Nashville Predators: Top Individual Playoff Performances in Team History

By Chad Minton | Apr 25, 2022

NASHVILLE, TN - APRIL 23: Filip Forsberg #9 of the Nashville Predators congratulates teammate goalie Pekka Rinne #35 on a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game Five of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Bridgestone Arena on April 23, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images) /

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With the 2021-22 regular season nearly over and the Nashville Predators within arm’s reach of an eighth-consecutive postseason berth, it got me thinking about the best individual playoff showings in franchise history.

It took the Nashville Predators five seasons of existence before reaching the playoffs for the first time in 2004, and they got the dynasty Detroit Red Wings as a first-round gift.

They actually battled hard in that series taking it to six games against a Red Wings team that had such all-time greats as Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk, Steve Yzerman, Henrik Zetterberg and the list goes on and on.

Fast forward to this current season, and the Predators need just two more wins and/or some help from some other teams to lock up another playoff appearance. This team has plenty of top players who have elevated their levels of play this season to suprise a lot of people.

So, let’s look back at the five-best individual playoff campaigns in the team’s 14 postseason appearances.

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