Playing in an expanded role seems to have sparked him and he's produced one goal and five points in his past six games. But in Nashville, Rinne is 2-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average and a.962 save percentage ...
That was just Game 7 in the second round. They need to win Game 6 on Sunday if they want to force a seventh game. "You try to work so hard that the luck is also on your side".
Yet the goalie and the Predators stand between Pittsburgh and a big chunk of history.
The franchise has won all four of its Cups on the road.
It ended with haymaker after haymaker - both literal and proverbial - from the ever resilient Pittsburgh Penguins.
As the Penguins were skating down the ice on their way to the fifth goal of Game 5, a very unusual play happened. The Penguins do have other players capable of scoring, but if the Preds could limit that group, they would stand a far better chance of winning.
Rinne understands coach Peter Laviolette was trying to wake up the Predators by pulling the veteran after allowing three goals on nine shots in the first 20 minutes of Game 5.
"It's a good game but it's still not done", Malkin said.
The night started with a catfish throw.
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"We were on our toes tonight", Schultz said. "We know we're going to be facing a desperate team".
Nashville may be without defenseman Ryan Ellis, who didn't finish Thursday night's loss.
Ellis did not skate Saturday, though several Predators did not take the ice in an optional practice.
Ellis not only plays on the top defensive pair with Roman Josi, he also has 13 points this postseason, including a seven-game points streak.
The Penguins skated in Pittsburgh before flying to Nashville. Penguins F Nick Bonino missed his third straight game with a lower-body injury. We knew going in that Pittsburgh could score in bunches and Nashville liked to grind it out and lead with defense, and the numbers certainly bear that out.
Then things got chippy (and a little weird) for the game's best player. "And when they do that, they're hard to defend".
Not that the Penguins gave them much of a chance.
Locally, NASHVILLE posted a 28.0 rating, an all-time record for the market for an National Hockey League game on the networks of NBC, surpassing its Game 1 rating (22.5).
"Our motivation is the Cup", Nashville captain Mike Fisher said.
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