Marc-Andre Fleury, Wild beat Flyers; extend win streak to 7 games
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Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves and won his second straight start for Minnesota, and the Wild extended their winning streak to seven games with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.
Matt Dumba, Kirill Kaprizov, Jordan Greenway and Kevin Fiala scored for the Wild. The victory ended a streak of three consecutive overtime wins by the score of 3-2 for Minnesota.
Morgan Frost scored a power-play goal in the third period for Philadelphia, ending Fleury's shutout bid. Martin Jones made 33 saves as Philadelphia lost its third straight.
Fleury, the three-time Stanley Cup winner who has the fourth-most playoff wins in NHL history, was acquired by Minnesota in a trade-deadline deal that sent a conditional 2022 first-round draft pick to Chicago. The 37-year-old former Vezina Trophy winner won his debut with the Wild on Saturday in a 3-2 victory over Columbus.
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Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon (46) pokes the puck away form Philadelphia Flyers left wing James van Riemsdyk (25) with Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (29) looks on in the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)
After a fan threw a bouquet of flowers onto the ice for Fleury — after his nickname of Flower — following his debut, several more did so Tuesday after he was announced as the game's No. 1 star.
"Like I said last time, it still feels like a figure skater picking up those flowers," Fleury said. "Obviously, it’s very nice of the people. They don’t need to waste money on flowers. It’s OK."
Dumba opened the scoring for Minnesota