NHL Recaps: Thursday, Oct 12, 2017

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

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 at home. Alex Killorn (TBL) led the scoring with 0G 4A.

•Alex Killorn had 4 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 19:32.
•Slater Koekkoek had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 9:44.
•Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:07.

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Florida Panthers beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

Florida Panthers beat St. Louis Blues 5–2 at home. Aaron Ekblad (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Aaron Ekblad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:20.
•Jared McCann had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:16.
•Nick Bjugstad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:54.

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Nashville Predators beat Dallas Stars 4–1

Nashville Predators beat Dallas Stars 4–1 at home. P.K. Subban (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Yannick Weber (NSH) played 2:35, −9:41 down on his 12:16 season average over 46 games.

•Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:25.
•P.K. Subban had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 28:41.
•Samuel Girard had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:25.

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Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–2 at CHI. Chris Stewart (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MIN: Koivu–Zucker–Niederreiter skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Chris Stewart had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:24.
•Jason Zucker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:52.
•Ryan Hartman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:51.

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Winnipeg Jets beat Vancouver Canucks 4–2

Winnipeg Jets beat Vancouver Canucks 4–2 at VAN. Bryan Little (WPG) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Alexander Edler (VAN) played 6:10, −18:22 down on his 24:32 season average over 69 games.

•Bryan Little had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:29.
•Alexander Edler (VAN) played 6:10, −18:22 down on his 24:32 season average over 69 games.
•New look for VAN: Baertschi–Horvat–Boeser skated 10:23 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Detroit Red Wings beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

Detroit Red Wings beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2 at ARI. Clayton Keller (ARI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. ARI's first power-play unit (Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Martinook, Domi and Keller) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:16 together.

•Clayton Keller had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:34.
•Dylan Larkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:53.
•Max Domi had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:01.

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San Jose Sharks edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

San Jose Sharks beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 at home. Jason Pominville (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. SJS won it by committee.

•Jason Pominville had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:17.
•Chris Tierney had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:05.
•Timo Meier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:21.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Alex Killorn TBL	vs PIT	0	4	4	3	1	0	19:32	—
Chris Stewart MIN	at CHI	2	0	2	5	1	0	16:24	—
Clayton Keller ARI	vs DET	2	0	2	5	0	0	20:34	—
Slater Koekkoek TBL	vs PIT	2	0	2	3	1	1	9:44	—
Jason Pominville BUF	at SJS	2	0	2	3	1	0	17:17	—
Jake Guentzel PIT	at TBL	1	1	2	6	1	0	19:46	—
Jason Zucker MIN	at CHI	1	1	2	5	3	0	19:52	—
P.K. Subban NSH	vs DAL	1	1	2	4	3	0	28:41	—
Samuel Girard NSH	vs DAL	1	1	2	4	1	0	21:25	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	vs PIT	1	1	2	4	0	0	19:17	—
Aaron Ekblad FLA	vs STL	1	1	2	3	1	1	20:20	—
Filip Forsberg NSH	vs DAL	1	1	2	3	0	1	18:25	—

Line changes

New look for NSH: McLeod–Watson–Sissons skated 4:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Koivu–Zucker–Niederreiter skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Staal–Foligno–Coyle skated 5:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Baertschi–Horvat–Boeser skated 10:23 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs PIT	W	40	4	.900
Roberto Luongo FLA	vs STL	W	39	2	.949
Jake Allen STL	at FLA	L	38	5	.868
Devan Dubnyk MIN	at CHI	W	38	2	.947
Jimmy Howard DET	at ARI	W	35	2	.943
Antti Niemi PIT	at TBL	L	34	5	.853
Corey Crawford CHI	vs MIN	L	32	3	.906
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at VAN	W	32	2	.938
Pekka Rinne NSH	vs DAL	W	31	1	.968
Ben Bishop DAL	at NSH	L	30	3	.900
Robin Lehner BUF	at SJS	L	26	3	.885
Martin Jones SJS	vs BUF	W	25	2	.920
Louis Domingue ARI	vs DET	L	23	3	.870
Jacob Markstrom VAN	vs WPG	L	19	3	.842
Antti Raanta ARI	vs DET	—	9	0	.1000

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