Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves, Marco Rossi and Matt Boldy scored, and the short-handed Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1.

How did the Minnesota Wild combat the speed, skill and spunk of the much younger San Jose Sharks? By having their 40-year-old goalie school the kids. In the age-old battle of youth vs. experience, future Hall of Famer Marc-Andre Fleury prevailed to backstop the Wild to a 3-1 victory Saturday night at SAP Center for their fifth win in their past six games.

Playing with the St. Louis Blues in his first full NHL season, Walman, in an April 7, 2021 game against the Vegas Golden Knights, trailed the play as forward Jordan Kyrou led a rush up the ice. Kyrou put a shot on net that Fleury saved, but Walman pounced on the rebound and one-timed a shot through traffic and past the legendary netminder.

William Eklund scored his ninth goal of the season in the second period, but the Sharks could not generate any other offense in a 3-1 loss to goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and the Minnesota Wild at SAP Center.

Marc-Andre Fleury made a season-high 36 saves to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks Saturday night at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves for the visiting Minnesota Wild in a 3-1 win against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.

SAN JOSE – The San Jose ... the season in the second period, but the Sharks could not generate any other offense in a 3-1 loss to goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and the Minnesota Wild at SAP Center.

SAN JOSE – The San Jose ... the season in the second period, but the Sharks could not generate any other offense in a 3-1 loss to goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and the Minnesota Wild at SAP Center.

Filip Forsberg tallied twice, and the Nashville Predators scored a season-high six goals to defeat the Minnesota Wild by a 6-2 final on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result gives the Preds their third straight victory and a three-game win streak for the first time since October.

The Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators met for the third time this season and the first in Nashville on Saturday, Jan. 18. The Wild had a boost to their lineup on the injury front as they got both Jakub Lauko and Brock Faber back,

Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

Nashville earns third straight win at home after fight-filled first period in heated Central Division rivalry matchup.