Has any NHL goalie scored a goal?

Pekka Rinne pronounced born on 3 November 1982 is a Finnish former professional hockey goaltender. Drafted by the Nashville Predators in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Rinne became their starting goaltender during the 2008–09 season and quickly established himself as one of the NHL’s best goaltenders.

  Has any NHL goalie scored a goal?

Mike Smith was the first goaltender in over 11 years, since Nabokov, to directly shoot a goal. As of 2022, Pekka Rinne is the most recent goaltender to score a goal, a direct shot.

Goaltenders have participated in the offense, albeit in a limited way, since the earliest days of the sport. Before the creation of the NHL in 1917, there were some instances recorded of goaltenders rushing down the ice to participate in the play, occasionally scoring a goal.

Drafted by the Nashville Predators in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Rinne became their starting goaltender during the 2008–09 season and quickly established himself as one of the NHL’s best goaltenders. He won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s best goaltender in the 2017–18 season and was a finalist for the award four times.

Rinne led the Predators to their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance in franchise history in 2017, losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games.

Rinne is Nashville’s franchise leader in wins and shutouts and is a four-time NHL All-Star. He also holds the record for the most NHL wins by a Finnish-born goaltender. Rinne is one of only 12 NHL goaltenders to score a goal in either the regular season or the playoffs.