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Pekka Rinne's 2016-2017 season

Wins
31
NHL#12
Save pct
.918
NHL#31
GAA
2.42
NHL#32
Shutouts
3
NHL#17
Games
61
74%
74% of 82

Goaltender Pekka Rinne was 33 years old when the 2016-2017 season began, his 11th in the NHL, and played it for Nashville Predators. He played 61 games and won 31 of them, at .918. In the playoffs he played 22 games and won 14.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2016-2017Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Pekka Rinne plays the 2016-2017 season for Nashville Predators

    NSHNashville Predators

    Pekka was 33 years old when the 2016-2017 season began. It was his 11th season with the team. His 11th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI2–3NSH
      W
      game 1/827
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA59:46TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL2–1NSH
      L
      game 3/826
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA58:02TOIL
      .946
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH3–5DET
      L
      game 4/827
      His night
      .905SV%
      38SV42SA4GA59:22TOIL
      .905
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH1–6ANA
      L
      game 6/825
      His night
      .765SV%
      13SV17SA4GA35:04TOIL
      .765
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–3LAK
      L
      game 7/824
      His night
      .933SV%
      42SV45SA3GA64:31TOI
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH1–4SJS
      L
      game 8/825
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA58:51TOIL
      .885
      View the game
    • November 2016
    • The game
      NSH5–1COL
      W
      game 9/826
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA59:50TOIW
      .966
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–3ARI
      L
      game 10/825
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA64:44TOI
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR3–2NSH
      L
      game 11/828
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA65:00TOI
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT1–3NSH
      W
      game 12/827
      His night
      .971SV%
      33SV34SA1GA59:54TOIW
      .971
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–3NSH
      W
      game 13/828
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA59:58TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA0–5NSH
      W
      game 14/827
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      27SV27SA0GA59:38TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH5–1OTT
      W
      game 16/826
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH1–3STL
      L
      game 17/827
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA57:19TOIL
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–3NSH
      W
      game 18/826
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL2–5NSH
      W
      game 19/826
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .943
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG1–5NSH
      W
      game 20/825
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8217 of 21 started
      9
      wins
      NHL#12
      .935
      SV%
      NHL#8
      2.0
      GAA
      NHL#7
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#13
      NSH
      10-8-3W-L-OT23Points
      4th in the Central·8th in the Western Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NSH5–3COL
      W
      game 22/826
      His night
      .925SV%
      37SV40SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .925
      View the game
    • December 2016
    • The game
      NJD5–4NSH
      L
      game 23/825
      His night
      .773SV%
      17SV22SA5GA64:42TOI
      .773
      View the game
    • The game
      COL3–4NSH
      W
      game 25/826
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:29TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–5DAL
      L
      game 26/826
      His night
      .778SV%
      14SV18SA4GA25:47TOIL
      .778
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH1–4ARI
      L
      game 27/826
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA59:55TOIL
      .882
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–6NSH
      W
      game 28/826
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .885
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN5–2NSH
      L
      game 29/826
      His night
      .824SV%
      14SV17SA3GA59:15TOIL
      .824
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–1PHI
      W
      game 31/824
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA65:00TOIW
      .969
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK4–0NSH
      L
      game 33/824
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .846
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN3–2NSH
      L
      game 34/827
      His night
      .923SV%
      36SV39SA3GA62:46TOI
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI3–2NSH
      L
      game 35/828
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA58:35TOIL
      .870
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–1NSH
      L
      game 37/825
      His night
      .953SV%
      41SV43SA2GA64:30TOI
      .953
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH6–1TBL
      W
      game 38/826
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–5CHI
      L
      game 40/825
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:08TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–2NSH
      W
      game 41/829
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA64:58TOIW
      .967
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8232 of 41 started
      15
      wins
      NHL#16
      .919
      SV%
      NHL#14
      2.4
      GAA
      NHL#17
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#20
      NSH
      18-16-7W-L-OT43Points
      4th in the Central·10th in the Western Conference·21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NSH3–2COL
      W
      game 43/827
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH0–1VAN
      L
      game 44/828
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA58:55TOIL
      .962
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH3–2EDM
      W
      game 46/826
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA64:57TOIW
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH4–2MIN
      W
      game 47/824
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
      View the game
    • The game
      CBJ3–4NSH
      W
      game 49/826
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA59:54TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–4PIT
      L
      game 50/826
      His night
      .895SV%
      34SV38SA4GA57:35TOIL
      .895
      View the game
    • February 2017
    • The game
      EDM0–2NSH
      W
      game 51/826
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      31SV31SA0GA59:53TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–0NSH
      L
      game 52/827
      His night
      .947SV%
      18SV19SA1GA57:29TOIL
      .947
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–4NSH
      W
      game 53/8210
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .939
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA7–4NSH
      L
      game 55/825
      His night
      .750SV%
      12SV16SA4GA27:53TOI
      .750
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL3–5NSH
      W
      game 56/826
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA59:55TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–5MIN
      L
      game 57/827
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA59:06TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY6–5NSH
      L
      game 59/825
      His night
      .692SV%
      9SV13SA4GA25:12TOI
      .692
      View the game
    • The game
      COL2–4NSH
      W
      game 60/826
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA59:57TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM4–5NSH
      W
      game 62/826
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8247 of 62 started
      24
      wins
      NHL#10
      .915
      SV%
      NHL#15
      2.5
      GAA
      NHL#14
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#16
      NSH
      31-22-9W-L-OT71Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Central·6th in the Western Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NSH5–4BUF
      W
      game 63/825
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA62:45TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • March 2017
    • The game
      NSH1–2MTL
      L
      game 64/824
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA58:59TOIL
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH3–4ANA
      L
      game 66/827
      His night
      .929SV%
      39SV42SA3GA64:43TOI
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–3LAK
      L
      game 67/825
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA63:25TOI
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG4–5NSH
      W
      game 69/824
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA62:09TOIW
      .882
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–1WSH
      W
      game 70/826
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA61:05TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    Milestone

