NHL Recaps: Friday, Jan 19, 2018

3 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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Vegas Golden Knights

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 (OT)

Florida Panthers beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 in overtime at home. Aleksander Barkov (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for FLA: Vrbata–Brickley–Trocheck skated 11:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Aleksander Barkov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:39.
•Erik Haula had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:45.
•New look for FLA: Vrbata–Brickley–Trocheck skated 11:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Montreal Canadiens edge Washington Capitals 3–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Washington Capitals 3–2 at WSH. Max Pacioretty (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk and Drouin) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:11 together.

•Max Pacioretty had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:58.
•Paul Byron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:36.
•MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk and Drouin) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:11 together.

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Anaheim Ducks edge Los Angeles Kings 2–1

Anaheim Ducks beat Los Angeles Kings 2–1 at home. Ryan Kesler (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for ANA: Vermette–Wagner–Brown skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for ANA: Vermette–Wagner–Brown skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for LAK: Gaborik–Mitchell–Amadio skated 4:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Brandon Montour (ANA) played 14:46, −5:47 down on his 20:33 season average over 79 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Max Pacioretty MTL	at WSH	2	1	3	4	2	2	17:58	—
Aleksander Barkov FLA	vs VGK	1	2	3	5	0	2	19:39	—
Paul Byron MTL	at WSH	1	1	2	4	2	0	16:36	—
Erik Haula VGK	at FLA	0	2	2	1	0	0	18:45	—
John Carlson WSH	vs MTL	1	0	1	8	0	1	29:11	—
Mark Pysyk FLA	vs VGK	0	0	0	0	5	4	24:19	—

Line changes

New look for FLA: Vrbata–Brickley–Trocheck skated 11:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Backstrom–Wilson skated 7:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (21.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Vermette–Wagner–Brown skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Gaborik–Mitchell–Amadio skated 4:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
James Reimer FLA	vs VGK	W	36	3	.917
Jonathan Quick LAK	at ANA	L	31	2	.935
Malcolm Subban VGK	at FLA	O	26	4	.846
Antti Niemi MTL	at WSH	W	26	2	.923
Philipp Grubauer WSH	vs MTL	L	25	2	.920
John Gibson ANA	vs LAK	W	24	1	.958

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