Editing Nashville Predators (section)

====First Stanley Cup Finals appearance and first Presidents' Trophy (2016–2018)====
In the [[2016–17 NHL season|2016–17 season]], the Predators finished fourth in the Central Division with 94 points, which earned them the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The 2016–17 season marked the first time the Predators sold out all 41 regular season home games. Their eighth-place finish in the conference gave them a first-round Stanley Cup playoff matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks, who finished first in the conference during the regular season.

The Predators [[Whitewash (sport)|swept]] the Blackhawks in four games. This was the first time an eighth [[seed (sports)|seed]] swept a playoff series against the top seed in the conference in NHL history as well as the first time that there had been a sweep by an eighth seed against a top seed in a best-of-seven playoff series in the history of North American major league professional sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wkrn.com/2017/04/20/predators-sweep-blackhawks-with-4-1-win/|title=Predators sweep Blackhawks with 4-1 win|first=Cory|last=Curtis|date=April 21, 2017|website=wkrn.com|access-date=May 17, 2017|archive-date=May 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526043126/http://wkrn.com/2017/04/20/predators-sweep-blackhawks-with-4-1-win/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Predators defeated the [[St. Louis Blues]] in six games, marking the first time the team advanced to the conference finals. On May 16, the Predators became the first team in 20 years (since the Detroit Red Wings in 1997) to achieve 10 straight wins at home in the postseason.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/05/17/sports/hockey/ap-hkn-ducks-predators.html|title=Ducks Resting Up for Aggressive Preds Down 2-1 in West|work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|date=May 17, 2017}}</ref> On May 22, 2017, the Predators defeated the Anaheim Ducks 6–3 and won the series four games to two, winning the Western Conference, and advancing to the club's first [[Stanley Cup Finals]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/19441219/2017-stanley-cup-nashville-predators-stanley-cup-finals |title=Colton Sissons' hat trick pushes the Predators into their first Stanley Cup finals appearance |publisher=ESPN |date=May 22, 2017 |access-date=May 22, 2017}}</ref> In the [[2017 Stanley Cup Finals]], the Predators went down 2–0 against the Penguins before battling back and leveling the series at two, winning games 3 and 4 at home. Returning to Pittsburgh, the Predators lost 6–0 before being eliminated at home 2–0 in game 6.

On April 5, 2018, the Predators clinched their first division title in team history while also claiming their first [[Presidents' Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vingan|first1=Adam|title=Predators win Presidents' Trophy, Central Division, Western Conference in resilient victory against Capitals|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nhl/predators/2018/04/05/nashville-predators-vs-washington-capitals-score-nhl-playoffs-central-division-western-conference/478196002/|website=The Tennessean|access-date=April 6, 2018|date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> They defeated the [[Colorado Avalanche]] in the first round of the playoffs in six games, and then lost to the [[Winnipeg Jets]] in seven games in the second round.