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Minnesota Wild: Close Preseason Game Loss to Winnipeg Jets

By Cody Defoe

ST. PAUL, MN - APRIL 17: Blake Wheeler #26 of the Winnipeg Jets collides with Nick Seeler #36 of the Minnesota Wild in Game Four of the Western Conference First Round during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Xcel Energy Center on April 17, 2018 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images)
ST. PAUL, MN - APRIL 17: Blake Wheeler #26 of the Winnipeg Jets collides with Nick Seeler #36 of the Minnesota Wild in Game Four of the Western Conference First Round during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Xcel Energy Center on April 17, 2018 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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ST. PAUL, MN – DECEMBER 16: The goalie mask of Edmonton Oilers Goalie Laurent Brossoit (1) with a message about multiple sclerosis awareness before a NHL game between the Minnesota Wild and Edmonton Oilers on December 16, 2017 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN.The Oilers defeated the Wild 3-2. (Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Winnipeg Jets’ Laurent Brossoit

I’ll admit it, I gave Laurent Brossoit a poor outlook in my game preview on Monday. Not only did Brossoit get the win, but he did it by looking outstanding in the process.

He started the night with a fantastic breakaway save on Justin Kloos with the right pad. Immediately after Winnipeg had made the game 1-0, Kloos had a brilliant opportunity to get the Wild right back in the game but could not get the puck over Brossoit’s pad.

Early in the 2nd period Kloos had another shot in all alone. This time he got the puck off the ice, but Brossoit was right there to turn it away with the blocker.

Late second he turned away a point shot blast from Sam Anas on the powerplay, and then robbed Eric Fehr point blank with the toe of his skate to keep the clean slate through 40 minutes.

Brossoit’s only blemish on the night came on a shot into traffic from Ivan Lodnia from the point. Brossoit lost the puck among the bodies battling for position in front of him, Matt Hendricks managed to grab the puck and put it away for the good ol’ fashioned Garbage goal against his former team.

Brossoit kept his team in the game through the 3rd period, robbing Ryan Murphy with a huge glove save on a point shot blast, and then taking away the 3rd breakaway attempt from Justin Kloos.

Laurent Brossoit faced 40 shots from the Minnesota Wild, many of them solid chances, and he turned away all but 1. He gets my honorary mention for Jets player of the night, largely because I expected the Wild to be able to beat him easier than they did.

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