NHL Recaps: Thursday, Jan 11, 2018

3 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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Columbus Blue Jackets

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 at home. Kyle Okposo (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Foligno, Jones, Werenski, Panarin and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:19 together.

•Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:37.
•Kyle Okposo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:47.
•CBJ's first power-play unit (Foligno, Jones, Werenski, Panarin and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:19 together.

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Carolina Hurricanes beat Washington Capitals 3–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Washington Capitals 3–1 at WSH. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CAR: Staal–Lindholm–Aho skated 11:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for CAR: Staal–Lindholm–Aho skated 11:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for CAR: Williams–McGinn–Ryan skated 11:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for CAR: Skinner–Rask–Teravainen skated 10:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Calgary Flames rout Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1

Calgary Flames beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1 at TBL. Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Victor Hedman (TBL) played 11:04, −14:59 down on his 26:03 season average over 76 games.

•Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:46.
•Mark Jankowski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:11.
•Micheal Ferland had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:31.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Kyle Okposo BUF	vs CBJ	1	1	2	3	0	0	15:47	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	at TBL	1	1	2	3	0	0	16:46	—
Jack Eichel BUF	vs CBJ	1	1	2	2	0	0	19:37	—
Mark Jankowski CGY	at TBL	1	1	2	1	0	4	15:11	—
Micheal Ferland CGY	at TBL	1	1	2	1	0	2	14:31	—
Sebastian Aho CAR	at WSH	1	0	1	7	1	0	15:43	—
Seth Jones CBJ	at BUF	0	1	1	7	1	1	25:56	—
Brooks Orpik WSH	vs CAR	0	0	0	0	4	4	18:14	—

Line changes

New look for BUF: Pouliot–Okposo–Eichel skated 14:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (34.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CAR: Staal–Lindholm–Aho skated 11:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CAR: Williams–McGinn–Ryan skated 11:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CAR: Skinner–Rask–Teravainen skated 10:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Linus Ullmark BUF	vs CBJ	W	45	1	.978
Mike Smith CGY	at TBL	W	34	1	.971
Braden Holtby WSH	vs CAR	L	32	2	.938
Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ	at BUF	L	28	2	.929
Scott Darling CAR	at WSH	W	28	1	.964
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs CGY	L	24	5	.792

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