The shutout was his second in his past three starts, as Minnesota swept the three-game series against Arizona by allowing just one goal total in those three games.
During its perfect five-game homestead, Wild goalies allowed a grand total of four goals, shutting out the opponent three times in those five games. The Wild is also riding an eight-game home winning streak overall, which is tied for the longest in franchise history.
Minnesota is now nine points clear of Arizona in the West Division standings and also has two games in hand.
2. Mr. 4,000 finally gets his.
Mats Zuccarello was a man on a mission on Tuesday night, and that mission was to score a goal.
He had two of the most glorious opportunities you'll ever see in the first 40 minutes of the game, including one at the tail end of the first period that had Zuccarello in disbelief. All alone about five feet from the goal line, with a virtually empty cage to shoot at, Zuccarello missed the net.
As the horn sounded on the period a second or two later, the veteran winger just looked to the ice and shook his head.
Early in the second, he had yet another grade-A opportunity, getting an unbelievable between-the-legs pass from Kirill Kaprizov for what looked like a tap-in in front. Unfortunately for Mats, goaltender Adin Hill got a good read on the pass and was able to sprawl over to get some equipment on it.