2012–13 Nashville Predators season

The 2012–13 Nashville Predators season was the club's 15th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a 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, Shea Weber signed an offer sheet from the Philadelphia Flyers on July 19, 2012.^[2] The Predators had 7 days to decide whether to match or not, and on July 24, they matched the offer 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 9 times, tied with the Phoenix Coyotes.^[4]^[5]

Standings

Central Division^[6]
		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Chicago Blackhawks	48	36	7	5	30	155	102	77
2	St. Louis Blues	48	29	17	2	24	129	115	60
3	Detroit Red Wings	48	24	16	8	22	124	115	56
4	Columbus Blue Jackets	48	24	17	7	19	120	119	55
5	Nashville Predators	48	16	23	9	14	111	139	41

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

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

Divisions: CE – Central, NW – Northwest, PA – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs, y – Won division, p – Won Presidents' Trophy (best record in NHL)

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^[8]

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Weber, SheaShea Weber	48	9	19	28	−2	48
Legwand, DavidDavid Legwand	48	12	13	25	−6	20
Fisher, MikeMike Fisher	38	10	11	21	6	27
Erat, MartinMartin Erat^‡	36	4	17	21	−7	26
Wilson, ColinColin Wilson	25	7	12	19	1	4
Josi, RomanRoman Josi	48	5	13	18	−7	8
Bourque, GabrielGabriel Bourque	34	11	5	16	6	4
Kostitsyn, SergeiSergei Kostitsyn	46	3	12	15	−5	11
Klein, KevinKevin Klein	47	3	11	14	−1	9
Hornqvist, PatricPatric Hornqvist	24	4	10	14	−1	14
Spaling, NickNick Spaling	47	9	4	13	−10	18
Smith, CraigCraig Smith	44	4	8	12	−11	20
Halischuk, MattMatt Halischuk	36	5	6	11	1	10
Clune, RichRich Clune	47	4	5	9	3	113
Butler, BobbyBobby Butler^†	20	3	6	9	−2	4
Yip, BrandonBrandon Yip	34	3	5	8	−3	26
Bartley, VictorVictor Bartley	24	0	7	7	2	6
Blum, JonathonJonathon Blum	35	1	6	7	−1	6
Beck, TaylorTaylor Beck	16	3	4	7	0	2
Ellis, RyanRyan Ellis	32	2	4	6	−2	15
Gaustad, PaulPaul Gaustad	23	2	3	5	−1	20
Mueller, ChrisChris Mueller	18	2	3	5	−4	6
Bang, DanielDaniel Bang	8	0	2	2	−2	0
Boychuk, ZachZach Boychuk^†^‡	5	1	1	2	1	4
Henderson, KevinKevin Henderson	4	1	0	1	−1	0
Watson, AustinAustin Watson	6	1	0	1	−2	0
Rask, JoonasJoonas Rask	2	0	1	1	−1	0
Forsberg, FilipFilip Forsberg	5	0	1	1	−5	0
Hannan, ScottScott Hannan^‡	29	0	1	1	−11	20
Gill, HalHal Gill	32	0	0	0	−3	12
Ekholm, MattiasMattias Ekholm	1	0	0	0	−1	0
McGrattan, BrianBrian McGrattan^‡	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	8	12	17	29	−11	95

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Rinne, PekkaPekka Rinne	43	42	2443:46	15	16	8	99	2.43	1101	.910	5	1	8
Mason, ChrisChris 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^[9]	To Tampa Bay Lightning Anders Lindback Kyle Wilson 7th-round pick in 2012	To Nashville Predators Sebastien Caron Two 2nd-round picks in 2012 3rd-round pick in 2013
June 23, 2012^[10]	To New York Rangers 3rd-round pick in 2013	To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick (#89 overall) in 2012
June 23, 2012^[10]	To New York Rangers 5th-round pick (#142 overall) in 2012	To Nashville Predators 5th-round pick in 2013
February 19, 2013^[11]	To St. Louis Blues Jani Lajunen	To Nashville Predators Scott Ford
February 28, 2013^[12]	To Calgary Flames Brian McGrattan	To Nashville Predators Joe Piskula
April 3, 2013^[13]	To San Jose Sharks Scott Hannan	To Nashville Predators Conditional 7th-round pick in 2013
April 3, 2013^[14]	To Washington Capitals Martin Erat Michael Latta	To Nashville Predators Filip Forsberg
June 14, 2013^[15]	To Florida Panthers Bobby Butler	To Nashville Predators T.J. Brennan

