Minnesota Wild beat Oilers 5-3 [Video]

EDMONTON –

It certainly wasn’t the start Marc-Andre Fleury was expecting in what was otherwise a milestone night for the veteran Minnesota Wild goaltender.

Fleury made 29 saves between the pipes and Frederick Gaudreau had two goals and an assist as the Wild continued to pick up points at will, emerging with a 5-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.

The 39-year-old netminder was making his 1,000th career NHL start and was playing in his 1,030th game to move into third overall in all-time games played behind only Martin Brodeur (1,266) and Roberto Luongo (1,044).

But it was the save that he didn’t make on the game’s very first shot just 27 seconds in that people will likely remember most about the contest.

A long slowly rolling puck came from well outside the zone on the net and Fleury went to swat it up the ice, only to have it take …