Jesper Wallstedt's incredible, historic, out-of-nowhere run continued on Tuesday night with yet another shutout victory for the Minnesota Wild. And this time, their emerging star of a rookie goaltender did it against the team that famously passed on him in the draft four years ago.
Wallstedt made 33 saves in a 1-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place in Alberta. 26 of those came in the final two periods against a desperate Oilers team that is off to a slow start to this season after two straight trips to the Stanley Cup Final. Wallstedt had plenty of work to do against a team boasting two of the best offensive players in the world in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, and Minnesota's 23-year-old goalie never seemed to break a sweat.
His best save came in the second period against

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