2009–10 Nashville Predators season

The 2009–10 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' 12th season in the National Hockey League.

2009–10 Nashville Predators
Division	3rd Central
Conference	7th Western
2009–10 record	47–29–6
Home record	24–14–3
Road record	23–15–3
Goals for	225
Goals against	225
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Jason Arnott
Alternate captains	Steve Sullivan Shea Weber
Arena	Bridgestone Arena
Average attendance	14,979 (41 games) (87.5 % of capacity) Total: 614,143
Team leaders
Goals	Patric Hornqvist (30)
Assists	Steve Sullivan (34)
Points	Patric Hornqvist (51) Steve Sullivan (51)
Penalty minutes	Wade Belak (58)
Plus/minus	Patric Hornqvist (+18)
Wins	Pekka Rinne (32)
Goals against average	Pekka Rinne (2.53)
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Pre-season

2009 pre-season game log: 4–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Atlanta Thrashers	0 - 5	Nashville Predators		Dan Ellis	14,103	1-0-0
2	September 18	Nashville Predators	4 - 2	Carolina Hurricanes		Pekka Rinne	8,495	2-0-0
3	September 19	Columbus Blue Jackets	2 - 3	Nashville Predators		Pekka Rinne	10,703	3-0-0
4	September 23	Nashville Predators	4 - 5	Atlanta Thrashers		Pekka Rinne	5,017	3-1-0
5	September 26	Carolina Hurricanes	5 - 2	Nashville Predators		Pekka Rinne	10,973	3-2-0
6	September 27	Nashville Predators	4 - 2	Columbus Blue Jackets		Dan Ellis	13,761	4-2-0

Regular season

Divisional standings

Central Division^[1]

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Chicago Blackhawks	82	52	22	8	271	209	112
2	Detroit Red Wings	82	44	24	14	229	216	102
3	Nashville Predators	82	47	29	6	225	225	100
4	St. Louis Blues	82	40	32	10	225	223	90
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	32	35	15	216	259	79

Conference standings

Western Conference^[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	51	20	11	264	215	113
2	y – Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	52	22	8	271	209	112
3	y – Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	49	28	5	272	222	103
4	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	50	25	7	225	202	107
5	Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	44	24	14	229	216	102
6	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	46	27	9	241	219	101
7	Nashville Predators	CE	82	47	29	6	225	225	100
8	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	43	30	9	244	233	95
8.5
9	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	40	32	10	225	223	90
10	Calgary Flames	NW	82	40	32	10	204	210	90
11	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	39	32	11	238	251	89
12	Dallas Stars	PA	82	37	31	14	237	254	88
13	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	38	36	8	219	246	84
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	32	35	15	216	259	79
15	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	27	47	8	214	284	62

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Won conference (and division)

