NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Dec 20, 2017

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

Game recaps

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Toronto Maple Leafs

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 at home. Jake Gardiner (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg, Panarin and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 2:13 together.

•Jake Gardiner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:48.
•Seth Jones had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:21.
•Cam Atkinson had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:39.

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Philadelphia Flyers edge Detroit Red Wings 4–3

Philadelphia Flyers beat Detroit Red Wings 4–3 at home. Claude Giroux (PHI) led the scoring with 0G 3A. DET's first power-play unit (Green, Frk, Athanasiou, Mantha and Larkin) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:12 together.

•Claude Giroux had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:55.
•Mike Green had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:25.
•Wayne Simmonds had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:52.

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Calgary Flames edge St. Louis Blues 2–1

Calgary Flames beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 at home. Michael Frolik (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 0A. STL's first power-play unit (Steen, Stastny, Schenn, Tarasenko and Parayko) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:13 together.

•STL's first power-play unit (Steen, Stastny, Schenn, Tarasenko and Parayko) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:13 together.
•Travis Hamonic (CGY) played 4:56, −15:59 down on his 20:55 season average over 73 games.
•New look for STL: Steen–Stastny–Thompson skated 10:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Claude Giroux PHI	vs DET	0	3	3	3	0	0	17:55	—
Mike Green DET	at PHI	1	1	2	3	3	1	22:25	—
Wayne Simmonds PHI	vs DET	1	1	2	3	1	2	19:52	—
Jake Gardiner TOR	at CBJ	1	1	2	3	0	1	23:48	—
Seth Jones CBJ	vs TOR	1	1	2	2	3	2	25:21	—
Cam Atkinson CBJ	vs TOR	0	2	2	6	1	0	19:39	—
Dylan Larkin DET	at PHI	0	2	2	4	2	2	22:48	—
Mitch Marner TOR	at CBJ	1	0	1	7	0	0	17:37	—
James van Riemsdyk TOR	at CBJ	0	0	0	7	0	0	17:53	—
Danny DeKeyser DET	at PHI	0	0	0	1	1	8	18:46	—

Line changes

New look for STL: Steen–Stastny–Thompson skated 10:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for STL: Upshall–Brodziak–Jaskin skated 6:57 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Joonas Korpisalo CBJ	vs TOR	W	41	2	.951
Curtis McElhinney TOR	at CBJ	L	37	4	.892
Carter Hutton STL	at CGY	L	33	2	.939
Jimmy Howard DET	at PHI	L	31	4	.871
Brian Elliott PHI	vs DET	W	28	3	.893
Mike Smith CGY	vs STL	W	22	1	.955

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