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He did not waste that chance, beating Tuukka Rask to send the game to overtime.

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Kypreos reports that infection could sideline Rinne for 6-8 weeks (which would take him until around Christmas) instead of the four weeks he was initially expected to miss.

Rinne last appeared in a game for the Predators on Oct. 22 and underwent a hip scope two days later, a procedure that was accompanied by the one month recovery timeline as he recovered from what the team called “a spontaneous bacterial infection.”

Fighting each other is probably the only reason the two players were even in the lineup. As expected, the two heavyweights dropped the gloves and started trading blows right off the face-off.

Whether or not the puck went in because Halak was distracted by the fight that was just about to start in front of him is up for debate, but he certainly didn’t react like a goalie that was giving up on the play. He even quickly turned around to find the puck as it squirted through.