Preds' Rinne Strong Again In Loss To Phoenix Friday: Pekka Rinne gave up the only goal of the game as Phoenix defeated Nashville 1-0 on Friday night to take a three-games-to-one lead in the Western Conference Semifinal series. (Updated 05/05/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/27/12).
Fantasy Analysis
He stopped 23 of 24 shots in Friday's loss and has only allowed one goal in his last two starts. Game 5 of the series goes Monday night in Phoenix. (Updated 05/05/2012).
In 2011-12, Rinne will enter the second and final season of a two-year, $6.8 million contract. Last season, he was second among NHL goalies in SV% (.930) and third in SV% (2.12). However, there were 14 other goalies who had at least as many wins (33) as Rinne, the result of playing for the offensively-challenged Predators. From a fantasy perspective, expect Rinne to remain solid in the aforementioned peripheral stat categories this upcoming season, but he will likely still be challenged as far as wins are concerned, unless the Preds can somehow squeeze more offense out of their forward lines. (Updated 10/4/11)
