It's been quite a few days to be a goaltender for the Nashville Predators.
We all know of Pekka Rinne's first-career goal, one of just 12 goaltenders in NHL history to be credited with putting the puck in the opposition's net. Perhaps even more impressive is out of those 12, Rinne is one of only seven netminders to actually shoot it themselves. (The others occurred with a team accidentally putting the puck in their own empty net on a delayed penalty or in extra attacker situations, and the respective goaltenders were the last to touch the puck.)
Three days later in Winnipeg, Juuse Saros posted his first shutout of the season to blank the Jets, 1-0, and give the Predators a gritty road win against a divisional rival.
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