(Filip Gustavsson) came to me and just said, ‘We get in, do you think we could put Flower in?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, great idea,’” John Hynes said.

The pressure was off the Minnesota Wild after they'd finally secured their place in the playoffs, and Filip Gustavsson had a heart-warming idea as overtime approached. At Gustavsson's suggestion to coach John Hynes in one last formal tribute to one of the NHL 's greatest goalies,

Minnesota Wild goalie Marc-Andre Fleury didn't start the final regular-season game against the Anaheim Ducks. With the team needing a point to clinch the postseason, starter Filip Gustavsson manned the net.