Marc-Andre Fleury stops 26 to lead Wild past Penguins 5-3

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots successful what will apt beryllium his last crippled successful Pittsburgh arsenic nan Minnesota Wild hit nan Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 connected Tuesday night

PITTSBURGH -- Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots successful what will likely beryllium his last game successful Pittsburgh arsenic nan Minnesota Wild hit nan Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 connected Tuesday night.

Frederick Gaudreau scored doubly and Kirill Kaprizov added a extremity and 2 assists. Kaprizov tied nan franchise grounds pinch his sixth consecutive multipoint game. Mats Zuccarello and Jakub Lauko besides scored for Minnesota.

Rickard Rakell scored doubly and Valtteri Puustinen sewage his first power-play extremity for Pittsburgh.

Sidney Crosby had 3 assists. Joel Blomqvist stopped 34 shots for Pittsburgh.

Fleury, who turns 40 adjacent month, indicated nan 2024-25 play will beryllium his last. Fleury, now successful his 21st NHL season, played his 100th crippled pinch Minnesota connected Tuesday.

He spent nan first 13 seasons of his profession pinch Pittsburgh and won 3 Stanley Cups successful 2009, 2016 and 2017.

Pittsburgh traded up to prime an 18-year-old Fleury No. 1 successful nan 2003 NHL Draft and he responded by stabilizing nan franchise during a tumultuous clip successful its history.

Fleury, still a instrumentality favourite successful Pittsburgh, acknowledged nan crowd pursuing a video tribute during nan first tv timeout arsenic nan beloved goaltender received a opinionated ovation and large chants successful an affectional moment.

Wild: Minnesota has won 5 of its past six games.

Penguins: Pittsburgh mislaid its sixth consecutive game. Pittsburgh gave up astatine slightest 4 goals for nan seventh consecutive clip and nan ninth clip successful 11 games

Pittsburgh held an early 2-0 lead, but Lauko and Gaudreau scored successful a 55-second span, arsenic nan Wild took power pinch nan adjacent 4 goals.

Fleury leads virtually each awesome goaltending categories successful Penguins’ history, including wins (375), games played (667), shutouts (44), playoff wins (62), playoff games (115) and playoff shutouts (10).

The Wild unfastened a three-game homestand Friday against Tampa Bay. The Penguins proceed a three-game homestand Thursday against Anaheim.

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