Fleury joins Brodeur, Roy as only goalies in NHL history with 500 wins

Marc-Andre Fleury put himself in rarefied air Thursday night, shutting out the Montreal Canadiens 2-0 to earn his 500th career victory.

The Chicago Blackhawks goaltender joined Hall of Famers Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy as the lone netminders in NHL history to accomplish the feat.

The crowd at the Bell Centre in Montreal chanted Fleury's name in the final seconds, and he acknowledged that afterward.

"It meant a lot for me to have so many people from Quebec maybe being proud of me for being from here and achieving this goal," Fleury said, according to NHL.com's Sean Farrell.

"The NHL always seemed too far away from me, too good for me, and I never really actually thought I was going to make it," the veteran goalie added. "I just kept playing and trying my best with it."

Brodeur congratulated Fleury later on Thursday night.

Congrats on 500 wins Marc-Andre Fleury! Welcome to the club! #Fleury500 pic.twitter.com/p5MN3FsOmj

- Martin Brodeur (@MartinBrodeur) December 10, 2021

Here's a look at the top five on the league's all-time wins list:

Fleury has played all but 21 of those 901 games during the shootout era, in which wins are more common, but there's no questioning his level of success.

The 37-year-old is in his first season with the Blackhawks after playing four with the Vegas Golden Knights. Fleury led the latter squad to a Stanley Cup Final appearance in its inaugural campaign of 2017-18, and he also won three championships over 13 seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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