2012–13 Nashville Predators season

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.

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%)[1] (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 →

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

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shea Weber 48 9 19 28 −2 48 David Legwand 48 12 13 25 −6 20 Mike Fisher 38 10 11 21 6 27 Martin Erat‡ 36 4 17 21 −7 26 Colin Wilson 25 7 12 19 1 4 Roman Josi 48 5 13 18 −7 8 Gabriel Bourque 34 11 5 16 6 4 Sergei Kostitsyn 46 3 12 15 −5 11 Kevin Klein 47 3 11 14 −1 9 Patric Hornqvist 24 4 10 14 −1 14 Nick Spaling 47 9 4 13 −10 18 Craig Smith 44 4 8 12 −11 20 Matthew Halischuk 36 5 6 11 1 10 Rich Clune 47 4 5 9 3 113 Bobby Butler† 20 3 6 9 −2 4 Brandon Yip 34 3 5 8 −3 26 Victor Bartley 24 0 7 7 2 6 Jonathon Blum 35 1 6 7 −1 6 Taylor Beck 16 3 4 7 0 2 Ryan Ellis 32 2 4 6 −2 15 Paul Gaustad 23 2 3 5 −1 20 Chris Mueller 18 2 3 5 −4 6 Daniel Bang 8 0 2 2 −2 0 Zach Boychuk†‡ 5 1 1 2 1 4 Kevin Henderson 4 1 0 1 −1 0 Austin Watson 6 1 0 1 −2 0 Joonas Rask 2 0 1 1 −1 0 Filip Forsberg 5 0 1 1 −5 0 Scott Hannan‡ 29 0 1 1 −11 20 Hal Gill 32 0 0 0 −3 12 Mattias Ekholm 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Brian 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	G	A	PIM
Pekka Rinne	43	42	2443:46	15	16	8	99	2.43	1101	.910	5	0	1	8
Chris Mason	11	6	466:44	1	7	1	29	3.73	229	.873	0	0	0	0
Totals		48	2910:30	16	23	9	128	2.64	1330	.904	5	0	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

Condition satisfied. Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms Kevin Henderson[14] Milwaukee Admirals 1 year, $550,000 Chris Mason[15] Winnipeg Jets 1 year, $1.25 million Mike Moore[16] Worcester Sharks 1 year, $550,000 Scott Hannan[17] Calgary Flames 1 year, $1 million Mark Van Guilder[18] Milwaukee Admirals 2 years, $1.1 million

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

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Richard Clune[24] Los Angeles Kings January 15, 2013 Bobby Butler[25] New Jersey Devils March 4, 2013 Zach Boychuk[26] Pittsburgh Penguins March 5, 2013

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

Player signings Player Date Contract terms Magnus Hellberg[28] June 18, 2012 3 years, $2.3425 million entry-level contract Chris Mueller[29] June 21, 2012 1 year, $550,000 Brandon Yip[30] June 21, 2012 1 year, $750,000 Hal Gill[31] June 28, 2012 2 years, $4 million Paul Gaustad[32] July 1, 2012 4 years, $13 million Brian McGrattan[33] July 1, 2012 1 year, $600,000 Jeremy Smith[34] July 17, 2012 1 year, $660,000 Jack MacLellan[35] July 23, 2012 1 year, $600,000 Sergei Kostitsyn[36] July 23, 2012 2 years, $6 million Colin Wilson[37] July 24, 2012 3 years, $6 million Shea Weber[3] July 24, 2012 14 years, $110 million Mike Fisher[38] August 20, 2012 2 years, $8.4 million contract extension Colton Sissons[39] September 13, 2012 3 years, $1.97 million entry-level contract Jonathon Blum[40] September 13, 2012 1 year, $650,000 Gabriel Bourque[41] September 14, 2012 2 years, $1.55 million contract extension Kevin Klein[42] September 15, 2012 5 years, $14.5 million contract extension Craig Smith[43] September 15, 2012 2 years, $4 million contract extension Zach Budish[44] April 3, 2013 2 years, $1.33 million entry-level contract Miikka Salomaki[45] April 24, 2013 3 years, $2.3425 million entry-level contract Patric Hornqvist[46] April 30, 2013 5 years, $21.25 million contract extension Marek Mazanec[47] May 3, 2013 2 years, $1.22 million entry-level contract Brendan Leipsic[48] May 23, 2013 3 years, $2.0525 million entry-level contract Mikko Vainonen[49] May 24, 2013 3 years, $1.87 million entry-level contract Roman Josi[50] June 10, 2013 7 years, $28 million Joe Piskula[51] June 17, 2013 1 year, $550,000 Kevin Henderson[52] June 18, 2013 2 years, $1.1 million Victor Bartley[53] 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	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)

See also

• 2012–13 NHL season