Game log

2009–10 game log
October: 6-6–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Nashville Predators 3 - 2 Dallas Stars SO Dan Ellis 18,532 1-0-0 2 2 October 8 Colorado Avalanche 2 - 3 Nashville Predators Dan Ellis 14,797 2-0-0 4 3 October 10 Buffalo Sabres 1 - 0 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 14,209 2-1-0 4 4 October 12 Edmonton Oilers 6 - 1 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 12,179 2-2-0 4 5 October 14 Nashville Predators 0 - 6 Dallas Stars Dan Ellis 16,365 2-3-0 4 6 October 15 Chicago Blackhawks 3 - 1 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 13,103 2-4-0 4 7 October 17 Nashville Predators 2 - 3 Washington Capitals SO Dan Ellis 18,277 2-4-1 5 8 October 21 Nashville Predators 2 - 3 Boston Bruins Dan Ellis 16,715 2-5-1 5 9 October 22 Nashville Predators 6 - 5 Ottawa Senators OT Pekka Rinne 18,970 3-5-1 7 10 October 24 Nashville Predators 0 - 2 Chicago Blackhawks Dan Ellis 20,272 3-6-1 7 11 October 28 Nashville Predators 4 - 3 Minnesota Wild Pekka Rinne 18,199 4-6-1 9 12 October 29 Chicago Blackhawks 0 - 2 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 13,585 5-6-1 11 13 October 31 Dallas Stars 2 - 4 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 12,520 6-7-1 13
November: 9–4–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 November 5 Nashville Predators 0 - 4 Anaheim Ducks Pekka Rinne 14,298 6-7-1 13 15 November 7 Nashville Predators 3 - 1 Los Angeles Kings Dan Ellis 15,237 7-7-1 15 16 November 10 Nashville Predators 3 - 4 San Jose Sharks Dan Ellis 17,562 7-8-1 15 17 November 12 Nashville Predators 3 - 1 St. Louis Blues Pekka Rinne 19,150 8-8-1 17 18 November 14 Montreal Canadiens 0 - 2 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 15,604 9-8-1 19 19 November 17 San Jose Sharks 3 - 4 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 13,324 10-8-1 21 20 November 19 New Jersey Devils 2 - 3 Nashville Predators SO Pekka Rinne 13,445 11-8-1 23 21 November 21 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 Nashville Predators SO Pekka Rinne 13,790 12-8-1 25 22 November 23 Detroit Red Wings 1 - 3 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 14,410 13-8-1 27 23 November 25 Nashville Predators 4 - 3 Colorado Avalanche OT Pekka Rinne 12,356 14-8-1 29 24 November 27 St. Louis Blues 3 - 1 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 13,170 14-9-1 29 25 November 28 Florida Panthers 1 - 3 Nashville Predators Dan Ellis 14,120 15-9-1 31 26 November 30 Calgary Flames 5 - 0 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 10,581 15-10-1 31
December: 9–4–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 6–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 2 Nashville Predators 4 - 5 Minnesota Wild OT Pekka Rinne 18,071 15-10-2 32 28 December 4 Nashville Predators 4 - 1 Chicago Blackhawks Dan Ellis 20,887 16-10-2 34 29 December 5 Minnesota Wild 5 - 3 Nashville Predators Dan Ellis 13,145 16-11-2 34 30 December 8 Vancouver Canucks 2 - 4 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 12,565 17-11-2 36 31 December 10 Columbus Blue Jackets 3 - 4 Nashville Predators SO Pekka Rinne 14,601 18-11-2 38 32 December 12 Detroit Red Wings 3 - 2 Nashville Predators OT Pekka Rinne 16,673 18-11-3 39 33 December 14 Nashville Predators 5 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Dan Ellis 12,856 19-11-3 41 34 December 15 Tampa Bay Lightning 4 - 7 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 15,084 20-11-3 43 35 December 17 Nashville Predators 6 - 3 Edmonton Oilers Dan Ellis 16,839 21-11-3 45 36 December 19 Nashville Predators 5 - 3 Calgary Flames Dan Ellis 19,289 22-11-3 47 37 December 22 Nashville Predators 1 - 4 Vancouver Canucks Dan Ellis 18,810 22-12-3 47 38 December 26 Chicago Blackhawks 4 - 1 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 17,113 22-13-3 47 39 December 27 Nashville Predators 4 - 5 Chicago Blackhawks Dan Ellis 21,746 22-14-3 47 40 December 29 Nashville Predators 4 - 3 St. Louis Blues Pekka Rinne 19,150 23-14-3 49 41 December 31 Nashville Predators 2 - 1 Columbus Blue Jackets OT Dan Ellis 18,221 24-14-3 51
