NHL.com's fantasy staff continues to cover the latest trends and storylines in the League through the lens of NHL EDGE puck and player tracker stats. Today, we look at the advanced metrics behind Minnesota Wild goalie Jesper Wallstedt's dominant start to the season.

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Jesper Wallstedt is having a historic start to his NHL career, giving the Minnesota Wild one of the best tandems in the League and emerging as a dark horse Calder Trophy candidate.

The 23-year-old, who was the 20th pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, had his NHL-leading fourth shutout of the season against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday in what was only his 10th game of the season; Edmonton traded that pick to Minnesota prior to the selection. Wallstedt is 8-0-2 and also leads the NHL in goals-against average (1.74) and save per

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