Pacing The Nashville Predators Offense

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The Nashville Predators offense is currently the worst offense in the NHL. General manager David Poile has begun trying to address the team’s shortcoming with waiver claims, but we won’t get to see the new-look offense until Friday. In the meantime, why not take a look at how many points the team is projecting to score for the season?

Colin Wilson, cornerstone of the Nashville Predators offense

Colin Wilson leads the Nashville Predators offense through 23 games. (PHOTO: Scott Rovak-USA TODAY Sports)

To project for the full 48 games, I’ve made the assumption that each Predators player will continue to play with the same frequency. (E.g. Colin Wilson has played all 23 of the team’s games so far, so I assume he will play each of the remaining 25 games on the schedule.) Then I’ve calculated their rates of scoring goals and assists and multiplied them by the assumed number of games each player will appear in before the end of the season.

Just for the record, this is not a prediction. It’s simply a way to visualize what would result if current trends for the Nashville Predators offense continue over the course of the full season. Here’s the current roster with their actual point totals and their projections through the end of the season:

NAME	GP	G	A	Proj. GP	Proj. G	Proj. A	Proj. P
Colin Wilson	23	5	10	48	10	21	31
Martin Erat	22	3	9	46	6	19	25
Shea Weber	23	3	6	48	6	12	19
Sergei Kostitsyn	23	2	7	48	4	15	19
Gabriel Bourque	21	6	2	44	13	4	17
Mike Fisher	23	4	4	48	8	8	16
Roman Josi	23	3	4	48	6	8	14
David Legwand	23	3	4	48	6	8	14
Patric Hornqvist	13	2	5	27	4	10	14
Ryan Ellis	23	2	4	48	4	8	12
Kevin Klein	23	1	5	48	2	10	12
Nick Spaling	23	3	2	48	6	4	10
Craig Smith	23	3	2	48	6	4	10
Brandon Yip	19	2	3	40	4	6	10
Jonathon Blum	15	1	4	31	2	8	10
Paul Gaustad	16	1	2	33	2	4	6
Rich Clune	22	1	2	46	2	4	6
Scott Hannan	23	0	1	48	0	2	2
Matt Halischuk	16	0	1	33	0	2	2
Hal Gill	15	0	0	31	0	0	0

So, if current trends continue the Nashville Predators’ leading scorer would be Colin Wilson with 31 points. For a little perspective, there are already two players in the league who have matched that through 23 games.

Clearly, things aren’t too promising with the current lineup. The hope is that Bobby Butler and Zach Boychuk can add some scoring punch over the next three weeks so the team doesn’t have to become a seller at the trade deadline. If they can, there should be better days ahead. If not – well, now you have an idea of what to expect.