January: 6–7–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 Anaheim Ducks 1 - 3 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 16,654 25-14-3 53 43 January 5 Calgary Flames 3 - 1 Nashville Predators Dan Ellis 15,030 25-15-3 53 44 January 7 Carolina Hurricanes 2 - 4 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 14,910 26-15-3 55 45 January 9 Anaheim Ducks 3 - 2 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 17,113 26-16-3 55 46 January 11 Nashville Predators 3 - 2 Vancouver Canucks Dan Ellis 18,810 27-16-3 57 47 January 12 Nashville Predators 5 - 3 Edmonton Oilers Pekka Rinne 16,839 28-16-3 59 48 January 15 Nashville Predators 1 - 0 Calgary Flames Dan Ellis 19,289 29-16-3 61 49 January 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 3 Nashville Predators Dan Ellis 16,501 29-17-3 61 50 January 21 Nashville Predators 2 - 4 Phoenix Coyotes Dan Ellis 9,412 29-18-3 61 51 January 22 Nashville Predators 1 - 2 Colorado Avalanche Pekka Rinne 12,452 29-19-3 61 52 January 26 Nashville Predators 2 - 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Pekka Rinne 13,775 29-20-3 61 53 January 29 Nashville Predators 2 - 4 Detroit Red Wings Dan Ellis 20,066 29-21-3 61 54 January 30 Atlanta Thrashers 3 - 4 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 16,646 30-21-3 63
February: 3–2–2 (home: 1–1–1; road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 2 Phoenix Coyotes 1 - 0 Nashville Predators SO Pekka Rinne 14,196 30-21-4 64 56 February 4 Colorado Avalanche 3 - 5 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 17,113 31-21-4 66 57 February 6 San Jose Sharks 4 - 3 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 16,007 31-22-4 66 58 February 9 Nashville Predators 3 - 4 New York Islanders SO Pekka Rinne 11,487 31-22-5 67 59 February 10 Nashville Predators 2 - 1 New York Rangers Dan Ellis 13,128 32-22-5 69 60 February 12 Nashville Predators 2 - 5 New Jersey Devils Pekka Rinne 17,625 32-23-5 69 61 February 14 Nashville Predators 4 - 3 Pittsburgh Penguins SO Dan Ellis 17,132 33-23-5 71
March: 11–5–1 (home: 6–3–1; road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Edmonton Oilers 3 - 4 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 15,682 34-23-5 73 63 March 4 Los Angeles Kings 2 - 4 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 15,653 35-23-5 75 64 March 5 Nashville Predators 2 - 5 Detroit Red Wings Dan Ellis 19,608 35-24-5 75 65 March 7 Vancouver Canucks 4 - 2 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 16,096 35-25-5 75 66 March 9 Nashville Predators 2 - 1 Atlanta Thrashers Dan Ellis 11,106 36-25-5 77 67 March 11 Nashville Predators 5 - 8 San Jose Sharks Dan Ellis 17,562 36-26-5 77 68 March 12 Nashville Predators 1 - 0 Anaheim Ducks Pekka Rinne 15,077 37-26-5 79 69 March 14 Nashville Predators 3 - 2 Los Angeles Kings Pekka Rinne 18,118 38-26-5 81 70 March 16 Philadelphia Flyers 3 - 4 Nashville Predators SO Pekka Rinne 16,585 39-26-5 83 71 March 18 Minnesota Wild 0 - 5 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 16,615 40-26-5 85 72 March 20 Columbus Blue Jackets 0 - 1 Nashville Predators OT Pekka Rinne 16,363 41-26-5 87 73 March 21 Nashville Predators 3 - 2 St. Louis Blues Pekka Rinne 19,153 42-26-5 89 74 March 23 Dallas Stars 3 - 1 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 15,501 42-27-5 89 75 March 25 Phoenix Coyotes 3 - 4 Nashville Predators SO Pekka Rinne 15,970 43-27-5 91 76 March 27 Detroit Red Wings 1 - 0 Nashville Predators SO Pekka Rinne 17,113 43-27-6 92 77 March 29 Nashville Predators 3 - 2 Florida Panthers OT Dan Ellis 13,679 44-27-6 94 78 March 30 Los Angeles Kings 2 - 0 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 14,443 44-28-6 94
April: 3–1–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 St. Louis Blues 2 - 3 Nashville Predators Pekka Rinne 15,242 45-28-6 96 80 April 3 Nashville Predators 4 - 3 Detroit Red Wings OT Pekka Rinne 20,066 46-28-6 98 81 April 7 Nashville Predators 2 - 5 Phoenix Coyotes Pekka Rinne 17,136 46-29-6 98 82 April 10 St. Louis Blues 1 - 2 Nashville Predators SO Pekka Rinne 16,702 47-29-6 100
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2010 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference Quarter-final vs. (2) Chicago Blackhawks - Blackhawks won series 4–2 Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Arena Attendance Series Recap 1 April 16 @ Chicago Blackhawks 4 – 1 Rinne United Center 22,256 Predators lead 1–0 2 April 18 @ Chicago Blackhawks 2 – 0 Rinne United Center 22,158 Series tied 1–1 3 April 20 Chicago Blackhawks 4 – 1 Rinne Bridgestone Arena 16,075 Predators lead 2–1 4 April 22 Chicago Blackhawks 3 – 0 Rinne Bridgestone Arena 17,113 Series tied 2–2 5 April 24 @ Chicago Blackhawks 5 – 4 4:07 OT Rinne United Center 22,115 Blackhawks lead 3–2 6 April 26 Chicago Blackhawks 5 – 3 Rinne Bridgestone Arena 17,113 Blackhawks win 4–2

