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Revisiting Marc-Andre Fleury’s Career Against Flames


On Saturday night, future Hall of Famer Marc-Andre Fleury will make his 1,042th career start and 24th against the Calgary Flames.

Considering that Fleury spent most of his career in the Eastern Conference, he didn’t play that often against Calgary.

However, once the Vegas Golden Knights drafted him in the 2018 Expansion Draft, the Flames have seen much more of him.

In his final season with the Minnesota Wild, Saturday will give him one more chance to torment the Flames, as he’s 14-7-1 in his career against the club.

Let’s revisit some fascinating statistics about the previous 23 games that Fleury has dressed against Calgary.

.931 – Fleury’s career SV% is .912, but against Calgary, he’s been better than his usual numbers, producing a .931 SV% in 23 games. He’s made 618 saves on 664 shots.

46 – Fleury has surrendered 2,604 goals in his NHL career, with the Flames scoring 46, or roughly 0.017% of his totals.

42 – Most saves Fleury has made in a game against Calgary. On Mar. 18, 2018, he pitched a 42-save shutout as the Golden Knights defeated the Flames at T-Mobile Arena.

32 – In 23 games against Calgary, 32 different scorers have lit the lamp against Fleury, with only nine players scoring multiple goals, including Rasmus Andersson, Mikael Backlund, Sam Bennett, Joe Colborne, Johnny Gaudreau, Mark Giordano, Mark Jankowski, Daymond Langkow, and Matthew Tkachuk.

14 – Through 23 meetings, Fleury has collected 14 wins against the Flames, which equals a .608 win percentage.

8 – Fleury has been beaten on the power play 622 times, with Flames players accounting for eight goals. Only Gaudreau managed to score twice.

6 – During a contest between the Flames and Golden Knights on Apr. 7, 2018, Fleury gave up a career-high six goals, only playing the…

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