Kostitsyn scored twice and Pekka Rinne stopped 35 shots and the Predators beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-0. Captain Shea Weber added a goal for Nashville, which snapped a four-game losing streak. Including a 3-0 home loss to Columbus on Friday, the Red Wings have been shut out in consecutive games. The second-place Predators are
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Study habits make Rinne big-time shootout stopper
Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne is a big fan of the shootout. Actually, there’s a perfectly good explanation why one of the more tense moments for any goaltender happens to put Rinne in a comfort zone. “First off, he’s tremendously skilled and a lot of it has to do with athleticism and quickness,” Predators goalie
Pekka Rinne named NHL’s 3rd Star of the Month for January
Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne was named the NHL’s 3rd Star of the Month for January, his first such honor after having been Rookie of the Month in February 2009. Boston’s Patrice Bergeron was named 1st Star, and Keith Yandle of the Phoenix Coyotes was 2nd. Pekka racked up a .945 save percentage in 11
Despite Loss, Rinne Impressive With 33 Saves
Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne made 33 saves. Vancouver goaltender Roberto Luongo made 26 saves, including a pad save on Joel Ward’s shot with 26 seconds remaining. The Canucks (31-10-9), hardly the aggressor through the first period with four shots, fired 31 shots through the final two periods. The Predators (27-17-6) finished their defining month of
Pekka Rinne Makes Amazing Save With Some Help From His Stick
Pekka Rinne thought he was in big trouble when he lost his goalie stick during a wild scramble on an Edmonton power play in overtime. Instead, the wayward stick made the save of the game in the Nashville Predators’ 3-2 shootout victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night. Shawn Horcoff beat Rinne with a
Rinne Stops 32 in Win, becoming Fantasy Hockey Stud
Pekka Rinne stopped 32 of 33 Colorado shots in a 5-1 win on Thursday. Rinne has been outstanding of late with 95 saves in 100 shots over the last three games, all wins for the tall Finn. Rinne is now 16-11-4 with a 2.09 GAA and a .930 save percentage, making him a top-seven fantasy
Tale of Two Goalies, Pekka Rinne Wins
It was a tale of two goalies at Jobing.com Arena on Tuesday night. Both Ilya Bryzgalov and Pekka Rinne came in riding hot streaks, but only one showed up for Tuesday’s contest between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Nashville Predators. Now the Preds are not, by any means, an offensive team. They rank highly in
Pekka Rinne and Predators rally to edge Blackhawks in shootout
If there’s one thing Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne loves, it’s playing in a shootout. Marcel Goc scored the only goal in the shootout with Rinne stopping Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane and the Predators rallied from a two-goal deficit after two periods to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 Saturday night. Nashville forward Jerred Smithson said
The Man and His Mask: Pekka Rinne
Goalie Born Nov 3 1982 — Kempele, Finland Height 6.05 — Weight 207 — Shoots R Nickname: Peks Like Pekka’s Mask? Think you have a great design for Pekka? Send your artwork to akr@puckagency.com.
Rinne keeps on rolling with win over Wild
Pekka Rinne allowed just one goal on 26 shots in the Predators’ 5-1 win over Minnesota Tuesday. Rinne is currently in the midst of his best stretch of the season and should be an every-game starter in fantasy leagues right now. Tuesday’s victory extends his personal win streak to five, during which he has allowed