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Steve Sullivan 82 17 34 51 2 35 Patric Hornqvist 80 30 21 51 18 40 Martin Erat 74 21 28 49 -7 50 Jason Arnott 63 19 27 46 0 26 Jean-Pierre Dumont 74 17 28 45 8 20 Shea Weber 78 16 27 43 0 36 David Legwand 82 11 27 38 -5 24 Ryan Suter 82 4 33 37 4 48 Joel Ward 71 13 21 34 -5 18 Marcel Goc 73 12 18 30 10 14 Dan Hamhuis 78 5 19 24 4 49 Cody Franson 61 6 15 21 15 16 Jordin Tootoo 51 6 10 16 2 40 Colin Wilson 35 8 7 15 -2 7 Jerred Smithson 69 9 4 13 -4 54 Francis Bouillon 81 3 8 11 5 50 Kevin Klein 81 1 10 11 -13 27 Cal O'Reilly 31 2 9 11 1 4 Ryan Jones‡ 41 7 4 11 3 18 Dave Scatchard 16 3 2 5 3 17 Dustin Boyd† 18 3 2 5 1 4 Michael Santorelli 25 2 1 3 -8 8 Andreas Thuresson 22 1 2 3 -5 4 Nick Spaling 28 0 3 3 3 0 Alexander Sulzer 20 0 2 2 4 4 Wade Belak 39 0 2 2 0 58 Denis Grebeshkov† 4 1 1 2 0 6 Ben Guite 6 0 0 0 -3 4 Triston Grant 3 0 0 0 -1 9 Peter Olvecky 1 0 0 0 0 0 Teemu Laakso 7 0 0 0 -2 2

