Talbot starts for Wild in Game 6 vs. Blues

Cam Talbot, who started the lion's share of the regular season for the Wild, is making his first start of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Thursday night in Minnesota's must-win Game 6 against the St. Louis Blues.

"To add Cam into the mix now, it doesn't really change our mindset," Marcus Foligno said earlier Thursday, according to the Star Tribune's Sarah McLellan. "We want to win. We want to win for both our goalies. We know Cam is going to be excited to get in there and shut the door."

The Wild leaned on Marc-Andre Fleury through the first five contests. Although he was outstanding for Minnesota's victories in Games 2 and 3, he's allowed four goals in each of the Wild's three losses.

A goalie switch did wonders for the Blues earlier in the series. Jordan Binnington has put up a .935 save percentage across two victories since being swapped in for Ville Husso following the team's Game 3 loss.

Talbot logged a .911 save percentage and 2.76 goals against average across 49 appearances in the regular season.

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