"The fans have been behind me and very supportive over the years and it was nice tonight to hear them chant my name again," Fleury said.
Fleury, 32, has been sharing the goaltending with rookie Matt Murray this season. But Murray, 22, has carried most of the load when he's been healthy, as he did during the Penguins' run to the Stanley Cup last season.
Although general manager Jim Rutherford has talked repeatedly about enjoying the luxury of having Murray and Fleury, if he has an opportunity to move Fleury before the trade deadline and upgrade the roster for another run at the Stanley Cup, he would have to consider it. Fleury has a lot of control over the situation because his contract includes a no-movement clause and a limited no-trade clause.
But if Rutherford doesn't ask Fleury to accept a trade before the deadline, he might ask him to waive his no-movement clause before he has to submit his list of protected players June 17 for the 2017 Expansion Draft. Fleury, who would have to be protected by the Penguins if he doesn't waive the no-move clause, might welcome going to a new team at some point to get a chance to play more.
But he said he wasn't thinking about that after the game Thursday.
"Hopefully you guys just have too much time to think about stuff like that," Fleury said.
The Penguins have two home games left before the deadline. They play the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday (3 p.m. ET: NBC, NHL.TV) then face the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2017 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series at Heinz Field on Feb. 25 (8 p.m. ET; NBC, SN, TVA Sports 2, NHL.TV).