Slated starter for Friday

Minnesota fell to a wild-card spot and now must chase teams that improved their rosters at the trade deadline.

It’s so emotional time of the season. Every one matters so much. And every loss sucks even more,” said Wild forward Marco Rossi.

Fleury is expected to start for the Minnesota Wild when they host Pittsburgh on Sunday (3:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, MAX, truTV, TNT, TVAS), the final chapter between the 40-year-old goalie and the franchise he grew up with, and his final game against Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang.

Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson had a big effort in net, stopping 33-of-36 shots and outdueling Kraken goalie Joey Daccord, who had 15 saves on 19 shots. The Wild return to action Friday night when they visit the Vancouver Canucks for a 9 p.m. puck drop.

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The Wild picked up a much-needed 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins Sunday afternoon during a brief return to Minnesota before hitting the road yet again Monday for a two-game road trip to Seattle and Vancouver.

Kiefer Sherwood scored the go-ahead goal with 3:45 left in the third period for the Vancouver Canucks in a 3-1 win against the Minnesota Wild at Rogers Arena on Friday.

Elias Pettersson scored a power-play goal 16 minutes, 14 seconds into the first period for a 1-0 lead for the Canucks (29-22-11) that held until Brock Faber knotted it up for the Wild (36-23-4) with a power-play goal 7 minutes, 12 seconds into the third period.

Kiefer Sherwood scored late in the third period, Kevin Lankinen stopped 37 shots and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Minnesota Wild 3-1.

Kiefer Sherwood’s goal late in the third period broke a 1-1 tie and propelled the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild Friday in Vancouver. Elias Pettersson and Teddy Blueger also scored for Vancouver,

In the moment, it was glorious. Elias Pettersson getting everything he had into his long-lost one timer and ripping a laser past Minnesota netminder Filip Gustavsson late in the first period on Friday night.