NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Dec 13, 2017

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

Game recaps

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New York Rangers

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators edge New York Rangers 3–2

Ottawa Senators beat New York Rangers 3–2 at home. Bobby Ryan (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for OTT: Pyatt–Smith–Pageau skated 11:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Bobby Ryan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:19.
•New look for OTT: Pyatt–Smith–Pageau skated 11:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for OTT: Brassard–Hoffman–Dzingel skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Dallas Stars beat New York Islanders 5–2

Dallas Stars beat New York Islanders 5–2 at NYI. Jamie Benn (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Jamie Benn had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:33.
•Anders Lee had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:03.
•Tyler Pitlick had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:34.

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Boston Bruins edge Detroit Red Wings 3–2 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Detroit Red Wings 3–2 in overtime at DET. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. DET's first power-play unit (Zetterberg, Kronwall, Abdelkader, Nyquist and Tatar) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:12 together.

•Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:27.
•Torey Krug had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:39.
•DET's first power-play unit (Zetterberg, Kronwall, Abdelkader, Nyquist and Tatar) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:12 together.

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Nashville Predators rout Vancouver Canucks 7–1

Nashville Predators beat Vancouver Canucks 7–1 at VAN. Craig Smith (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Craig Smith had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:27.
•P.K. Subban had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:07.
•Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:03.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Craig Smith NSH	at VAN	1	2	3	4	0	1	16:27	—
Jamie Benn DAL	at NYI	1	2	3	1	3	1	17:33	—
P.K. Subban NSH	at VAN	2	0	2	4	1	2	22:07	—
Anders Lee NYI	vs DAL	2	0	2	3	0	0	16:03	—
Tyler Pitlick DAL	at NYI	2	0	2	2	3	1	15:34	—
Kevin Fiala NSH	at VAN	1	1	2	4	0	0	15:05	—
Filip Forsberg NSH	at VAN	1	1	2	3	1	0	17:03	—
Bobby Ryan OTT	vs NYR	1	1	2	2	0	1	16:19	—
Brad Marchand BOS	at DET	1	1	2	2	0	0	21:27	—
Josh Bailey NYI	vs DAL	0	2	2	4	0	0	17:47	—
John Klingberg DAL	at NYI	0	2	2	4	0	0	20:33	—
Torey Krug BOS	at DET	0	2	2	3	0	0	23:39	—

Line changes

New look for OTT: Pyatt–Smith–Pageau skated 11:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for OTT: Brassard–Hoffman–Dzingel skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for OTT: Thompson–Dumont–Paul skated 6:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Anders Nilsson VAN	vs NSH	L	48	7	.854
Kari Lehtonen DAL	at NYI	W	34	2	.941
Tuukka Rask BOS	at DET	W	33	2	.939
Jimmy Howard DET	vs BOS	O	32	3	.906
Henrik Lundqvist NYR	at OTT	L	30	3	.900
Craig Anderson OTT	vs NYR	W	29	2	.931
Pekka Rinne NSH	at VAN	W	26	1	.962
Jaroslav Halak NYI	vs DAL	L	20	4	.800
Thomas Greiss NYI	vs DAL	—	7	1	.857

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