<Tr> <Th> Division championships </Th> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Official website </Th> <Td> nhl.com/predators </Td> </Tr> <P> The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee . They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators joined the NHL as an expansion team in the 1998--99 season, and play their home games at Bridgestone Arena . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia . See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions . (June 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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