2008–09 Nashville Predators season

Professional ice hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 2008–09 2008 Nashville Predators Western 10th Central 5th 40–34–8 24–13–2 16–21–4 213 233 David Poile Barry Trotz Jason Arnott Jean-Pierre DumontShea Weber Sommet Center 15,011 (87.7%)Total: 615,439 The 2008–09 Nashville Predators season began on October 10, 2008. It was the Nashville Predators' 11th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators ended up missing the playoffs for the first time since 2002-03 season Pre-season 2008 pre-season game log: 2–4–0 (home: 1–2–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 25 Atlanta 4–2 Nashville Rinne 10,558 0–1–0 2 September 26 Nashville 3–4 Columbus MacIntyre 11,964 0–2–0 3 September 27 Columbus 1–3 Nashville Ellis 12,078 1–2–0 4 October 2 Carolina 4–2 Nashville Ellis 12,903 1–3–0 5 October 3 Nashville 6–4 Atlanta Rinne 6,753 2–3–0 6 October 5 Nashville 0–2 Carolina Ellis 11,313 2–4–0 Regular season Divisional standings NSH Conference standings NSH Game log 2008–09 game log October: 5–4–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 Nashville 2–5 St. Louis Ellis 19,150 0–1–0 0 2 October 11 Dallas 1–3 Nashville Ellis 17,113 1–1–0 2 3 October 13 Nashville 3–2 Chicago SO Ellis 21,712 2–1–0 4 4 October 15 Nashville 4–6 Dallas Ellis 16,899 2–2–0 4 5 October 17 Nashville 3–5 Columbus Ellis 17,930 2–3–0 4 6 October 18 Columbus 3–6 Nashville Ellis 13,259 3–3–0 6 7 October 23 Calgary 5–3 Nashville Ellis 12,042 3–4–0 6 8 October 25 Los Angeles 4–5 Nashville Ellis 14,704 4–4–0 8 9 October 28 Nashville 3–4 Washington SO Ellis 17,011 4–4–1 9 10 October 30 Edmonton 1–3 Nashville Rinne 11,294 5–4–1 11 November: 6–6–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 5–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Florida 2–3 Nashville SO Rinne 14,909 6–4–1 13 12 November 4 Nashville 0–4 Vancouver Ellis 18,630 6–5–1 13 13 November 6 Nashville 6–7 Calgary Ellis 19,289 6–6–1 13 14 November 8 Nashville 0–1 Colorado Ellis 18,007 6–7–1 13 15 November 11 Nashville 4–3 San Jose OT Ellis 17,496 7–7–1 15 16 November 14 Nashville 4–3 Anaheim OT Ellis 16,485 8–7–1 17 17 November 15 Nashville 3–1 Los Angeles Ellis 14,135 9–7–1 19 18 November 17 San Jose 4–1 Nashville Ellis 13,312 9–8–1 19 19 November 21 Nashville 1–4 Tampa Bay Ellis 16,444 9–9–1 19 20 November 23 Nashville 5–2 Carolina Ellis 13,042 10–9–1 21 21 November 25 St. Louis 1–0 Nashville SO Ellis 13,825 10–9–2 22 22 November 28 Nashville 4–3 Atlanta OT Rinne 15,022 11–9–2 24 23 November 29 Minnesota 6–2 Nashville Ellis 13,990 11–10–2 24 December: 6–6–1 (home: 5–1–0; road: 1–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Nashville 2–0 Buffalo Rinne 18,690 12–10–2 26 25 December 4 Colorado 2–3 Nashville Rinne 12,717 13–10–2 28 26 December 6 Minnesota 0–1 Nashville Rinne 14,408 14–10–2 30 27 December 8 Nashville 3–6 St. Louis Rinne 14,537 14–11–2 30 28 December 9 Vancouver 3–1 Nashville Ellis 12,441 14–12–2 30 29 December 11 Nashville 1–2 Columbus SO Ellis 13,484 14–12–3 31 30 December 13 Dallas 0–3 Nashville Ellis 15,426 15–12–3 33 31 December 18 Nashville 1–2 Phoenix Ellis 14,193 15–13–3 33 32 December 20 NY Islanders 0–1 Nashville Rinne 16,457 16–13–3 35 33 December 23 Nashville 0–3 Florida Rinne 14,703 16–14–3 35 34 December 26 Detroit 2–3 Nashville Ellis 17,113 17–14–3 37 35 December 28 Nashville 2–5 Edmonton Ellis 16,839 17–15–3 37 36 December 29 Nashville 1–5 Colorado Rinne 15,643 