NHL Recaps: Monday, Oct 23, 2017

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

Game recaps

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Los Angeles Kings

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 at home. Trevor Lewis (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Frederik Andersen (TOR) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +5 against a season average of 33.5; the win.

•Trevor Lewis had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:01.
•Mitch Marner had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:03.
•Frederik Andersen (TOR) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +5 against a season average of 33.5; the win.

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San Jose Sharks beat New York Rangers 4–1

San Jose Sharks beat New York Rangers 4–1 at NYR. Logan Couture (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SJS: Ward–Goodrow–Carpenter skated 4:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Logan Couture had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:07.
•New look for SJS: Ward–Goodrow–Carpenter skated 4:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Brady Skjei (NYR) played 14:19, −6:47 down on his 21:06 season average over 81 games.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	TOI	PP
Logan Couture SJS	at NYR	1	1	2	3	0	18:07	—
Trevor Lewis LAK	at TOR	1	1	2	2	0	14:01	—
Mitch Marner TOR	vs LAK	0	2	2	1	0	12:03	—
William Nylander TOR	vs LAK	0	0	0	7	1	19:03	—

Line changes

New look for LAK: Laich–Dowd–Andreoff skated 5:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Ward–Goodrow–Carpenter skated 4:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Frederik Andersen TOR	vs LAK	W	38	2	.947
Martin Jones SJS	at NYR	W	34	1	.971
Jonathan Quick LAK	at TOR	L	33	3	.909
Henrik Lundqvist NYR	vs SJS	L	24	4	.833
Darcy Kuemper LAK	at TOR	—	1	0	.1000

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.