Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson punched Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury in the face during a massive scrum at the Wild net in the second period of Saturday night's game at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson lands a punch on Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury during the second period Saturday. (Ellen Schmidt/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
ST. PAUL - Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has passed Patrick Roy in the record books yet again. His latest record is minutes played. Fleury has now played in 60,214:35 which puts him ahead of Patrick Roy. He ranks behind Martin Brodeur for the most minutes played among all goaltenders in NHL history.
Minnesota Wild netminder Marc-Andre Fleury is set to play his possible last game against the Calgary Flames on Saturday night. Let's revisit his career against the club.
Clark Bishop made it a three-goal game 11 minutes, 53 seconds into the third period. Then the Wild (28-17-4) tried to make a push. Freddy Gaudreau scored a power-play goal 2 minutes, 22 seconds later to cut it back to two. While Kuzmenko scored his second of the night just 14 seconds later for the apparent dagger, it wasn't quite over.
Marc-Andre Fleury had 36 saves for the Wild in the latest entry of his rollercoaster week. On Tuesday, he came on in relief of Filip Gustavsson in a come-from-behind win over St. Louis. Two nights later, Fleury was so floored by an illness that he could only stay on the team bench for two periods as Gustavsson played, and lost, versus Colorado.
While still holding the best road record in the NHL, Minnesota fell to below .500 at home (11-12-1) with the loss.
Andrei Kuzmenko had two goals and an assist, and the Calgary Flames used their power play to beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4.
After recovering from stomach flu, Fleury was the best Wild player on the ice — by far — in lifting the Wild to a 3-1 win over the Sharks.
Marc-Andre Fleury made a season-high 36 saves to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks Saturday night at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.
Goaltending sure is a fickle position in the NHL these days. There are only a few true No. 1 netminders in the league. The type of goaltender a team can lean on for crucial stretches in a season and eventually a long playoff run if they are lucky.
PAUL - Marc-Andre Fleury is all class but what he did for Cameron Furst was unmatched. The Minnesota Wild play host to the Edmonton Oilers tonight for a 7:30 pm game. At morning skate the team invited the 9-year-old Furst onto the ice to skate with the team.