    Pekka Rinne reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Washington Capitals · March 16

    • The game
      ARI1–3NSH
      W
      game 72/825
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY1–3NSH
      W
      game 73/825
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–7NSH
      W
      game 74/825
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH1–4BOS
      L
      game 76/824
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA59:10TOIL
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–1NSH
      L
      game 77/825
      His night
      .875SV%
      14SV16SA2GA58:23TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • April 2017
    • The game
      MIN0–3NSH
      W
      game 78/827
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      31SV31SA0GA59:40TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–1NSH
      L
      game 80/824
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA61:25TOI
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH1–2WPG
      L
      game 82/823
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA59:13TOIL
      .944
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Pekka Rinne closes the 2016-2017 season with 31 wins

    NSHNashville Predators
    Wins
    31
    Games
    61of 82
    74%
    Shutouts
    3
    SV%
    .918
    GAA
    2.42
    Starts
    61
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    5×
    First star
    9×
    Second star
    10×
    Third star
    5 i rad
    straight wins
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Nashville Predators are in the playoffs

    First round

    Nashville Predators meet Chicago Blackhawks

    NSHvsCHI
    Swedes on Nashville Predators
    Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NSH1–0CHI
      W
      8
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      29SV29SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • Nashville Predatorslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 2
      NSH5–0CHI
      W
      9
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      30SV30SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • Nashville Predatorslead2–0againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 3
      CHI2–3NSH
      W
      9
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA76:44TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • Nashville Predatorslead3–0againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 4
      CHI1–4NSH
      W
      9
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
      View the game
    First round

    Nashville Predators knock Chicago Blackhawks out 4–0

    NSH4–0CHI
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    6 days later
    Second round

    Nashville Predators meet St. Louis Blues

    NSHvsSTL
    Swedes on Nashville Predators
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NSH4–3STL
      W
      7
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .900
      View the game
    • Nashville Predatorslead1–0againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 2
      NSH2–3STL
      L
      7
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA58:22TOIL
      .850
      View the game
    • Nashville Predatorsare1–1withSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 3
      STL1–3NSH
      W
      7
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA59:44TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • May 2017
    • Nashville Predatorslead2–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 4
      STL1–2NSH
      W
      8
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .970
      View the game
    • Nashville Predatorslead3–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 5
      NSH1–2STL
      L
      7
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA57:46TOIL
      .938
      View the game
    • Nashville Predatorslead3–2againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 6
      STL1–3NSH
      W
      7
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA59:51TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    Second round

    Nashville Predators knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2

    NSH4–2STL
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    5 days later
    Conference final

    Nashville Predators meet Anaheim Ducks

    NSHvsANA
    Swedes on Nashville Predators
    Swedes on Anaheim Ducks
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NSH3–2ANA
      W
      8
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA69:05TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • Nashville Predatorslead1–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 2
      NSH3–5ANA
      L
      8
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA57:48TOIL
      .846
      View the game
    • Nashville Predatorsare1–1withAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 3
      ANA1–2NSH
      W
      8
      His night
      .950SV%
      19SV20SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .950
      View the game
    • Nashville Predatorslead2–1againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 4
      ANA3–2NSH
      L
      8
      His night
      .919SV%
      34SV37SA3GA69:10TOIL
      .919
      View the game
    • Nashville Predatorsare2–2withAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 5
      NSH3–1ANA
      W
      7
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA59:52TOIW
      .970
      View the game
    • Nashville Predatorslead3–2againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 6
      ANA3–6NSH
      W
      7
      His night
      .927SV%
      38SV41SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .927
      View the game
    Conference final

    Nashville Predators knock Anaheim Ducks out 4–2

    NSH4–2ANA
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    7 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Nashville Predators play the Stanley Cup Final against Pittsburgh Penguins

    NSHvsPIT
    Swedes on Nashville Predators
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NSH3–5PIT
      L
      6
      His night
      .636SV%
      7SV11SA4GA58:48TOIL
      .636
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstNashville Predators
    • Game 2
      NSH1–4PIT
      L
      6
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA43:28TOIL
      .840
      View the game
    • June 2017
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–0againstNashville Predators
    • Game 3
      PIT1–5NSH
      W
      7
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA59:25TOIW
      .964
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–1againstNashville Predators
    • Game 4
      PIT1–4NSH
      W
      7
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • Nashville Predatorsare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 5
      NSH0–6PIT
      L
      7
      His night
      .667SV%
      6SV9SA3GA20:00TOIL
      .667
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstNashville Predators
    • Game 6
      PIT2–0NSH
      L
      7
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA58:41TOIL
      .964
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Final

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Nashville Predators out 4–2

    NSH2–4PIT
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Pekka Rinne ends the 2016-2017 playoffs with 14 wins

    NSHNashville Predators
    Wins
    14
    Games
    22
    Shutouts
    2
    SV%
    .930
    GAA
    1.96
    Starts
    22
    Events
    50
    playoff games
    25
    playoff wins
    6×
    First star
    2×
    Second star
    5×
    Third star
    CHI4–0→STL4–2→ANA4–2→PIT2–4