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‘I Love Where My Game Is At’: Jesper Wallstedt Ready to Build Off Historic Rookie Season

Fresh off a historic debut campaign where he set a franchise milestone with eighteen victories, Minnesota Wild goaltender Jesper Wallstedt expresses full confidence in his form ahead of his sophomore campaign. The twenty-three-year-old netminder finished last year tied for third across the league with four shutouts and recorded the top save percentage against playoff-bound opponents among goalies with at least ten appearances against postseason teams, concluding the overall regular season with a stellar .916 save percentage.

Minnesota opens its upcoming eighty-four-game schedule on Thursday evening at Bridgestone Arena against the Nashville Predators. With fellow goaltender Filip Gustavsson currently sidelined on the injured reserve list following hip surgery, Wallstedt and veteran teammate Calvin Pickard will shoulder the immediate crease duties for the club, requiring the rising star to assume a heavier workload right from the start.

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