Pekka Rinne made the wrong kind of history in the Nashville Predators’ Game 7 against the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.
Rinne allowed two soft goals in the first 11 minutes of the game to put Nashville in a 2-0 hole and got yanked. According to Sportsnet, that was the quickest hook for a starting goalie in Game 7 history.
#NHLPreds Pekka Rinne gets the quickest hook for a starting goalie in the history of NHL Game 7s (10:47)
— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) May 11, 2018
Rinne had stopped just five of seven shots before being pulled. It was actually his third time getting pulled this series. Juuse Saros came in to replace him.
After posting a 2.31 goals against average in the regular season, that number shot up to 2.94 in the postseason for Rinne.
