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.
Guerin didn't mince words in describing Minnesota's recent play during an intermission in Sunday's win over the Blackhawks.
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.
Andrei Kuzmenko had two goals and an assist, and the Calgary Flames used their power play to beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4.
Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson lands a punch on Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury during the second period Saturday. (Ellen Schmidt/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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.
While still holding the best road record in the NHL, Minnesota fell to below .500 at home (11-12-1) with the loss.
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.
Yakov Trenin scored against his former team early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday.
On Presidents’ Day afternoon, the Minnesota Wild travelled to Denver, Colorado, to take on the Colorado Avalanche. These two teams met two weeks ago, and the Avalanche won 6-1.
The Flower’ is still blossoming 21 years later. Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury picked up his 10th win of the season on Monday, tying him with Martin Brodeur for the most 10-win seasons in NHL history at 20.