A couple of hours before Saturday’s tilt with the visiting Boston Bruins, Pekka Rinne got a birthday present for his 36th birthday in the form of a contract extension.
How’d he celebrate? With a shutout.
Nashville (10-3) won its third consecutive game and remained in front of the league standings, while Boston fell to 7-4-2 with the 1-0 loss.
Roman Josi opened the scoring 14:49 into the first period, curling into the slot and beating Jaroslav Halak low for his 300th career point.
At the end of the first period, Brad Marchand was called for a high stick and on the way to the penalty box, added an unsportsmanlike penalty to his list of accomplishments.