15,324	14–14–7	35	Recap

April: 2–9–2 (Home: 2–6–0 ; Road: 0–3–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
36	April 1	Nashville Predators	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks	SO	Rinne	21,306	14–14–8	36	Recap
37	April 2	Colorado Avalanche	1–3	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	16,211	15–14–8	38	Recap
38	April 4	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–1	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	17,113	15–15–8	38	Recap
39	April 6	Chicago Blackhawks	1–0	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	17,256	15–16–8	38	Recap
40	April 7	Nashville Predators	3–5	Chicago Blackhawks	—	Rinne	22,044	15–17–8	38	Recap
41	April 9	St. Louis Blues	1–0	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	15,063	15–18–8	38	Recap
42	April 12	Dallas Stars	5–2	Nashville Predators	—	Mason	16,818	15–19–8	38	Recap
43	April 14	Detroit Red Wings	3–0	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	17,113	15–20–8	38	Recap
44	April 15	Vancouver Canucks	5–2	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	16,518	15–21–8	38	Recap
45	April 19	Nashville Predators	4–5	Chicago Blackhawks	OT	Rinne	22,014	15–21–9	39	Recap
46	April 23	Calgary Flames	3–4	Nashville Predators	—	Rinne	17,113	16–21–9	41	Recap
47	April 25	Nashville Predators	2–5	Detroit Red Wings	—	Mason	20,066	16–22–9	41	Recap
48	April 27	Nashville Predators	1–3	Columbus Blue Jackets	—	Mason	19,002	16–23–9	41	Recap

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Playoffs

For the first time since the 2008-09 season, the Predators missed the playoffs.

Player stats

Final stats^[6]

Skaters

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Pekka Rinne	43	42	2443:46	15	16	8	99	2.43	1101	.910	5	1	8
Chris Mason	11	6	466:44	1	7	1	29	3.73	229	.873	0	0	0
Totals		48	2910:30	16	23	9	128	2.64	1330	.904	5	1	8

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

Awards and records

Transactions

The Predators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 15, 2012^[7]	To Tampa Bay Lightning Anders Lindback Kyle Wilson 7th-round pick in 2012	To Nashville Predators Sebastien Caron 2nd-round pick in 2012 2nd-round pick in 2012 3rd-round pick in 2013
June 23, 2012^[8]	To New York Rangers 3rd-round pick in 2013	To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2012
June 23, 2012^[8]	To New York Rangers 5th-round pick in 2012	To Nashville Predators 5th-round pick in 2013
February 19, 2013^[9]	To St. Louis Blues Jani Lajunen	To Nashville Predators Scott Ford
February 28, 2013^[10]	To Calgary Flames Brian McGrattan	To Nashville Predators Joe Piskula
April 3, 2013^[11]	To San Jose Sharks Scott Hannan	To Nashville Predators Conditional 7th-round pick in 2013^[a]
April 3, 2013^[12]	To Washington Capitals Martin Erat Michael Latta	To Nashville Predators Filip Forsberg
June 14, 2013^[13]	To Florida Panthers Bobby Butler	To Nashville Predators T. J. Brennan

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Francis Bouillon^[19]	Montreal Canadiens	1 year, $1.5 million
Jordin Tootoo^[20]	Detroit Red Wings	3 years, $5.7 million
Alexander Radulov^[21]	CSKA Moscow	4 years, $36.8 million
Jack Hillen^[22]	Washington Capitals	1 year, $650,000
Ryan Suter^[23]	Minnesota Wild	13 years, $98 million

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Zach Boychuk^[27]	Carolina Hurricanes	March 21, 2013

Draft picks

Nashville's picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Previous Team
2	37 (from Minnesota)	Pontus Aberg	LW	Sweden	Djurgardens IF J20 (J20 SuperElit)
2	50 (from Philadelphia)	Colton Sissons	C	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3	66 (from Toronto)	Jimmy Vesey	LW	United States	South Shore Kings (EJHL)
3	89 (from NY Rangers)	Brendan Leipsic	LW	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
4	112	Zach Stepan	C	United States	Shattuck-Saint Mary's (Midget AAA)
4	118 (from Phoenix)	Mikko Vainonen	D	Finland	HIFK U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
6	164 (from Dallas)	Simon Fernholm	D	Sweden	Huddinge IK J20 (J20 SuperElit)
6	172	Max Gortz	RW	Sweden	Farjestad BK J20 (J20 SuperElit)
6	179 (from NY Rangers)	Marek Mazanec	G	Czech Republic	HC Plzen (Czech Extraliga)

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