The farewell tour for Minnesota Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury hit one of its most emotional points as the team traveled to take on the Montreal Canadiens. Fleury, who is a native of the Canadian province of Quebec,

Marc-Andre Fleury, playing his final game in his home province, recorded his 76th career shutout as the visiting Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 on Thursday. Fleury made 19 saves while tying Ed Belfour and Tony Esposito for the 10th-most shutouts in NHL history.

This was always going to be Marc-Andre Fleury’s big night. With the future Hall of Famer playing in his final game at the Bell Centre, he admitted it was going to be very “special,” emotional. And it very much was,