NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Nov 29, 2017

4 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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Tampa Bay Lightning

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins edge Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2

Boston Bruins beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 at home. Charlie McAvoy (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–Pastrnak skated 12:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Charlie McAvoy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 28:11.
•Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:09.
•New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–Pastrnak skated 12:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Montreal Canadiens edge Ottawa Senators 2–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators 2–1 at home. Phillip Danault (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for OTT: Burrows–Thompson–Dumont skated 4:13 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for OTT: Burrows–Thompson–Dumont skated 4:13 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for OTT: Pyatt–Dzingel–Pageau skated 5:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (13.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jonathan Drouin (MTL) played 13:10, −4:29 down on his 17:39 season average over 76 games.

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Anaheim Ducks edge St. Louis Blues 3–2

Anaheim Ducks beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 at STL. Antoine Vermette (ANA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. ANA's first power-play unit (Perry, Silfverberg, Vatanen, Fowler and Roy) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 6:14 together.

•Antoine Vermette had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:46.
•Kyle Brodziak had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:54.
•Kevin Roy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:36.

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Colorado Avalanche edge Winnipeg Jets 3–2 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat Winnipeg Jets 3–2 in overtime at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Barrie, Kerfoot, Compher, MacKinnon and Rantanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:46 together.

•Alexander Kerfoot had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:14.
•Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:11.
•COL's first power-play unit (Barrie, Kerfoot, Compher, MacKinnon and Rantanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:46 together.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Antoine Vermette ANA	at STL	2	0	2	2	1	0	16:46	—
Kyle Brodziak STL	vs ANA	2	0	2	2	0	1	12:54	—
Kevin Roy ANA	at STL	1	1	2	3	0	0	17:36	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs WPG	1	1	2	3	0	0	19:11	—
Alexander Kerfoot COL	vs WPG	1	1	2	1	1	1	19:14	—
Charlie McAvoy BOS	vs TBL	1	1	2	1	0	1	28:11	—
Brad Marchand BOS	vs TBL	0	2	2	3	0	3	22:09	—
Torey Krug BOS	vs TBL	1	0	1	7	1	2	17:42	—
Dustin Byfuglien WPG	at COL	0	1	1	1	8	1	24:26	—
Erik Johnson COL	vs WPG	0	0	0	8	0	4	25:50	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–Pastrnak skated 12:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TBL: Palat–Kucherov–Point skated 6:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BOS: Backes–Nash–Heinen skated 8:54 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 OTT: Burrows–Thompson–Dumont skated 4:13 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 OTT: Pyatt–Dzingel–Pageau skated 5:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (13.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Andrighetto–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Kerfoot–Compher–Jost skated 9:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
John Gibson ANA	at STL	W	39	2	.949
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at BOS	L	36	3	.917
Semyon Varlamov COL	vs WPG	W	33	2	.939
Mike Condon OTT	at MTL	L	31	2	.935
Jake Allen STL	vs ANA	L	30	3	.900
Carey Price MTL	vs OTT	W	28	1	.964
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at COL	O	26	3	.885
Tuukka Rask BOS	vs TBL	W	21	2	.905

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