Pekka Rinne

The 34-year-old has sizzled with a .941 save percentage in 16 postseason starts. He was especially superb against Chicago in the first round – stopping 123-of-126 shots – and then again more recently as the Preds closed out the Ducks in the Western Conference final.

Rinne, interestingly enough, hasn’t always been the most effective playoff performer. He posted a less-than-impressive .906 save percentage in 14 games last year, including 12 goals against on 71 shots (.831) in the final three games of a second-round loss to San Jose.

The Finn had two special seasons (2010-2012) early in his career with Nashville – a Vezina trophy finalist in each – but was something closer to average after that. He’s tied with Detroit’s Jimmy Howard for the 18th best save percentage (.914) among goalies who started at least 200 games since the start of the 201213 season.

None of that matters now.

AP PHOTO Anaheim Ducks goalie Jonathan Bernier kneels on the ice as Nashville Predators’ Filip Forsberg and Pontus Aberg celebrate a goal by teammate Colton Sissons, not shown, during Game 6 of the Western Conference final ion Monday in Nashville, Tenn. Sissons...