Fleury, Wild blank Blue Jackets to move 3 points within 1st place
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all 30 shots he faced and the Minnesota Wild started a road trip with a 2-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets Thursday night.
Minnesota's offense was supplied by Brandon Duhaime and Kirill Kaprizov, with both goals coming in the first period. Duhaime netted his sixth of the season at 3:01 into the opening frame and Kaprizov's 34th goal of the season came 5 minutes, 47 seconds later.
The Wild (32-21-5) have won four straight and are 5-1-1 in their last seven. The mini surge has them up to 69 points, just two behind second place Winnipeg and three behind first place Dallas in the Central Division.
What's even more wild (pun intended) is that Minnesota is just four points behind Vegas for the most points in the Western Conference.
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