Minnesota Wild at Columbus Blue Jackets

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Minnesota Wild

32-21-5

Final
2 - 0

Columbus Blue Jackets

18-35-5

Fleury gets 73rd shutout to lead Wild over Blue Jackets 2-0

Fleury is 12th on the NHL's career shutouts list, three behind Ed Belfour and Tony Esposito, who are tied for 10th.

Brandon Duhaime and Kirill Kaprizov scored for Minnesota, which passed Colorado for third place in the Central Division. The Wild are also second in the Western Conference wild-card race behind Edmonton.

Joonas Korpisalo stopped 23 shots for Columbus, which was shut out for the sixth time this season and third at home. The Blue Jackets have lost four of their last five home games and remain in the NHL basement.

Despite being outshot 13-8, the first period was all Minnesota with goals from Duhaime at 3:01 and Kaprizov at 8:48 for the only scores of the game.

UP NEXT

Minnesota: Visits Toronto on Friday night.

Columbus: Hosts Edmonton on Saturday.

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Regular Season Series

MIN leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

	Goal	1st Period 3:01	Brandon Duhaime Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Frederick Gaudreau (13)
	Goal	1st Period 8:48	Kirill Kaprizov Goal (34) Wrist Shot, assists: Jake Middleton (8), Ryan Hartman (12)

Statistics

MIN		CBJ
25	Blocked Shots	13
19	Hits	11
7	Takeaways	5
25	Shots	30
0	Power Play Goals	0
1	Power Play Opportunities	1
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
15	Faceoffs Won	37
28.8	Faceoff Win Percent	71.2
4	Giveaways	4
1	Total Penalties	1
2	Penalty Minutes	2