2023-10-18 02:45:33
Marc-André Fleury greeted the crowd as he left the ice after the Wild’s 5-2 victory against the Canadiens on Tuesday at the Bell Centre. Under cheers and the sound of “Fleury, Fleury, Fleury”, he made a second appearance on the ice surface, receiving the title of first star.
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“I didn’t want to drag on and go quickly,” Fleury said in the opposing team’s locker room. I wanted to keep a photo in my head. I will remember this moment. I have always been a Canadiens fan and I was happy to hear people applaud me. »
Fleury, who is known as a good trick player, still had shaving cream on his face and sweater when he took his place in front of his locker.
Marcus Foligno had a little surprise in store for him by touching him during an interview with colleague Marc Denis from RDS.
“I’m screwed for the rest of the year,” said the big Wild winger. I had heard that he was doing a television interview and I thought it was the perfect time to trap him, especially at his home in Montreal. »
The Wild scored all five of their goals on special teams in this game: three on the power play and two on the penalty kill. The visitors stunned the Habs with two shorthanded goals in a 25-second span in the first period during a penalty to Ryan Hartman.
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In a possible scent of farewell to the Bell Centre, Fleury made 25 saves to sign his first victory in his first start of the season. Number 29 brought out classics from his repertoire with a spectacular glove save against Jake Evans and a double pad slide against Johnathan Kovacevic.
Photo Martin Chevalier
“I try to follow the rhythm of the game and sometimes I make gestures that betray my age,” said the goalkeeper from Sorel. Young people (goalkeepers) do that less. I still have fun coming out of stops like this. »
Inside the opposing team’s small locker room, Fleury received congratulations from his current teammates, but also from general manager Bill Guerin, a former teammate with the Penguins. Maxime Talbot, Bruno Gervais and Pierre-Marc Bouchard also visited him while he packed his equipment in his bag before returning to Minneapolis.
“I don’t know if it’s over or not,” he said. I don’t want to talk about it too much. In the present moment, it was a wonderful evening. »
Ryan Hartman also kept the puck of the game at the sound of the siren to give it to his goalie.
A 27th victory against CH
Aged 38, Fleury won his 545th NHL victory. It was his 27th (27-13-6) against the Canadian. And to add another number, we note that it was his 12th victory at the Bell Center (12-6-3).
A reporter who is a goalie in a Sunday night garage league asked Fleury if he ever felt the weight of the years.
“I feel my age, I would say! Sometimes mornings are worse than they used to be. I try to take care of my body, I have help from the therapists on the team, I try to stay flexible, stay mobile and get the rest I need to recover. »
Moments forts du match :
Third period:
8:00 p.m. – End of match. Convincing victory for the Wild. At the end of the match, Marc-André Fleury is warmly applauded by the Bell Center crowd.
17:34 – BUT – Alex Newhook hits the target for the third time in the tricolor uniform. It’s 5-2.
14:08 – Josh Anderson (MTL) and Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) are sent off after a scrum.
1:15 p.m. – A fight breaks out between Michael Pezzetta and Dakota Mermis. Pezzetta advantage.
05:20 – BUT – Joel Eriksson Ek scores his second goal of the match, again on the power play. 4-1 Wild.
03:41 – Tanner Pearson (MTL) is sent off for high stick.
00:35 – Mike Matheson (MTL) and Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) are punished in the same sequence, respectively for roughness and for slashing.
00:00 – The confrontation resumes.
Second period:
8:00 p.m. – End of the second period.
20:00 – Arber Xhekaj is punished for a late check against Marcus Johansson.
19:56 – Tanner Pearson comes close to scoring another goal in the final moments of the period, but Marc-André Fleury makes the save.
18:00 – Brandon Duhaime (MTL) is sent off for hooking Arber Xhekaj.
17:21 – BUT – Kirill Kaprizov restores the lead to three goals thanks to his first of the season. A second power play goal for the Wild tonight and it’s 4-1.
15:46 – Juraj Slafkovsky (MTL) is sent off for obstruction.
14:09 – Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) is punished for obstruction.
11:14 – Michael Pezzetta and Brandon Duhaime engage in a wrestling match. Advantage for the CH player.
09:46 – BUT – Tanner Pearson scores his second goal in three games with CH. Again thanks to a lively wrist shot. The gap is reduced to 3-1.
05:46 – The Canadiens receive another penalty, awarded to Cole Caufield for tripping Brock Faber.
02:17 – BUT – The Wild scores a third unanswered goal, this time at five against three. Joel Eriksson Ek is the author. 3-0 Minnesota.
02:01 – Kaiden Guhle (MTL) is sent off for hitting Marcus Johansson with a stick.
01:25 – Juraj Slafkovsky (MTL) is punished for tripping Marco Rossi.
00:00 – The meeting begins again.
First period :
8:00 p.m. – End of the first period.
09:45 – BUT – Arber Xhekaj blunders in front of the net and the Wild take advantage to score a second goal in just 26 seconds… still outnumbered. 2-0 Wild. The goal is credited to Connor Dewar.
09:19 – BUT – Brandon Duhaime opens the scoring… outnumbered. 1-0 Minnesota.
08:43 – Ryan Hartman (MIN) is sent off for tripping Josh Anderson.
06:10 – Josh Anderson (MTL) is punished for roughness.
00:00 – Start of the match.
Post-match press briefings:
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The training of the CH:
Attackers:
Caufield – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard Slafkovsky – Newhook – Anderson Pearson – Monahan – Gallagher Pezzetta – Evans – Ylönen
Defenders:
Matheson – Savard
Guhle – Kovacevic
Xhekaj – Harris
Guardian :
La formation du Wild :
Attackers:
Kaprizov – Hartman – Zuccarello Johansson – Eriksson Ek Foligno – Rossi – Gaudreau Maroon – Dewar – Duhaime
Defenders:
Brodin – Addison
Middleton – Faber
Mermis – Merrill
Guardian :
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