In Seattle, the Minnesota Wild’s Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves on Friday night in a 1-0 win over the Kraken.
“Obviously, [Fleury] was real good, but I think everybody in front of him was really committed,” Minnesota coach Dean Evason said. “A lot of blocked shots (22), he did a lot of good things. Certainly, when we broke down, he was there to bail us out.”
The Wild improved to 7-6-1.
“I didn’t know [about the record],” Fleury said. “I think it just means that I’m old, maybe. I’ve played for a while, I don’t know, it’s nice.”
Mats Zuccarello had the game’s only goal, he scored in the first period.
“We played our game, it was a gritty game,” Minnesota defenseman Jacob Middleton said. “It was a perfect road game for us. All the lines were doing their job and playing exceptionally well. The defense, the goalie, everyone I thought was great tonight. To win a game 1-0 like that at the end of a road trip is a great win for us.”
Well, sure, but did Seattle.
“Both teams do a pretty good job of limiting opportunities and they found one off a turnover in the first period,” Seattle coach Dave Hakstol said. “We didn’t get enough from the inside. In the third, we had three or four good looks from inside and just couldn’t find one off a rebound. We couldn’t find a way to get one in behind, so it’s that kind of night, you know? We’ve got to find a dirty one, a greasy one somewhere, and we weren’t able to do that tonight.”
Seattle had their five-game win streak snapped.
The Kraken dropped to 8-5-2.
Seattle was scoreless in four power play chances.
“Power-play wise, probably what stands out is I think we lost each opening face-off,” Hakstol said. “You’re going to have nights where that’s how it goes for the power play.”
Martin Jones made 20 saves in the hard luck Seattle loss.
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