We’re just days away from opening night of the 2017-18 NHL campaign and, therefore, we thought it might be a good idea to take a daily look at the Nashville Predators’ franchise record book. With these snapshots, you can keep up with the possible milestones, the personal accomplishments and the changing of the guard throughout the season.
Today’s installment? Penalty Minutes in a Nashville sweater.
NOTE: While only active players (within the top 100) are listed, the all-time leader in each category is also listed in order to provide reference to the franchise’s bench mark. The all-time leader is denoted in red.
PENALTY MINUTES
1 – Jordin Tootoo (725)
3 – Scott Hartnell (544)
26 – Craig Smith (186)
t-33 – Mattias Ekholm (140)
35 – Ryan Ellis (134)
36 – Austin Watson (131)
41 – Roman Josi (127)
52 – Filip Forsberg (107)
54 – Ryan Johansen (96)
56 – Cody McLeod (93)
74 – Viktor Arvidsson (63)
t-76 – Calle Jarnkrok (61)
85 – Anthony Bitetto (51)
t-93 – Pekka Rinne (46)
t-96 – PK Subban (44)
MILESTONE WATCH: McLeod logged 145 total penalty minutes last season (52 with the Colorado Avalanche before the trade). If he repeats that number for Nashville in 2017-18, he’ll go from 56th on the franchise’s all-time penalty minutes list to inside the top 20, surpassing original Predator Bob Boughner (234), currently 19th.
OTHER INSTALLMENTS OF STATISTICALLY SPEAKING:
Points
Games Played
Penalty Minutes
Goals
Assists
Power Play Points
