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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Another week, another milestone for Marc-Andre Fleury.
Seven days after he appeared in his 1,00th game, joining only three other goaltenders in NHL history at that mile marker, Fleury notched his 551st career win, when Marco Rossi scored 3:05 into overtime of the Minnesota Wild’s 4-3 victory on Saturday night.
Fleury, who stopped 25 shots including one that would have sealed a Blue Jackets win late in the third period, is tied with Patrick Roy for second all-time among NHL goalies. Roy is among the three Hall of Famers that Fleury sits with now in the 1,000-game club, as well, along with Martin Brodeur and Roberto Luongo.
“It was good. It was a really hard-fought battle. I think, number one, for the team to be able to find a way to win the game was obviously important for us,” Wild coach John Hynes said. “And on top of it, (Fleury) worked to be able to tie the record. So, really happy for him, too.”
Fleury might have a chance to take full ownership of No. 2 all-time on the wins list Monday, when the Wild play host to the Dallas Stars.
Matt Boldy had two power-play goals, Marcus Johansson also scored, and Brock Faber had two assists in the Wild win.
Cole Sillinger had three goals for his second career hat trick and Daniil Tarasov stopped 33 shots for Columbus, which has lost three of four — including two straight at home.
Sillinger put Columbus up 1-0 at 8:09 of the first period, tapping in Jake Bean’s tape-to-tape pass from the left circle. Adam Boqvist earned the secondary assist after missing 13 games with a shoulder strain suffered against Los Angeles on Dec. 5.
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Boldy’s shot from the blue line, 5 seconds into a Wild power play, pulled the Wild even with 5:13 remaining in the period.
Columbus regained the lead with Sillinger’s second of the night, 17 seconds into the second period, off a slick backhand drop pass from Kirill Marchenko.
Boldy’s second power-play goal at 10:15 of the second pulled the Wild even again, marking his…
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