Pekka Rinne News

Rinne will start Saturday in Minnesota.

Rinne allowed five goals on 28 shots in the Predators loss to the Maple Leafs on Thursday. The loss snapped an 11-game winning streak for Rinne, who will start the front-end of the Predators’ weekend back-to-back. The 35-year-old has gone 0-2-0 with a 4.09 GAA and .889 SV% in his first starts against the Wild this season.

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Rinne is in the starter's crease at the Predators morning skate.

Rinne allowed five goals on 28 shots in the Predators loss to the Maple Leafs on Thursday. The loss snapped an 11-game winning streak for Rinne, who will start the front-end of the Predators’ weekend back-to-back. The 35-year-old has gone 0-2-0 with a 4.09 GAA and .889 SV% in his first starts against the Wild this season.

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Rinne will start Monday in Buffalo.

Rinne allowed just two goals on 34 shots in the Predators win in Arizona last Thursday. Rinne is on a 10-game winning streak, posting a 1.80 GAA, .945 SV% and two shutouts. The 35-year-old is the front-runner for the Vezina Trophy and a must-start in Buffalo tonight.

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Rinne is expected to start Monday in Buffalo.

Rinne allowed just two goals on 34 shots in the Predators win in Arizona last Thursday. Rinne is on a 10-game winning streak, posting a 1.80 GAA, .945 SV% and two shutouts. The 35-year-old is the front-runner for the Vezina Trophy and a must-start in Buffalo tonight.

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Rinne led the Predators onto the ice for warmups.

Rinne allowed two goals on 33 shots in the Predators win over the Ducks last Thursday. With Juuse Saros starting on Saturday, Rinne comes into Tuesday well rested and one a personal eight-game winning streak—he has posted a 1.88 GAA, .942 SV% and two shutouts over that stretch. He is a must-start regardless of matchup.

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Rinne is expected to start Tuesday vs. the Jets.

Rinne allowed two goals on 33 shots in the Predators win over the Ducks last Thursday. With Juuse Saros starting on Saturday, Rinne comes into Tuesday well rested and one a personal eight-game winning streak—he has posted a 1.88 GAA, .942 SV% and two shutouts over that stretch. He is a must-start regardless of matchup.

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Rinne will start against the Ducks on Thursday.

Rinne stopped all 26 shots that he faced in the Predators shutout win over the Stars on Tuesday. Rinne is riding a seven-game winning streak, allowing just 13 goals on 226 shots (.942 SV%). Tonight he faces the Ducks for the third time this season—he is 2-0-0 with a 2.41 GAA and .932 SV% in the first two meetings with Anaheim.

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Rinne is expected to start Thursday vs. the Ducks.

Rinne stopped all 26 shots that he faced in the Predators shutout win over the Stars on Tuesday. Rinne is riding a seven-game winning streak, allowing just 13 goals on 226 shots (.942 SV%). Tonight he faces the Ducks for the third time this season—he is 2-0-0 with a 2.41 GAA and .932 SV% in the first two meetings with Anaheim.

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Rinne led the Predators onto the ice for warmups.

Rinne allowed three goals on 25 shots in the Predators win in Colorado on Sunday. No one can beat Rinne right now. The Finnish netminder has won six in a row and is 11-1-1 in his last 13 contests. Tonight he catches the Stars on the tail-end of a back-to-back and stopped 30 of 31 shots in a 4-1 win in their first meeting of the season.

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Rinne is projected to start Tuesday vs. the Stars.

Rinne allowed three goals on 25 shots in the Predators win in Colorado on Sunday. No one can beat Rinne right now. The Finnish netminder has won six in a row and is 11-1-1 in his last 13 contests. Tonight he catches the Stars on the tail-end of a back-to-back and stopped 30 of 31 shots in a 4-1 win in their first meeting of the season.

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Rinne will start Thursday in Edmonton.

Rinne allowed five goals on 39 shots in the Predators win in Winnipeg on Tuesday. It wasn’t the greatest outing for Rinne, who has won five straight while allowing just eight goals on 138 shots (.942 SV%). Rinne stopped 25 of 26 shots in a 2-1 win in his first start against the Oilers in mid-January.

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Rinne led the Predators onto the ice for warmups.

Rinne stopped all 27 shots that he faced in the Predators shutout win over the Blues on Sunday. Rinne has won five of his last six starts while posting a 1.99 GAA, .943 SV% and one shutout. Tonight he will start in what could be a playoff preview—Rinne comes in at 12-5-2 with a 1.94 GAA and .941 SV% in 19 road games.

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Rinne is expected to start Tuesday in Winnipeg.

Rinne stopped all 27 shots that he faced in the Predators shutout win over the Blues on Sunday. Rinne has won five of his last six starts while posting a 1.99 GAA, .943 SV% and one shutout. Tonight he will start in what could be a playoff preview—Rinne comes in at 12-5-2 with a 1.94 GAA and .941 SV% in 19 road games.

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Rinne led the Predators onto the ice for warmups.

Rinne allowed one goal on 34 shots in the Predators win over the Sharks on Thursday. Rinne has won four of his last five starts while posting a 2.38 GAA and .934 SV%. He’ll look to stay hot against the Blues, who he has gone 3-0-0 with a 1.33 GAA and .958 SV% against this season.

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