Pekka Rinne benched after allowing three goals in first

  • 7 years ago
For Nashville Predator's goaltender Pekka Rinne Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final didn't start off as well as it could've. After allowing three goals on nine shots in the opening period, Rinne was benched and replaced by Juuse Saros. "Obviously not the start you want to have. It seemed hard for us to get anything going. Right now we've just got to focus on Game 6 at home and put all our energy in that one.'' The Pittsburgh Penguins took home the win with 6-0 with Evgeni Malkin boosting the team to 3-0 with only 10.2 seconds left in the first. As far as Rinne's status as Nashville starter, he's been in question ever since he allowed eight goals on 36 shots in the Predators' losses in Games 1 and 2.

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