NHL Recaps: Friday, Jan 12, 2018

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Vancouver Canucks

Columbus Blue Jackets

Vancouver Canucks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2 at CBJ. Thomas Vanek (VAN) led the scoring with 0G 2A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Foligno, Jones, Werenski, Panarin and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:10 together.

•Henrik Sedin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:53.
•Nick Foligno had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:12.
•Thomas Vanek had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:39.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Calgary Flames beat Florida Panthers 4–2

Calgary Flames beat Florida Panthers 4–2 at FLA. Mikael Backlund (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CGY's first power-play unit (Giordano, Backlund, Gaudreau, Monahan and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:49 together.

•Mikael Backlund had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:59.
•Evgenii Dadonov had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 20:37.
•Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:08.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Washington Capitals edge Carolina Hurricanes 4–3

Washington Capitals beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 at CAR. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CAR's first power-play unit (Williams, Staal, Faulk, Teravainen and Aho) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 3:16 together.

•Alex Ovechkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:34.
•Jordan Staal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:29.
•Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:04.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Chicago Blackhawks edge Winnipeg Jets 2–1

Chicago Blackhawks beat Winnipeg Jets 2–1 at home. David Kampf (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for CHI: Duclair–DeBrincat–Kampf skated 8:11 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•David Kampf had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:17.
•New look for CHI: Duclair–DeBrincat–Kampf skated 8:11 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for CHI: Sharp–Bouma–Wingels skated 6:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Edmonton Oilers beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2 at ARI. Darnell Nurse (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for ARI: Archibald–Dvorak–Keller skated 13:47 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (39.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Darnell Nurse had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:40.
•Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:00.
•New look for ARI: Archibald–Dvorak–Keller skated 13:47 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (39.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Mikael Backlund CGY	at FLA	1	2	3	3	0	2	18:59	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	at CAR	1	2	3	3	1	0	22:34	—
Evgenii Dadonov FLA	vs CGY	2	0	2	8	0	2	20:37	—
Darnell Nurse EDM	at ARI	2	0	2	3	3	2	18:40	—
Sean Monahan CGY	at FLA	1	1	2	5	0	0	16:15	—
Jordan Staal CAR	vs WSH	1	1	2	2	1	3	22:29	—
Sebastian Aho CAR	vs WSH	1	1	2	2	0	0	18:04	—
David Kampf CHI	vs WPG	1	1	2	2	0	0	13:17	—
Matthew Tkachuk CGY	at FLA	1	1	2	1	0	0	16:08	—
Thomas Vanek VAN	at CBJ	0	2	2	4	1	0	13:39	—
Connor McDavid EDM	at ARI	0	2	2	3	0	0	21:00	—
Henrik Sedin VAN	at CBJ	0	2	2	2	1	0	17:53	—

Line changes

New look for CBJ: Jenner–Bjorkstrand–Wennberg skated 11:42 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 →
New look for CHI: Duclair–DeBrincat–Kampf skated 8:11 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CHI: Sharp–Bouma–Wingels skated 6:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ARI: Archibald–Dvorak–Keller skated 13:47 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (39.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ARI: Stepan–Panik–Perlini skated 12:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ARI: Richardson–Cousins–Martinook skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
David Rittich CGY	at FLA	W	43	2	.953
Philipp Grubauer WSH	at CAR	W	39	3	.923
Jeff Glass CHI	vs WPG	W	32	1	.969
Jacob Markstrom VAN	at CBJ	W	29	2	.931
Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ	vs VAN	L	28	4	.857
James Reimer FLA	vs CGY	L	28	3	.893
Cam Ward CAR	vs WSH	L	27	4	.852
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at CHI	L	27	2	.926
Antti Raanta ARI	vs EDM	L	26	3	.885
Al Montoya EDM	at ARI	W	19	0	.1000
Cam Talbot EDM	at ARI	—	3	2	.333

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.