Nashville Predators Power Rankings - 2012-13
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| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 15 | 16-23-9 | 29 | It was a wildly disappointing finish for the Preds, who won just once in their last 11 games. | |
| Week 14 | 15-21-9 | 29 | The Predators are winless in eight as they end the season on an ugly note. | |
| Week 13 | 15-20-8 | 25 | Make it six straight losses for the deep-sinking Preds. | |
| Week 12 | 15-17-8 | 25 | A heartbreaking 5-3 loss to Chicago on Sunday was the Preds' third straight and it's hard to imagine they can recover to sneak back into the top eight with just nine games left. | |
| Week 11 | 14-14-7 | 21 | Weird stretch for the Predators, who are 3-1-1 in their past five but seem somehow to be out of sync. Three games against the Blackhawks -- a potential first-round playoff opponent -- this week should fix that. Or it better. | |
| Week 10 | 13-13-6 | 21 | An important week for the Preds to stay in the race: games with Edmonton, Phoenix and Colorado. | |
| Week 9 | 11-12-6 | 24 | A five-game road trip might end up killing the Preds' playoff hopes as they've lost three in a row after a win in Dallas. | |
| Week 8 | 10-9-6 | 21 | The NHL's lowest-scoring team gets set for a five-game trip that ventures through Dallas, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Columbus. | |
| Week 7 | 9-8-5 | 21 | The Preds have lost four of five and have managed to score only twice in those four losses. | |
| Week 6 | 8-6-5 | 15 | The Predators have dropped four of five games. Of course, it doesn't help when the opposition gets to score a goal on a play that was clearly offside, which happened in a 6-5 loss to Colorado. | |
| Week 5 | 7-3-5 | 11 | The Preds are starting to get some much-needed offense and have points in eight of nine (6-1-2). | |
| Week 4 | 5-3-4 | 12 | The Preds saved their season by reeling off four straight wins after opening with one win in six games. But offense will be an issue all season. | |
| Week 3 | 3-2-3 | 19 | The Preds are doing the seemingly impossible in collecting points without actually scoring any goals. The have just one regulation or overtime win and rank dead last in goals per game. | |
| Week 2 | 1-1-3 | 19 | The Preds have scored 10 goals in five games. It will be their bugaboo this season: finding consistent offense. | |
| Week 1 | 0-0-0 | 17 | No Ryan Suter means the Predators will be looking from within to shore up their blue line and produce enough offense to see them back to the playoffs for the eighth time in the past nine seasons. | |
| Preseason | 0-0-0 | 7 | I have no choice but to elevate the Preds in the standings after the week I spent in Nashville during the playoffs. This team will rediscover its identity now that the Alex Radulov experiment is over and, while Ryan Suter's loss is significant, the Preds draft and develop like nobody's business. There's always something coming. They remain Cup contenders in my eyes. | |
| Spring Training | 0-0-0 | 12 | Shea Weber is back, as is Vezina Trophy finalist Pekka Rinne, and gone are night owls Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn, which is probably a good thing. Barry Trotz always has his team ready to play and has a knack for getting maximum production and effort from his lineup. The Preds need their young talent to pick up the offensive slack, but they should be back in the playoff hunt. | |
