Capitals star Alex Ovechkin, amid his hunt to break Wayne Gretzky's all-time scoring record, was predicted to have a big game. Ovechkin's 0.83 goals-per-game and 1.58 points-per-game against the Wild make the left wing's highest rates against a single franchise in his career.

Fleury, who’s in his 21st and assuredly final season in the league, was on the home bench all night while Filip Gustavsson manned the net.