NHL Recaps: Friday, Nov 3, 2017

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

New Jersey Devils

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers beat New Jersey Devils 6–3

Edmonton Oilers beat New Jersey Devils 6–3 at home. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for NJD: Stafford–Hall–Zacha skated 7:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Connor McDavid had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:57.
•Drake Caggiula had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:29.
•Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:09.

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

Nashville Predators beat Anaheim Ducks 5–3

Nashville Predators beat Anaheim Ducks 5–3 at ANA. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Ekholm, Smith, Sissons, Fiala and Arvidsson) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:00 together.

•Roman Josi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 24:06.
•Frederick Gaudreau had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:18.
•NSH's first power-play unit (Ekholm, Smith, Sissons, Fiala and Arvidsson) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:00 together.

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

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Connor McDavid EDM	vs NJD	0	3	3	3	1	0	19:57	—
Roman Josi NSH	at ANA	1	1	2	6	2	2	24:06	—
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM	vs NJD	1	1	2	3	2	0	18:09	—
Drake Caggiula EDM	vs NJD	1	1	2	2	7	0	16:29	—
Frederick Gaudreau NSH	at ANA	0	2	2	1	0	0	12:18	—
Taylor Hall NJD	at EDM	1	0	1	7	4	0	20:40	—
Jakob Silfverberg ANA	vs NSH	1	0	1	7	0	0	18:14	—
Adam Larsson EDM	vs NJD	0	1	1	3	13	6	23:07	—
Damon Severson NJD	at EDM	0	1	1	2	5	4	18:52	—
Eric Gryba EDM	vs NJD	0	0	0	2	5	4	17:13	—

Line changes

New look for NJD: Stafford–Hall–Zacha skated 7:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Perry–Cogliano–Rakell skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NSH: Smith–Forsberg–Sissons skated 8:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Cory Schneider NJD	at EDM	L	41	5	.878
Pekka Rinne NSH	at ANA	W	38	3	.921
Cam Talbot EDM	vs NJD	W	34	3	.912
John Gibson ANA	vs NSH	L	29	4	.862

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.