Fleury exits with upper-body injury vs. Panthers
Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury sustained an upper-body injury in the team's 6-4 win against the Florida Panthers on Friday.
Fleury exited in the second period after the Wild scored their fourth power-play goal. The Panthers pulled Sergei Bobrovsky at the same time.
After Zuccarello's power play goal, both teams had goaltender changes:
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Panthers forward William Lockwood collided with Fleury early in the first period.
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Wild head coach John Hynes provided no update on Fleury's status after the victory but noted that the veteran netminder felt OK initially after the hard collision before later pulling himself from the game, according to The Athletic's Joe Smith.
Minnesota recalled prized goalie prospect Jesper Wallstedt from its AHL affiliate in Iowa on Saturday. The 21-year-old Swede struggled mightily in his NHL debut on Jan. 10, allowing all seven goals in a 7-2 loss to the Dallas Stars. The Wild drafted him 20th overall in 2021.
Fleury stopped 10 of 11 shots before leaving the game. Filip Gustavsson made 25 saves on 28 shots in relief.
Coming into Friday's contest, Fleury had a .897 save percentage in 22 games. The 39-year-old passed Patrick Roy for second on the NHL's all-time wins list on Monday.
Wild forward Connor Dewar also exited with a lower-body injury.