The Minnesota Wild are set to host the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight before going on the road. Here's everything you need to know.
ST. PAUL - The Wild are back home to host the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight before going on the road. It will be Marc-Andre Fleury night as the Wild have a planned ceremony for the veteran goaltender.
Fleury eclipsed game number 1,000 in his career over a month ago and passed Patrick Roy for second all-time in wins on January 15th with his win over the New York Islanders.
Tonight the Wild will honor Fleury before the game against his former team whom he played 691 games with.
"I think that's awesome. I think that's well thought of," fellow Quebec native and current Wild teammate Freddy Gaudreau said. "It will be special for sure. Of course for him and his ex-teammates on the other side. I'm sure you'll be happy to be part of that too.
"As far as we're concerned, I think everybody in this room feels privileged to be a part of a night like that and the moments like that for him."
Fleury played 13 seasons for the Penguins and almost all of them were spent with guys like Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, and Evgeni Malkin. All three of them are still on the Penguins today and will get to be a part of the ceremony.
The ceremony will start around 7:00 p.m. CT and puck drop will be around 7:17 p.m. CT.
Wild Projected Lines
Kaprizov -Eriksson Ek - Boldy
Johansson - Rossi - Zuccarello
Foligno - Hartman - Gaudreau
Duhaime - Lucchini - Lettieri
Defense:
Middleton - Faber
Brodin - Bogosian
Merrill - Mermis
Starting Goaltender: Fleury
Penguins Projected Lines
Jake Guentzel - Sidney Crosby - Byran Rust
Reilly Smith - Evgeni Malkin - Drew O'Connor
Rickard Rakell - Lars Eller - Jesse Puljujarvi
Jansen Harkins - Colin White - Jeff Carter
Defense:
Marcus Pettersson - Kris Letang
Ryan Graves - Erik Karlsson
Pierre-Oliver Joseph - Chad Ruhwedel
Starting Goaltender: Alex Nedelikovic