Fleury surpassed Rua in NHL games in starts among goaltenders

“Minnesota” goalie Marc-Andre Fleury played against “Florida” in a regular season NHL game. The 40-year-old Canadian 1004th time in his career went on the ice in the starting lineup.

He moved into third place in history for this indicator. Fleury surpassed Patrick Rua, who played 1,003 games from the start.

Only Martin Brodeur (1,251 games as a starter) and Roberto Luongo (1,014) have played more NHL games than Fleury.