No one could have reasonably expected the Nashville Predators to win 47 games in the first year of the Andrew Brunette era, and of course the 18-game point streak really catapulted this team back into the playoffs.
Things were looking grim and more like a true rebuilding season after the February 15 humiliating 9-2 loss to the Dallas Stars at home. The Predators were in a downward spiral of losing seven of their last nine games and plummeting out of playoff contention altogether.
Despite once again suffering first round defeat, this team undoubtedly overperformed and appears to be heading back in a positive direction to be deep playoff contenders in the near future.
The Predators have won 47 games in a regular season four times, and surpassed that win total only four other times in their 25-year history.
In fact, only six teams have more regular seasons wins over the last decade than the Predators, per StatMuse.
Team | Reg Season Wins since May 2014 |
|---|---|
Lightning | 475 |
Bruins | 466 |
Capitals | 449 |
Penguins | 433 |
Blues | 433 |
Rangers | 431 |
Predators | 429 |
No Stanley Cups and only one Western Conference Finals appearance really string with all of those regular season wins, but Barry Trotz is trying to change all of that. Give him time.
With that, here's my top-5 wins of 2023-24 for the Nashville Predators.