The Vegas Golden Knights’ clinching 3-2 victory in Game 6 put them in the second round of the NHL playoffs and ended the Minnesota Wild’s season.
It also was the end of the career of future Hall of Fame goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who backed up on Thursday after getting into part of Game 5 because of Filip Gustavsson’s illness. Fleury, the 2003 No. 1 overall pick, previously announced that this was his final season.
He finishes with three Stanley Cup titles with the Pittsburgh Penguins, a Vezina Trophy and another trip to the Final with the Golden Knights and 575 regular-season wins, second best in NHL history.
ESPN had a second game to broadcast Thursday night and cut away from the handshake line before Fleury went through in order to show the intro of the Los Angeles Kings-Edmonton Oilers game.
ESPN later showed video of Fleury in the handshake line during the intermission of the Kings-Oilers game. But here’s what you missed from Fleury’s last time on the ice, courtesy of agent Allan Walsh and others:
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