NHL Recaps: Friday, Oct 6, 2017

3 games: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

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New York Islanders

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets rout New York Islanders 5–0

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New York Islanders 5–0 at home. Artemi Panarin (CBJ) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Sonny Milano (CBJ) played 15:55, +4:21 up on his 11:34 season average over 54 games.

•Artemi Panarin had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:59.
•Alexander Wennberg had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:59.
•Sonny Milano (CBJ) played 15:55, +4:21 up on his 11:34 season average over 54 games.

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Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers 5–3

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers 5–3 at home. Brayden Point (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Namestnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:18 together.

•Brayden Point had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:15.
•Ondrej Palat had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:09.
•Steven Stamkos had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:14.

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Vegas Golden Knights edge Dallas Stars 2–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 2–1 at DAL. James Neal (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. DAL's first power-play unit (Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg and Shore) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:07 together.

•James Neal had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:22.
•DAL's first power-play unit (Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg and Shore) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:07 together.
•Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 46 shots and stopped 45 (.978), +16 against a season average of 29.9; the win.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brayden Point TBL	vs FLA	1	2	3	2	0	1	18:15	—
Artemi Panarin CBJ	vs NYI	0	3	3	1	0	0	18:59	—
James Neal VGK	at DAL	2	0	2	4	4	1	17:22	—
Ondrej Palat TBL	vs FLA	2	0	2	2	3	1	17:09	—
Alexander Wennberg CBJ	vs NYI	0	2	2	3	0	0	17:59	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	vs FLA	0	2	2	2	3	0	18:14	—
Tyler Seguin DAL	vs VGK	1	0	1	10	0	0	19:22	—
Dan Girardi TBL	vs FLA	0	0	0	0	4	6	20:16	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at DAL	W	46	1	.978
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs FLA	W	36	3	.917
Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ	vs NYI	W	29	0	.1000
Thomas Greiss NYI	at CBJ	L	26	5	.808
Roberto Luongo FLA	at TBL	L	24	4	.833
Ben Bishop DAL	vs VGK	—	19	0	.1000
Jaroslav Halak NYI	at CBJ	—	11	0	.1000
Kari Lehtonen DAL	vs VGK	L	11	2	.818

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