NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Nov 8, 2017

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

Game recaps

Final

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Minnesota Wild

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Minnesota Wild 4–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Minnesota Wild 4–2 at home. Jason Zucker (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for TOR: Komarov–Kadri–Nylander skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Jason Zucker had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:05.
•Connor Brown had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:55.
•Eric Staal had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:21.

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New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 4–2

New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 4–2 at home. Jimmy Vesey (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Jimmy Vesey had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:28.
•David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:07.
•Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:39.

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Tampa Bay Lightning rout San Jose Sharks 5–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat San Jose Sharks 5–1 at SJS. Vladislav Namestnikov (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Namestnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:02 together.

•Vladislav Namestnikov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:36.
•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:20.
•Steven Stamkos had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:55.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Vladislav Namestnikov TBL	at SJS	2	1	3	4	1	3	19:36	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at SJS	1	2	3	4	0	0	21:20	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	at SJS	0	3	3	2	0	1	18:55	—
Jason Zucker MIN	at TOR	2	0	2	5	2	0	19:05	—
Jimmy Vesey NYR	vs BOS	2	0	2	2	2	0	14:28	—
Pavel Buchnevich NYR	vs BOS	1	1	2	4	1	0	12:56	—
David Pastrnak BOS	at NYR	1	1	2	3	0	0	22:07	—
Patrice Bergeron BOS	at NYR	1	1	2	2	1	1	20:39	—
Connor Brown TOR	vs MIN	1	1	2	1	0	2	16:55	—
Eric Staal MIN	at TOR	0	2	2	3	3	0	20:21	—
Yanni Gourde TBL	at SJS	0	2	2	1	0	4	17:46	—
Ryan McDonagh NYR	vs BOS	0	2	2	0	0	3	23:22	—

Line changes

New look for TOR: Komarov–Kadri–Nylander skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Staal–Stewart–Zucker skated 7:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% 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 MIN	W	37	2	.946
Henrik Lundqvist NYR	vs BOS	W	33	2	.939
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at SJS	W	33	1	.970
Tuukka Rask BOS	at NYR	L	32	3	.906
Martin Jones SJS	vs TBL	L	21	4	.810
Devan Dubnyk MIN	at TOR	L	18	3	.833
Aaron Dell SJS	vs TBL	—	9	1	.889

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