MONTREAL -- Marc-Andre Fleury made 19 saves for his 76th NHL shutout, and the Minnesota Wild won their third straight game, 4-0 against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Thursday.
Marc-Andre Fleury will always be a part of the Chicago Blackhawks history as he started 45 games for them in 2021-22. It wasn't a great season for Chicago, but Fleury still played well. The legend set an NHL record with a shutout in his previous game against the Montreal Canadiens.
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The Montreal Canadiens should be buyers ahead of the trade deadline to show youth a vote of confidence for a strong season so far.
This has not been an uncommon occurrence for the Canadiens, to lack juice against teams on a back-to-back when they were rested. This was, in fact, the eighth and final time the Canadiens will find themselves in this situation this season, which is a net positive because they have not taken full advantage of it with a 3-5-0 record.
Mikko Rantanen scored his first goal with Carolina, helping the Hurricanes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Thursday night
Montreal Canadiens rookie Ivan Demidov is dominating the KHL, sparking rumors the Blackhawks should have drafted him 2nd overall.
Fleury's family is ready for his curtain call in Montreal as well. In an Instagram Story post, Fleury's wife, Veronique Larosee, shared a photo of her and their kids getting ready for the travel to Montreal. "Off to Montreal," Larosee wrote in part.
Marc-Andre Fleury has been among the best goaltenders in the NHL for the last 21 seasons. His hockey career started with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2003, now ending his career with the Minnesota Wild.
Although the Florida Panthers weren't able to string more than two wins together in the month of January, head coach Paul Maurice seems confident the defending Stanley Cup champions are headed in the right direction.
While the Sharks began January with impressive home wins over the potentially playoff-bound Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils, they ended it by winning just two of their last 12 games, with a handful of those losses being blowouts, or just devastating.