Central Division
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Est. 1998
Nashville Predators
2025–26
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38–34–10
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86 pts
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#6 Central
GM: Chris MacFarland
HC: Andrew Brunette
Team xGF%
47.5
% · all situations · HighDanger xG
Identity
Veteran-star disappointment
Stamkos era underwhelming
Contention window
Closing
Tough pivot coming
Coach
Brunette
Inherited cap mess
Avg age · forwards
28.5
computed from roster
Team Identity
Veteran-star disappointment · Stamkos-era reset
Steven Stamkos crossed 1,200 career points and is closing in on 600 career goals, but Nashville missed the playoffs again as the big-money offseason from 2024 (Stamkos, Marchessault, Skjei) continued to underwhelm. Filip Forsberg remains elite when healthy. Roman Josi and the back end finally showed their age, a tough pivot is coming.
Cap situation · 2026-27
Cap committed
$99.05M
of $104.0M
Cap space
$4.95M
Players signed
26/23
3 over limit
Pending RFAs
0
team-controlled
Cap utilization95%
Lines · cap by group
Forwards16 signed · $55.57M committed
Line 1$18.0M
F1
Line 2$12.45M
F2
Line 3$14.0M
F3
Line 4$7.53M
F4
LW4Nils Hoglander
$3.0M · thru 2028
38 GP · 2G · 3A · 5P
C4Vitali Pinchuk
$1.02M · thru 2027 · ELC
RW4Alexander Kerfoot
$3.5M · thru 2028
34 GP · 7G · 6A · 13P
Defense8 signed · $30.93M committed
Pair 1$16.06M
D1
Pair 2$8.25M
D2
Pair 3$4.1M
D3
Goalies2 signed · $8.99M committed
Cap Charges$3.56M committed
BUYKyle Turris
$2.0M · thru 2028 · Buyout
BUYMatt Duchene
$1.56M · thru 2029 · Buyout
57 GP · 16G · 29A · 45P
5-year points history
Regular-season points, last five seasons.
Organization strength
Active NHL roster only. Bar = team vs league average (▼).
Forwards · 18
35.4
top Ryan O'Reilly (74.9)
league 38.2 NHLe pts/82
Defense · 11
24.3
top Roman Josi (61.8)
league 24.7 NHLe pts/82
Goalies · 3
.897
top Justus Annunen (0.9058)
league .896 SV%
NHL roster + drafted prospects, weighted by NHL Equivalency. Bar = team vs league average (▼).
Forwards · 34
29.9
top Ryan O'Reilly (74.9)
league 33.0 NHLe pts/82
Defense · 17
22.2
top Roman Josi (61.8)
league 21.2 NHLe pts/82
Goalies · 3
.897
top Justus Annunen (0.9058)
league .899 SV%
Injury report (0)
via CBS Sports
No injuries reported - offseason (updated in September).
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2026 Draft Class
Full board →3 selections in rounds 1-3. Prospect pages; NHL roster spots come as they sign.