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM David Legwand 6 2 5 7 5 8 Martin Erat 6 4 1 5 -2 4 Jean-Pierre Dumont 6 2 2 4 3 0 Joel Ward 6 2 2 4 1 2 Steve Sullivan 6 0 3 3 2 2 Shea Weber 6 2 1 3 -1 4 Jason Arnott 6 2 0 2 -3 0 Dan Hamhuis 6 0 2 2 -1 2 Denis Grebeshkov 2 0 2 2 2 0 Kevin Klein 6 0 2 2 1 4 Jerred Smithson 6 1 0 1 -1 6 Marcel Goc 6 0 1 1 -2 2 Jordin Tootoo 6 0 1 1 0 2 Cody Franson 4 0 1 1 1 2 Patric Hornqvist 2 0 1 1 -2 4 Colin Wilson 6 0 1 1 -1 0 Francis Bouillon 6 0 0 0 -1 6 Ryan Suter 6 0 0 0 -1 0 Dustin Boyd 4 0 0 0 -1 0 Nick Spaling 6 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Pekka Rinne 58 3246 32 16 5 137 2.53 1541 .911 7 0 0 2 Dan Ellis 31 1715 15 13 1 77 2.69 848 .909 1 0 1 4

Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Pekka Rinne 6 358 2 4 16 2.68 179 .911 0 0 0 0

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

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded
Pekka Rinne[3]	NHL First Star of the Week	November 2, 2009
Patric Hornqvist[4]	NHL Third Star of the Week	December 21, 2009
Pekka Rinne[5]	NHL Third Star of the Week	March 15, 2010
Pekka Rinne[6]	NHL First Star of the Week	March 22, 2010

Transactions

The Predators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 27, 2009	To Tampa Bay Lightning 5th-round pick (148th overall) in 2009	To Nashville Predators 5th-round pick in 2010
June 27, 2009	To St. Louis Blues 7th-round pick (202nd overall) in 2009	To Nashville Predators 7th-round pick in 2010
March 1, 2010[7]	To Edmonton Oilers 2nd-round pick in 2010	To Nashville Predators Denis Grebeshkov
March 3, 2010[8]	To Calgary Flames 4th-round pick in 2010	To Nashville Predators Dustin Boyd

Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Ben Guite[9] Colorado Avalanche 1 year, $550,000 2-way contract Peter Olvecky[10] Minnesota Wild 1 year, $500,000 2-way contract Ben Eaves[11] Espoo Blues 1 year, $600,000 2-way contract Marcel Goc[12] San Jose Sharks 1 year, $550,000 2-way contract Francis Bouillon[13] Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $750,000 Dave Scatchard[14] Milwaukee Admirals 1 year, $550,000 2-way contract

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Greg Zanon[15] Minnesota Wild 3 years, $5.8 million Vernon Fiddler[16] Phoenix Coyotes 2 years, $2.2 million Ville Koistinen[17] Florida Panthers 2 years, $2.4 million Scott Nichol[18] San Jose Sharks 1 year, $750,000 Jed Ortmeyer[19] San Jose Sharks 1 year Radek Bonk Ocelari Trinec

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ryan Jones[20] Edmonton Oilers March 3, 2010

Player signings Player Contract terms Triston Grant[21] 1 year, $500k 2-way contract Joel Ward[22] 2 years, $3 million Steve Sullivan[23] 2 years, $7.5 million Nolan Yonkman[24] 1 year, $500,000 2-way contract Ryan Maki[25] 1 year, $500,000 2-way contract Ryan Jones[26] 2 years, $975,000 Cal O'Reilly[27] 2 years, $1.125 million 2-way contract Kevin Klein[28] 3 years, $4.05 million contract extension Marcel Goc[29] 1 year, $775,000 contract extension Jordin Tootoo[30] 2 years, $2.5 million contract extension Pekka Rinne[31] 2 years, $6.8 million contract extension Ryan Thang[32] 2 years, $1.05 million entry-level contract Ryan Flynn[33] 2 years, $1.05 million entry-level contract Michael Latta[34] 3-year entry-level contract Gabriel Bourque[35] 3-year entry-level contract Charles-Olivier Roussel[36] 3-year entry-level contract

Draft picks

Nashville's picks at the 2009 NHL entry draft in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	11	Ryan Ellis	(D)	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
2	41	Zach Budish	(RW)	United States	Edina High School (USHS-MN)
2	42 (Minnesota)	Charles-Olivier Roussel	(D)	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
3	70 (from Ottawa)	Taylor Beck	(LW)	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
3	72	Michael Latta	(C)	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4	98 (from Toronto via San Jose)	Craig Smith	(C)	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
4	102	Mattias Ekholm	(D)	Sweden	Mora IK (HockeyAllsvenskan)
4	110 (from NY Rangers)	Nick Oliver	(C/F)	United States	Roseau High School (USHS-MN)
5	132	Gabriel Bourque	(LW)	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
7	192	Cameron Reid	(C)	Canada	Westside Warriors (BCHL)

See also

• 2009–10 NHL season

Farm teams