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Pekka Rinne

#35 · Goalie · Nashville Predators

Born Nov 3, 1982 in Kempele, FIN · 6'5", 217 lb · Catches left · Drafted 258th overall in 2004 by NSH (round 8)

Trophy case

King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2020-21
Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 2017-18

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jake Allen STL · 59 GP, 0.906 Devan Dubnyk MIN · 60 GP, 0.918 Jacob Markstrom VAN · 60 GP, 0.912 Jimmy Howard DET · 60 GP, 0.910 John Gibson ANA · 60 GP, 0.926

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602005-06: 2 games205-062007-08: 1 games12008-09: 52 games5208-092009-10: 58 games582010-11: 64 games6410-112011-12: 73 games732012-13: 43 games4312-132013-14: 24 games242014-15: 64 games6414-152015-16: 66 games662016-17: 61 games6116-172017-18: 59 games592018-19: 56 games5618-192019-20: 36 games362020-21: 24 games2420-21

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2005-06 NSH 2 1100 40 36 4 3.80 0.900
2007-08 NSH 1 0000 8 8 0 0.00 1.000 $548K
2008-09 NSH 52 291547 1435 1316 119 2.38 0.917 $548K
2009-10 NSH 58 321657 1541 1404 137 2.53 0.911 $725K
2010-11 NSH 64 332296 1905 1771 134 2.12 0.930 $3.4M
2011-12 NSH 73 431885 2153 1987 166 2.39 0.923 $3.4M
2012-13 NSH 43 151685 1101 1002 99 2.43 0.910 $7M
2013-14 NSH 24 101032 645 582 63 2.77 0.902 $7M
2014-15 NSH 64 411764 1807 1667 140 2.18 0.923 $7M
2015-16 NSH 66 3421104 1744 1583 161 2.48 0.908 $7M
2016-17 NSH 61 311993 1757 1613 144 2.42 0.918 $7M
2017-18 NSH 59 421348 1840 1706 134 2.31 0.927 $7M
2018-19 NSH 56 301944 1581 1451 130 2.42 0.918 $7M
2019-20 NSH 36 181443 1004 899 105 3.17 0.895 $5M
2020-21 NSH 24 101212 664 602 62 2.84 0.907 $5M
15 seasons Career 683 3692137560 19225 17627 1598 2.43 0.917

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2009-10 NSH 6 2400 179 163 16 2.68 0.911
2010-11 NSH 12 6600 343 311 32 2.57 0.907
2011-12 NSH 10 5501 296 275 21 2.07 0.929
2014-15 NSH 6 2400 208 189 19 2.68 0.909
2015-16 NSH 14 7700 404 366 38 2.63 0.906
2016-17 NSH 22 14802 599 557 42 1.96 0.930
2017-18 NSH 13 7602 363 328 35 3.07 0.904
2018-19 NSH 6 2400 179 162 17 3.09 0.905
8 seasons Playoffs 89 454405 2571 2351 220 2.49 0.914

2017-18 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
59 59 421348 1840 1706 134 2.31 0.927

Contract

$7MCap hitends in 2019, then UFA
$200KCap dollars per goal above replacement35.0 goals above replacement
$8.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.6MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 56 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2018-19, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2017-18 $7M
2018-19 $7M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2019-20 to 2020-21 $5M
2012-13 to 2018-19 $7M
2010-11 to 2011-12 $3.4M
2009-10 to 2009-10 $725K
2007-08 to 2008-09 $548K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2017-18 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+35.0Goals above replacement5th of 56 goalies
+5.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+19.4Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 56 ranked goalies: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. Goals above average is coloured as it is under Shots faced below, where it is taken per 60 minutes.

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-20020402010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

+19.4Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
153.4Expected goals againstfrom 2,465 unblocked attempts
134Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.927Save %0.917 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 58 goalies who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. The two goals against tiles are left plain, since they follow how much he played.