Free agents signed

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Kevin Henderson^[16]	Milwaukee Admirals	1 year, $550,000
Chris Mason^[17]	Winnipeg Jets	1 year, $1.25 million
Mike Moore^[18]	Worcester Sharks	1 year, $550,000
Scott Hannan^[19]	Calgary Flames	1 year, $1 million
Mark Van Guilder^[20]	Milwaukee Admirals	2 years, $1.1 million

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Francis Bouillon^[21]	Montreal Canadiens	1 year, $1.5 million
Jordin Tootoo^[22]	Detroit Red Wings	3 years, $5.7 million
Alexander Radulov^[23]	CSKA Moscow	4 years, $36.8 million
Jack Hillen^[24]	Washington Capitals	1 year, $650,000
Ryan Suter^[25]	Minnesota Wild	13 years, $98 million

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
Richard Clune^[26]	Los Angeles Kings	January 15, 2013
Bobby Butler^[27]	New Jersey Devils	March 4, 2013
Zach Boychuk^[28]	Pittsburgh Penguins	March 5, 2013

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Zach Boychuk^[29]	Carolina Hurricanes	March 21, 2013

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Magnus Hellberg^[30]	June 18, 2012	3 years, $2.3425 million entry-level contract
Chris Mueller^[31]	June 21, 2012	1 year, $550,000
Brandon Yip^[32]	June 21, 2012	1 year, $750,000
Hal Gill^[33]	June 28, 2012	2 years, $4 million
Paul Gaustad^[34]	July 1, 2012	4 years, $13 million
Brian McGrattan^[35]	July 1, 2012	1 year, $600,000
Jeremy Smith^[36]	July 17, 2012	1 year, $660,000
Jack MacLellan^[37]	July 23, 2012	1 year, $600,000
Sergei Kostitsyn^[38]	July 23, 2012	2 years, $6 million
Colin Wilson^[39]	July 24, 2012	3 years, $6 million
Shea Weber^[3]	July 24, 2012	14 years, $110 million
Mike Fisher^[40]	August 20, 2012	2 years, $8.4 million contract extension
Colton Sissons^[41]	September 13, 2012	3 years, $1.97 million entry-level contract
Jonathon Blum^[42]	September 13, 2012	1 year, $650,000
Gabriel Bourque^[43]	September 14, 2012	2 years, $1.55 million contract extension
Kevin Klein^[44]	September 15, 2012	5 years, $14.5 million contract extension
Craig Smith^[45]	September 15, 2012	2 years, $4 million contract extension
Zach Budish^[46]	April 3, 2013	2 years, $1.33 million entry-level contract
Miikka Salomaki^[47]	April 24, 2013	3 years, $2.3425 million entry-level contract
Patric Hornqvist^[48]	April 30, 2013	5 years, $21.25 million contract extension
Marek Mazanec^[49]	May 3, 2013	2 years, $1.22 million entry-level contract
Brendan Leipsic^[50]	May 23, 2013	3 years, $2.0525 million entry-level contract
Mikko Vainonen^[51]	May 24, 2013	3 years, $1.87 million entry-level contract
Roman Josi^[52]	June 10, 2013	7 years, $28 million
Joe Piskula^[53]	June 17, 2013	1 year, $550,000
Kevin Henderson^[54]	June 18, 2013	2 years, $1.1 million
Victor Bartley^[55]	June 19, 2013	3 years, $2 million

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	Djurgarden J20 (J20 SuperElit)
2	50 (from Philadelphia)	Colton Sissons	C	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3	66 (from Toronto)	Jimmy Vesey	LW	USA	South Shore Kings (EJHL)
3	89 (from NY Rangers)	Brendan Leipsic	LW	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
4	112	Zach Stepan	C	USA	Shattuck-St. 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 J20 (J20 SuperElit)
6	172	Max Gortz	RW	Sweden	Farjestad J20 (J20 SuperElit)
6	179 (from NY Rangers)	Marek Mazanec	G	Czech	Plzen (ELH)

References

Nashville Predators

Founded in 1998 Based in Nashville, Tennessee

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Predators Holdings LLC (Thomas Cigarran, chairman) General manager David Poile Head coach Peter Laviolette Team captain Mike Fisher Current roster

Arena	Bridgestone Arena

Affiliates	AHL Milwaukee Admirals ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones

Media	FS Predators The Game (102.5 FM) Nashville Predators Radio Network

Culture/Lore	Gnash

Nashville Predators seasons

1990s	1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2012–13 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins

Northeast	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Toronto Maple Leafs

Southeast	Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning Washington Capitals Winnipeg Jets

Central	Chicago Blackhawks Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Red Wings Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues

Northwest	Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks Dallas Stars Los Angeles Kings Phoenix Coyotes San Jose Sharks

See also	2012 NHL Entry Draft 2012–13 NHL lockout Oil Change Playoffs Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and fines

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