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Saying he quickly established himself as the NHL's best goaltender is easily disputable. He didn't win a Vezina until almost ten years later and several others have a strong case for best in that period. Saying he was one of the best seems much more reasonable. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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'''Pekka Päiviö Rinne''' ({{IPA
Rinne is Nashville's franchise leader in wins and shutouts, and is a four-time [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star]]. He also holds the record for the most NHL wins by a Finnish-born goaltender. Rinne is one of only 15 [[List of goaltenders who have scored a goal in an NHL game|NHL goaltenders to score a goal]] in either the regular season or the playoffs
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On 14 March 2015, Rinne became the fastest goaltender, in terms of games played, to record 30 wins in 39 games since the NHL adopted the shootout, and just the third goaltender in the NHL's expansion era to record 30 wins in 39 games or less.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/pekka-rinne-named-a-vezina-trophy-finalist/c-764988 |title=Pekka Rinne Named a Vezina Trophy Finalist |website=[[Nashville Predators]] |date=24 April 2015}}</ref>
On 16 March 2017, Rinne became the 67th goaltender to play at least 500 NHL games.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vingan|first1=Adam|title=Predators beat NHL-leading Capitals for second OT win in a row|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nhl/predators/2017/03/16/predators-beat-nhl-leading-capitals-second-ot-win-row/99242620/|website=The Tennessean|access-date=23 November 2017|date=16 March 2017}}</ref> Rinne recorded his first two career shutouts in the first two games of the opening round of the [[2017 Stanley Cup playoffs|2017 playoffs]] after the Predators won game one 1–0 and game two 5–0, respectively. On 22 May
On 24 November 2017, the Predators defeated the St. Louis Blues 2–0; the shutout was the 45th of Rinne's career, making him the NHL's all-time leader amongst Finnish-born goaltenders.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=PR_NHL |number=934264709636816896 |date=24 November 2017 |title=Pekka Rinne of the @PredsNHL recorded his 45th career shutout to pass Miikka Kiprusoff (44) for the most in NHL history by a Finnish-born goaltender. #NHLStats #NSHvsSTL}}</ref> On 22 February 2018, Rinne became the 34th goaltender to record 300 career NHL wins following a 7–1 victory over the [[San Jose Sharks]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bratten|first1=Brooks|title=Rinne Records 300th Win as Preds Score Seven to Sink Sharks|url=https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/rinne-records-300th-win-as-preds-score-seven-to-sink-sharks/c-296265410|website=NHL.com|publisher=Nashville Predators|access-date=23 February 2018|date=22 February 2018}}</ref> When he recorded his [[List of NHL goaltenders with 300 wins|300th win]], he had the third-highest win percentage of all goaltenders with at least 300 wins, at 54.34%, behind only [[Martin Brodeur]] and [[Marc-André Fleury]]. On 17 April, Rinne was again named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy,<ref>{{cite web |title=Vezina Trophy finalists unveiled |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/connor-hellebuyck-pekka-rinne-andrei-vasilevskiy-named-vezina-trophy-finalists/c-298062362 |website=NHL.com |access-date=25 April 2018 |date=17 April 2018}}</ref> which he won on 20 June.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nashville's Pekka Rinne wins Vezina Trophy as NHL's best goaltender |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nashvilles-pekka-rinne-wins-vezina-trophy-nhls-best-goaltender/ |website=Sportsnet.ca |access-date=21 June 2018 |date=20 June 2018}}</ref>
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