On Presidents’ Day afternoon, the Minnesota Wild travelled to Denver, Colorado, to take on the Colorado Avalanche. These two teams met two weeks ago, and the Avalanche won 6-1.

Marc-Andre Fleury recorded 19 saves to earn his first shutout of the season, likely in his final game in Montreal, as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 on Thursday night. Fleury became the first goaltender in NHL history to earn a shutout both as a teenager and at 40 years or older.

Marc-Andre Fleury, playing his final game in his home province, recorded his 76th career shutout as the visiting Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 on Thursday. Fleury made 19 saves while tying Ed Belfour and Tony Esposito for the 10th-most shutouts in NHL history.

This was always going to be Marc-Andre Fleury’s big night. With the future Hall of Famer playing in his final game at the Bell Centre, he admitted it was going to be very “special,” emotional. And it very much was,

Marc-Andre Fleury never played a game for the Canadiens, but Montreal made sure to say au revoir in its own special way. Fleury, the Sorel-Tracy, Quebec native and retiring NHL goaltender, got a special treatment in his home province in what was likely his Montreal swan song after he led the Wild to a 4-0 victory over the Habs.