17–16–3 37 January: 4–8–0 (home: 2–5–0; road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 1 Vancouver 2–1 Nashville Rinne 16,502 17–17–3 37 38 January 3 Calgary 3–2 Nashville Ellis 14,321 17–18–3 37 39 January 6 Colorado 2–1 Nashville Rinne 13,598 17–19–3 37 40 January 8 Pittsburgh 3–5 Nashville Rinne 14,297 18–19–3 39 41 January 10 Chicago 1–4 Nashville Rinne 16,802 19–19–3 41 42 January 11 Nashville 1–3 Chicago Ellis 21,666 19–20–3 41 43 January 13 Nashville 2–0 Toronto Rinne 19,223 20–20–3 43 44 January 15 Nashville 2–3 Montreal Rinne 21,273 20–21–3 43 45 January 17 Atlanta 7–2 Nashville Ellis 17,113 20–22–3 43 46 January 19 New Jersey 3–1 Nashville Rinne 14,848 20–23–3 43 47 January 28 Nashville 5–3 Vancouver Rinne 18,630 21–23–3 45 48 January 30 Nashville 1–3 Calgary Rinne 19,289 21–24–3 45 February: 10–4–1 (home: 7–2–1; road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 1 Nashville 2–1 Edmonton Rinne 16,839 22–24–3 47 50 February 3 Phoenix 1–2 Nashville Rinne 13,195 23–24–3 49 51 February 5 Anaheim 2–4 Nashville Rinne 14,877 24–24–3 51 52 February 6 Nashville 2–0 Minnesota Ellis 18,568 25–24–3 53 53 February 8 Nashville 1–4 Dallas Ellis 17,689 25–25–3 53 54 February 10 Detroit 5–3 Nashville Rinne 15,077 25–26–3 53 55 February 12 St. Louis 3–4 Nashville SO Rinne 14,307 26–26–3 55 56 February 14 Boston 2–3 Nashville SO Rinne 17,113 27–26–3 57 57 February 16 Ottawa 2–0 Nashville Rinne 14,681 27–27–3 57 58 February 18 Nashville 2–6 Detroit Ellis 20,066 27–28–3 57 59 February 19 St. Louis 2–1 Nashville OT Rinne 15,037 27–28–4 58 60 February 21 Nashville 1–0 St. Louis OT Rinne 19,250 28–28–4 60 61 February 24 Chicago 3–5 Nashville Rinne 15,075 29–28–4 62 62 February 26 Phoenix 1–4 Nashville Rinne 14,954 30–28–4 64 63 February 28 Detroit 0–8 Nashville Rinne 17,113 31–28–4 66 March: 7–3–4 (home: 4–1–2; road: 3–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 3 Edmonton 5–6 Nashville OT Rinne 14,194 32–28–4 68 65 March 5 Columbus 2–4 Nashville Rinne 13,064 33–28–4 70 66 March 7 Nashville 1–4 Philadelphia Rinne 19,611 33–29–4 70 67 March 10 Washington 2–1 Nashville OT Ellis 16,064 33–29–5 71 68 March 12 NY Rangers 4–2 Nashville Ellis 16,241 33–30–5 71 69 March 14 Nashville 2–0 Phoenix Rinne 13,197 34–30–5 73 70 March 16 Nashville 4–3 Los Angeles Rinne 17,810 35–30–5 75 71 March 18 Nashville 3–4 Anaheim OT Rinne 16,181 35–30–6 76 72 March 19 Nashville 2–3 San Jose SO Rinne 17,496 35–30–7 77 73 March 24 Anaheim 2–1 Nashville SO Rinne 16,418 35–30–8 78 74 March 26 San Jose 2–3 Nashville Rinne 16,562 36–30–8 80 75 March 28 Los Angeles 3–4 Nashville OT Rinne 17,113 37–30–8 82 76 March 29 Nashville 4–3 Detroit Rinne 20,066 38–30–8 84 77 March 31 Nashville 1–2 Columbus Rinne 14,495 38–31–8 84 April: 2–3–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 3 Nashville 1–3 Chicago Rinne 21,628 38–32–8 84 79 April 4 Columbus 4–5 Nashville SO Rinne 16,750 39–32–8 86 80 April 7 Chicago 4–2 Nashville Rinne 17,113 39–33–8 86 81 April 9 Nashville 4–3 Detroit SO Rinne 20,066 40–33–8 88 82 April 10 Nashville 4–8 Minnesota Rinne 18,568 40–34–8 88 Legend: #ccffcc Win (2 points) 1px solid #ccffcc #ffcccc Loss (0 points) 1px solid #ffcccc #ffffff Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) 1px solid #AAAAAA Playoffs The Nashville Predators failed to qualify for the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, making it the first time that the Predators missed the playoffs since 2003. Player