The goaltender defied the NHL when he took to the ice wearing the mask during Native American Heritage Night in St. Paul on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023.
The Wild won 3-1, preventing the Avs from jumping them in the standings, while providing a road map for Colorado. Minnesota showed them ... the post over the shoulder of 40-year-old goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. But it was also a bad look.
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, front, makes a save of a redirected shot off the stick of Colorado Avalanche left wing Artturi Lehkonen, back left, as Minnesota center Frederick Gaudreau looks on in the first period ...
After a bad loss to Nashville on Saturday, the Wild bounced back with a smart, structured game plan against the rival Avalanche.
On Presidents’ Day afternoon, the Minnesota Wild travelled to Denver, Colorado ... but the Avalanche didn’t get anything going, as Marc-Andre Fleury was on top of everything the Avalanche ...
Yakov Trenin and Brock Faber scored goals 1:35 apart early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 in Denver on Monday.
With a little over a minute left in the second period, Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon made the Wild look silly when he deked Trenin and tied the game with his 18th goal of the season. It came on just the Avalanche's 11th shot on goal in two periods.
Some of the issues that looked fixed two days ago in a decisive win against the Dallas Stars were again troubling for the Colorado Avalanche in a loss to the Minnesota Wild.
Sick and tired of it. We just wanted to win. Tired of losing in the third period,” Jake Middleton said. “Play 40 (minutes) hard and lose in the last 20. Sick and tired of that. So we accomplished
For the second time in less than two weeks, the Colorado Avalanche had a chance ... and then snapped a shot past Minnesota goalie Marc-Andre Fleury with 1:08 remaining in the second.
Colorado is hoping the upcoming break ... who generated very little on Marc-Andre Fleury. What went wrong: The Avalanche played with little energy on Monday. They had plenty to play for.