Predators earn 9th playoff berth in last 10 seasons

The Nashville Predators earned one point in a 4-3 overtime loss against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night to secure their ninth playoff berth in the last 10 seasons.

Spencer Stastney and Ryan O'Reilly scored just over two minutes apart in the final frame to force the extra frame.

The Predators' success this season has been buoyed by a 16-0-2 run that was spurred by a canceled team trip to see U2 perform at Las Vegas' The Sphere in February.

Prior to that franchise record-setting 18-game point streak, Nashville was four points back of a wild-card spot.

The Predators finished last season three points out of the playoff picture. They had made the postseason in each of the last eight campaigns, but only advanced past the first round three times in that span, including a run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2017.

Nashville was swept by the Colorado Avalanche during its last postseason appearance in 2022.