The Nashville Predators had a lot of contributors in their run to the franchise’s first Stanley Cup Final appearance last season.
In his first season with the team, P.K. Subban had a big hand in the Preds’ run, as well as the other top-four d-men in Ryan Ellis, Roman Josi, and Mattias Ekholm. Pekka Rinne (Mika Pyorala’s brother-in-law) provided one of the best seasons of his career with a .930 save percentage in 22 postseason games after he posted a .918 save percentage in 61 regular-season games. Up front, the line of Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen and Viktor Arvidsson led Music City’s offense until Game 4 of the Western Conference Final against the Anaheim Ducks, where Johansen suffered a unique and dangerous injury in an overtime loss for the Preds.