The Nashville Predators have struggled to generate goals this season. Fortunately for them, Pekka Rinne doesn't give up many, either. Rinne made 19 saves for his second consecutive shutout, leading the Predators to a 3-0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night. Gabriel Bourque, Nick Spaling and Mike Fisher had the Nashville goals. Rinne has shutouts in three of his past four starts and has not allowed a goal in his last 137 minutes...
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Goalies
Mon 1/28	Pho	Pho 0 - 4	W:
Thu 2/14	Nsh	Nsh 0 - 3	W:
Thu 3/28	Nsh	Pho 7 - 4	W:

Game Stats

Coyotes (6-6-2) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM M. Boedker 0 0 1 -1 2 K. Chipchura 0 0 2 0 0 S. Doan 0 0 1 -2 0 B. Gordon 0 0 2 -1 0 M. Hanzal 0 0 1 -1 0 N. Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 L. Korpikoski 0 0 1 -1 0 D. Moss 0 0 1 0 2 S. Sullivan 0 0 2 0 0 R. Torres 0 0 0 0 0 A. Vermette 0 0 0 0 0 R. Vrbata 0 0 2 0 0		Predators (7-3-4) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM G. Bourque 1 0 4 1 0 M. Fisher 1 0 4 1 0 N. Spaling 1 0 3 1 0 M. Erat 0 2 0 1 2 M. Halischuk 0 1 0 1 2 C. Wilson 0 1 0 1 0 R. Clune 0 0 1 0 0 P. Gaustad 0 0 2 0 2 S. Kostitsyn 0 0 0 0 0 D. Legwand 0 0 1 0 0 C. Smith 0 0 4 0 0 B. Yip 0 0 0 0 0
DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM O. Ekman-Larsson 0 0 2 0 0 R. Klesla 0 0 0 0 0 Z. Michalek 0 0 0 -1 0 D. Morris 0 0 0 0 0 D. Rundblad 0 0 0 -1 0 K. Yandle 0 0 4 -2 0		DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM R. Ellis 0 1 2 1 2 S. Weber 0 1 4 1 0 J. Blum 0 0 0 0 0 S. Hannan 0 0 1 1 0 R. Josi 0 0 1 0 0 K. Klein 0 0 2 1 0
GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% M. Smith(L, 4-4) 29 26 3 .897		GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% P. Rinne(W, 6-3) 19 19 0 1.000

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PLAYER NEWS

Coyotes Rob Klinkhammer (PHO - Left Wing) News: The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed forward Rob Klinkhammer to a two-year contract Thursday. [+] Impact: The 6-foot-3, 214-pound Klinkhammer had five goals and six assists in 22 games for the Coyotes this season. He has five goals and eight assists in 38 career games for Chicago, Ottawa and Phoenix. (STATS - Thu. May 16, 2013) Rob Klinkhammer (PHO - Left Wing) News: The Coyotes have signed Klinkhammer to a two-year contract. [+] Impact: One of the team's free agents, Klinkhammer made himself a priority for the team's front office this offseason after posting a career-high 11 points in 22 games at the NHL level. Klinkhammer also finished second on the team with a plus-7 rating. He should figure prominently into their plans in 2013. (RotoWire - Thu. May 16, 2013)

Predators Colin Wilson (NSH - Center) News: Wilson is expected to miss 4-6 months after undergoing stabilization surgery on his left shoulder last week, according to Reuters. [+] Impact: Wilson had 19 points in 25 games before undergoing a similar procedure - on his right shoulder - in April. Given the new timeframe for his expected recovery, it's questionable whether he will be available for the start of the season come October. (RotoWire - Mon. May 13, 2013) Pekka Rinne (NSH - Goaltender) News: Rinne has had arthroscopic surgery on his left hip and will need approximately four months to recover. Nashville Predators general manager David Poile said Thursday that Rinne had surgery Wednesday to correct a situation team officials were aware of last year resulting from the wear and tear from playing goaltender. [+] Impact: Rinne tied for second in the NHL with 43 appearances in the lockout-shortened season, tied for fourth with 42 starts and ranked sixth in minutes played (2,443:46). The 6-foot-5, 204-pound Finn tied for the NHL-lead with five shutouts. Poile says they hope Rinne is ready by training camp. The general manager says Tim Thomas had the operation and won the Vezina Trophy with the Bruins taking the Stanley Cup the following year. (STATS - Thu. May 9, 2013)

Injury Report

Coyotes Player Injury Status D. Morris Lower-body injury day-to-day

Predators Player Injury Status B. Yip Lower-body injury day-to-day P. Gaustad Shoulder surgery day-to-day G. Bourque Upper-body injury/knee surgery day-to-day C. Wilson Shoulder surgery IR