Nashville Predators News

Chris MacFarland's first move as Nashville's GM was to bring in familiar face Ross Colton from Colordo alongside Isak Posch for Magnus Chrona, a 2026 3rd-round pick, and a 2027 3rd-round pick. Colton is 29-years-old and will be joining his third NHL franchise after failing to crack the 30+ point mark in each of the last two seasons in Colorado.

Nilsson was Nashville's 2023 2nd round pick (43rd overall) and has earned himself a three-year, entry-level contract on Friday. The 20-year-old Swedish forward spent 2025-26 with Rogle BK (SHL) and had 14 goals, 40 points and a +18 plus/minus in 52 games played.

Pinchuk is an undrafted 24-year-old forward that has spent the previous five seasons in the KHL. In 2025-26, Pinchuk scored 66 points (31G / 35A) in 65 games with Minsk Dynamo (KHL).

Colton was surprisingly a healthy scratch in each of the first two games of Colorado's round one series against the Kings, but will draw into the lineup on Thursday in place of Joel Kiviranta. Colton appeared n 73 regular season games for the Avs, tallying nine goals and 15 assists.

Wiesblatt will draw into the lineup on Thursday alongside Kevin Gravel. They'll slot in for Roman Josi and Jonathan Marchessault who will get the night off for Nashville's season finale.

Gravel will draw into the lineup on Thursday alongside Ozzy Wiesblatt. They'll slot in for Roman Josi and Jonathan Marchessault who will get the night off for Nashville's season finale.

Marchessault was a surprise scratch on Thursday as he and Roman Josi will get the night off for the Preds season finale. Kevin Gravel and Ozzy Wiesblatt will slot into the lineup in their place.

Josi was a surprise scratch on Thursday as he and Jonathan Marchessault will get the night off for the Preds season finale. Kevin Gravel and Ozzy Wiesblatt will slot into the lineup in their place.

The Predators will turn to Saros between the pipes for the 59th time this season when they host the Ducks in their regular season finale on Thursday. Nashville's long-time number-one netminder ceded playing time to the red-hot Justus Annunen down the stretch, serving as the back-up in each of the team's last two games. Saros brings a 28-21-8 record and an .894 SV% into Thursday night's finale, where the Preds enter action at +105 on the money line.

O'Hara was a fourth-round pick, 114th overall, in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. The 23-year-old forward has spent the previous three seasons playing collegiate hockey with UMass-Amherst (H-East), including scoring 51 points (22G / 29A) in 40 games in 2024-25. He has 44 points (19G / 25A) this season in 65 games with the Milwaukee Admirals (AHL).

Nieminen was Nashville's 2025 6th round pick (163rd overall) and has signed a three-year, entry-level contract on Tuesday with Nashville. The 20-year-old Finnish defensemen spent all of 2025-26 with Pelicans (Liiga) and had five goals, and 17 points in 47 games in his second season of professional hockey in Finland.

Annunen has surprisingly outplayed Juuse Saros in the past few weeks, and with zero margin for error remaining in Nashville's season, they will turn to Annunen on Monday in a must-win game against the San Jose Sharks to keep their playoff hopes alive. The 26-year-old Annunen saved 21 of 22 shots (.955 SV%) in his most recent outing, a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild. Since mid-March, Annunen has an outstanding 1.59 GAA and .949 SV% in seven games (4-3-0). The Predators enter Monday's contest as -146 home favourites against a San Jose Sharks team that has lost three straight (0-2-1), severely hampering their playoff hopes.

Fink was a seventh round pick of the Predators in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. The 21-year-old forward played three years of collegiate hockey with Pennsylvania State University, and recently made his professional debut in the AHL with the Milwaukee Admirals, where he has 10 points (3G / 7A) in six games.

Annunen has surprisingly outplayed Juuse Saros in the past few weeks, and with zero margin for error remaining in Nashville's season, they will turn to Annunen on Monday in a must-win game against the San Jose Sharks to keep their playoff hopes alive. The 26-year-old Annunen saved 21 of 22 shots (.955 SV%) in his most recent outing, a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild. Since mid-March, Annunen has an outstanding 1.59 GAA and .949 SV% in seven games (4-3-0). The Predators enter Monday's contest as -146 home favourites against a San Jose Sharks team that has lost three straight (0-2-1), severely hampering their playoff hopes.

Annunen stopped all 43 shots that he faced in a 5-0 shutout win over the Ducks on Tuesday. Annunen has quietly been one of the best goalies in the league since the start of February, going 5-5-0 while ranking second in the NHL in GAA (2.02) and SV% .934 SV% among goalies with at least 10 starts. Tonight he'll look to keep the Predators season alive vs. the Wild, who he is 1-1-1 with a 3.39 GAA and .907 SV% against in his career.

Hague missed the last two games with an upper-body injury, but could play Saturday in Utah. Hague is considered a game-time decision, so monitor his status as the Predators hit the ice for warmups at 4:30 PM ET.