The Golden Knights have figured out a way to get goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury some extra rest: Play well in front of him.
The Knights allowed 19 shots on goal Sunday in a 3-0 win against the Vancouver Canucks, their fourth-lowest total of the season, and let Fleury sit back and relax in his crease for long stretches of the game.
“When he’s sleeping back there, I feel like I’m doing my job,” defenseman Nate Schmidt said. “It’s fun not needing him in a game. He made some good saves for us, but it’s fun to know our group was playing well enough to keep everything out to the outside.