Golden Knights’ Marc-Andre Fleury earns weekly honor from NHL

Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was named the NHL’s second star of the week Monday.

Fleury went 3-1 and posted a 1.51 goals against-average with one shutout in four starts. He turned away 100 of the 106 shots he faced, for a .943 save percentage.

The NHL Players’ Association honored Fleury as its player of the week.

Fleury opened the week with 19 stops in a 5-4 victory over Anaheim on Tuesday and was handed his first loss in a 1-0 decision despite 27 saves against Anaheim on Thursday.

He came back to make 24 saves in a 3-1 victory at San Jose on Saturday and capped the week by making 30 stops in a 1-0 win over Colorado for his 63rd career shutout, one behind Henrik Lundqvist for 16th place in NHL history.

Fleury, 36, owns a 7-1-0 record with a 1.38 goals-against average, .944 save percentage and two shutouts through eight appearances this season.

Columbus’ Cam Atkinson was the NHL first star, while Pittsburgh’s Bryan Rust was named third star.

Roster moves

Forward Patrick Brown and goaltender Logan Thompson were assigned to the Silver Knights from the taxi squad.

Thompson is 3-0-0 with the Silver Knights to go with a 1.67 goals-against average and .940 save percentage.

Also, defenseman Dylan Coghlan was returned to the taxi squad from his emergency recall, according to CapFriendly.com.

Reading week

Members of the Golden Knights and Silver Knights organizations will participate in a virtual reading week at Clark County School District schools during the week of March 1.

Teachers can nominate their pre-K through fifth-grade class or school at https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/community/reading-week. The nomination period closes Feb. 22.

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