Goals saved +0.33 above expected per 60 minutes79th
Shot difficulty 6.2% chance per attempt faced26thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 58 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Expected 153.4Allowed 134

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 7, 2018 vs CBJ W 4-2 W 23 22 1 0.957 40:00
Apr 3, 2018 @ FLA L 1-2 L 33 31 2 0.939 58:12
Mar 31, 2018 vs BUF L 4-7 L 29 23 6 0.793 40:00
Mar 27, 2018 vs MIN W 2-1 (SO) W 23 22 1 0.957 64:34
Mar 24, 2018 @ MIN L 1-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:20
Mar 22, 2018 vs TOR L 2-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 59:45
Mar 19, 2018 @ BUF W 4-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 15, 2018 @ ARI W 3-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 59:53
Mar 13, 2018 vs WPG W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Mar 8, 2018 vs ANA W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 59:55
Mar 6, 2018 vs DAL W 2-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 4, 2018 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) W 25 22 3 0.880 60:10
Mar 1, 2018 @ EDM W 4-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Feb 27, 2018 @ WPG W 6-5 W 39 34 5 0.872 60:00
Feb 25, 2018 vs STL W 4-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 22, 2018 vs SJS W 7-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 59:51
Feb 19, 2018 vs OTT W 5-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 59:28
Feb 15, 2018 vs CGY L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 57:00
Feb 13, 2018 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) W 31 28 3 0.903 60:53
Feb 10, 2018 @ MTL W 3-2 (SO) W 49 47 2 0.959 64:49
Feb 7, 2018 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) OTL 32 30 2 0.938 65:00
Feb 5, 2018 @ NYI W 5-4 (OT) W 28 24 4 0.857 61:55
Feb 3, 2018 vs NYR W 5-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Feb 1, 2018 vs LAK W 5-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 25, 2018 @ NJD W 3-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 59:59
Jan 20, 2018 vs FLA W 4-3 W 40 37 3 0.925 59:53
Jan 18, 2018 vs ARI W 3-2 (SO) W 29 27 2 0.931 65:00
Jan 9, 2018 vs EDM W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:09
Jan 6, 2018 @ LAK W 4-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Jan 2, 2018 @ VGK L 0-3 L 30 28 2 0.933 58:04
Dec 29, 2017 @ MIN L 2-4 L 37 34 3 0.919 58:10
Dec 27, 2017 @ STL W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 59:44
Dec 21, 2017 vs CAR L 1-4 L 6 2 4 0.333 06:29
Dec 19, 2017 vs WPG L 4-6 L 35 30 5 0.857 58:45
Dec 16, 2017 @ CGY W 2-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 59:51
Dec 13, 2017 @ VAN W 7-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Dec 8, 2017 vs VGK L 3-4 (SO) OTL 39 36 3 0.923 64:57
Dec 4, 2017 vs BOS W 5-3 W 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Dec 2, 2017 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) W 35 33 2 0.943 65:00
Nov 30, 2017 vs VAN L 3-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 58:46
Nov 28, 2017 vs CHI W 3-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Nov 24, 2017 @ STL W 2-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 22, 2017 vs MTL W 3-2 (SO) W 29 27 2 0.931 65:00
Nov 20, 2017 vs WPG W 5-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 59:43
Nov 18, 2017 vs COL W 5-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 59:57
Nov 16, 2017 @ MIN L 4-6 L 35 30 5 0.857 59:17
Nov 14, 2017 vs WSH W 6-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 59:46
Nov 11, 2017 vs PIT W 5-4 (SO) W 30 26 4 0.867 65:00
Nov 7, 2017 @ CBJ W 3-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 59:47
Nov 3, 2017 @ ANA W 5-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 59:42
Nov 1, 2017 @ SJS L 1-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Oct 27, 2017 @ CHI W 2-1 W 44 43 1 0.977 59:34
Oct 24, 2017 vs CGY L 2-3 (SO) OTL 32 30 2 0.938 65:00
Oct 19, 2017 @ PHI W 1-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 17, 2017 vs COL W 4-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 59:36
Oct 14, 2017 @ CHI L 1-2 (OT) OTL 35 33 2 0.943 63:05
Oct 12, 2017 vs DAL W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Oct 10, 2017 vs PHI W 6-5 W 30 25 5 0.833 58:52
Oct 5, 2017 @ BOS L 3-4 L 31 28 3 0.903 56:36