Roster · 2017-18 · Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators, by the numbers

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Nashville Predators

Season2017-18

Each player is rated out of 100 against NHL players at his position. The bar underneath is his wins above replacement, on a league scale with replacement level marked.

Forwards · 18

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

L91Filip Forsberg67 GP · 1171 min+1.76WAR

L90Kevin Fiala80 GP · 1212 min+1.73WAR

C85Craig Smith79 GP · 1215 min+1.42WAR

L82Viktor Arvidsson78 GP · 1384 min+1.36WAR

C79Kyle Turris76 GP · 1263 min+1.30WAR

R68Ryan Hartman78 GP · 1019 min+1.04WAR

C65Ryan Johansen79 GP · 1465 min+0.97WAR

C55Calle Jarnkrok68 GP · 1080 min+0.75WAR

L45Scott Hartnell62 GP · 745 min+0.57WAR

C45Nick Bonino71 GP · 1110 min+0.57WAR

C35Colton Sissons81 GP · 1304 min+0.37WAR

L33Pontus Aberg53 GP · 645 min+0.35WAR

R23Miikka Salomaki58 GP · 596 min+0.20WAR

L17Austin Watson76 GP · 937 min+0.14WAR

L3Cody McLeod48 GP · 354 min-0.01WAR

C—Frederick Gaudreau20 GP · 183 min+0.03WAR

C—Mike Fisher16 GP · 198 min+0.03WAR

R—Eeli Tolvanen3 GP · 36 min+0.00WAR

Defense · 9

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D97Mattias Ekholm81 GP · 1910 min+1.99WAR

D93Roman Josi75 GP · 1835 min+1.62WAR

D88Ryan Ellis44 GP · 1028 min+1.29WAR

D83P.K. Subban82 GP · 1977 min+1.12WAR

D76Samuel Girard73 GP · 1288 min+0.90WAR

D31Matt Irwin50 GP · 672 min+0.22WAR

D16Yannick Weber47 GP · 567 min+0.07WAR

D7Anthony Bitetto32 GP · 430 min-0.03WAR

D1Alexei Emelin76 GP · 1283 min-0.18WAR

Goaltenders · 2

Goalie WAR reaches higher than a skater's, so the bar uses its own league scale.

G98Pekka Rinne60 GP · 3478 min+6.76WAR

G69Juuse Saros26 GP · 1497 min+2.48WAR

A rating needs a minimum workload. Players below it show an em dash rather than a rank built on too few minutes, and are listed last by WAR. How this is calculated