stats Skaters player Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Jean-Pierre Dumont 82 16 49 65 +1 20 Jason Arnott 65 33 24 57 +2 49 Shea Weber 81 23 30 53 +1 80 Martin Erat 71 17 33 50 -7 48 Ryan Suter 82 7 38 45 -16 73 David Legwand 73 20 22 42 -3 32 Joel Ward Joel Ward (ice hockey) 79 17 18 35 +1 29 Steve Sullivan 41 11 21 32 +2 30 Dan Hamhuis 82 3 23 26 -4 67 Radek Bonk 66 9 16 25 -12 34 Vernon Fiddler 78 11 6 17 -13 24 Ryan Jones Ryan Jones (ice hockey) 46 7 10 17 +1 22 Jordin Tootoo 72 4 12 16 -15 124 Jerred Smithson 82 4 9 13 -6 49 Kevin Klein ice hockey 63 4 8 12 -2 19 Greg Zanon 82 4 7 11 +8 38 Ville Koistinen 38 3 8 11 0 14 Scott Nichol ice hockey 43 4 6 10 0 41 Rich Peverley‡ 27 2 7 9 -3 15 Patric Hornqvist Patric Hörnqvist 28 2 5 7 -3 16 Antti Pihlstrom Antti Pihlström 53 2 5 7 -1 10 Greg de Vries 71 1 4 5 -15 65 Cal O'Reilly 11 3 2 5 +2 2 Wade Belak† 38 0 2 2 -1 54 Nick Tarnasky‡ 11 0 1 1 +1 17 Jed Ortmeyer 2 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Santorelli 7 0 0 0 -5 2 Goaltenders goalie Regular season Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO Pekka Rinne 52 2999 29 15 4 119 2.38 1435 1316 .917 7 Dan Ellis ice hockey 35 1964 11 19 4 96 2.93 963 867 .900 3 †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 Patric Hornqvist 1st NHL Game October 10, 2008 Ryan Jones 1st NHL Game October 10, 2008 Joel Ward 1st NHL Goal October 10, 2008 Jean-Pierre Dumont 600th NHL Game October 15, 2008 Patric Hornqvist 1st NHL Goal1st NHL Point October 15, 2008 Ryan Jones 1st NHL Goal1st NHL Assist1st NHL Point October 15, 2008 Jean-Pierre Dumont 400th NHL Point October 18, 2008 Patric Hornqvist 1st NHL Assist October 25, 2008 Jason Arnott Franchise Single Season Goal Record (33) April 10, 2009 Transactions Trades June 20, 2008 To Nashville Predators 4th-round pick in 2008 – Dale Weise To St. Louis Blues Chris Mason June 20, 2008 To Nashville Predators 1st-round pick (7th overall) in 2008 – Colin Wilson To New York Islanders 1st-round pick (9th overall) in 2008 – Josh Bailey2nd-round pick in 2008 – Aaron Ness June 20, 2008 To Nashville Predators 1st-round pick (18th overall) in 2008 – Chet Pickard3rd-round pick in 2009 – Taylor Beck To Ottawa Senators 1st-round pick (15th overall) in 2008 – Erik Karlsson September 29, 2008 To Nashville Predators Nick Tarnasky To Tampa Bay Lightning Conditional 6th-round pick in 2009 – Jaroslav Janus October 30, 2008 To Nashville Predators Hugh Jessiman To New York Rangers Future Considerations October 30, 2008 To Nashville Predators Tim Ramholt To Philadelphia Flyers Josh Gratton November 27, 2008 To Nashville Predators Wade Belak To Florida Panthers Nick Tarnasky Free agents Player New team Alex Henry Montreal Canadiens Darcy Hordichuk Vancouver Canucks |} Draft picks Nashville's picks at the 2008 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario. Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 7 (from Toronto via NY Islanders) Colin Wilson (C) Boston University (Hockey East) 1 18 (from Ottawa) Chet Pickard (G) Tri-City Americans (WHL) 2 38 (from Toronto via Phoenix) Roman Josi (D) SC Bern (NLA) 5 136 Taylor Stefishen (LW) Langley Chiefs (BCHL) 6 166 Jeff Foss (D) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC) 7 201 (from NY Rangers) Jani Lajunen (C) Espoo Blues (Finland Jr.) 7 207 (from San Jose) Anders Lindback (G) Brynäs IF (Elitserien) See also 2008–09 NHL season References Category:Nashville Predators seasons N