NHL Recaps: Sunday, Nov 26, 2017

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

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Nashville Predators

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes edge Nashville Predators 4–3 (SO)

Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators 4–3 in a shootout at home. Mattias Ekholm (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CAR's first power-play unit (Williams, Skinner, Rask, Hanifin and Ryan) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:44 together.

•Mattias Ekholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:22.
•Victor Rask had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:52.
•CAR's first power-play unit (Williams, Skinner, Rask, Hanifin and Ryan) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:44 together.

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New York Rangers edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3 (SO)

New York Rangers beat Vancouver Canucks 4–3 in a shootout at home. Jake Virtanen (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Kevin Shattenkirk (NYR) played 25:32, +5:23 up on his 20:09 season average over 45 games.

•Kevin Shattenkirk (NYR) played 25:32, +5:23 up on his 20:09 season average over 45 games.
•Jesper Fast (NYR) played 10:00, −4:57 down on his 14:57 season average over 70 games.
•New look for NYR: Desharnais–Carey–Vesey skated 6:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins 4–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins 4–2 at BOS. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krug, Pastrnak, Heinen and DeBrusk) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:38 together.

•Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:10.
•Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:40.
•Torey Krug had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:36.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Mattias Ekholm NSH	at CAR	1	1	2	4	1	3	26:22	—
Victor Rask CAR	vs NSH	1	1	2	2	2	1	16:52	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	at BOS	1	1	2	1	0	0	16:10	—
Torey Krug BOS	vs EDM	0	2	2	2	0	1	19:36	—
Connor McDavid EDM	at BOS	0	2	2	0	1	1	19:40	—
Justin Williams CAR	vs NSH	1	0	1	7	2	1	16:28	—
Adam Larsson EDM	at BOS	1	0	1	2	5	4	23:06	—
Jordan Staal CAR	vs NSH	0	0	0	2	8	1	23:00	—
Anthony Bitetto NSH	at CAR	0	0	0	1	3	5	13:47	—
Austin Watson NSH	at CAR	0	0	0	0	7	2	9:36	—
Justin Faulk CAR	vs NSH	0	0	0	0	6	2	22:35	—

Line changes

New look for NSH: Watson–Aberg–Gaudreau skated 5:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYR: Desharnais–Carey–Vesey skated 6:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Granlund–Gaunce–Virtanen skated 8:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Vanek–Gagner–Burmistrov skated 6:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for EDM: Maroon–Nugent-Hopkins–Slepyshev skated 13:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Juuse Saros NSH	at CAR	O	36	3	.917
Scott Darling CAR	vs NSH	W	35	3	.914
Tuukka Rask BOS	vs EDM	L	35	3	.914
Henrik Lundqvist NYR	vs VAN	W	32	3	.906
Cam Talbot EDM	at BOS	W	25	2	.920
Jacob Markstrom VAN	at NYR	O	20	3	.850

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