NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Jan 3, 2018

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

Game recaps

Final / OT

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Ottawa Senators

1

Detroit Red Wings

2

Detroit Red Wings edge Ottawa Senators 2–1 (OT)

Detroit Red Wings beat Ottawa Senators 2–1 in overtime at home. Andreas Athanasiou (DET) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for OTT: Brassard–Stone–Dzingel skated 16:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

• •Andreas Athanasiou had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 19:38.
• •New look for OTT: Brassard–Stone–Dzingel skated 16:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
• •Xavier Ouellet (DET) played 4:38, −9:26 down on his 14:04 season average over 44 games.

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Final

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Chicago Blackhawks

5

New York Rangers

2

Chicago Blackhawks beat New York Rangers 5–2

Chicago Blackhawks beat New York Rangers 5–2 at NYR. Patrick Kane (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Shattenkirk, Zuccarello, Zibanejad, Miller and Buchnevich) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 7:25 together.

• •Jonathan Toews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:34.
• •Nick Schmaltz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:31.
• •Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:52.

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