NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Feb 7, 2018

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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Nashville Predators

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Nashville Predators 3–2 (SO)

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Nashville Predators 3–2 in a shootout at home. Viktor Arvidsson (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Frederik Andersen (TOR) faced 46 shots and stopped 44 (.957), +13 against a season average of 33.5; the win.

•Frederik Andersen (TOR) faced 46 shots and stopped 44 (.957), +13 against a season average of 33.5; the win.
•Auston Matthews (TOR) played 21:28, +3:24 up on his 18:04 season average over 61 games.
•Nikita Zaitsev (TOR) threw 6 hits and blocked 2 shots, a night for hits leagues.

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Boston Bruins rout New York Rangers 6–1

Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 6–1 at NYR. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–Pastrnak skated 12:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Patrice Bergeron had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 18:10.
•Zdeno Chara had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:34.
•Matt Grzelcyk had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:05.

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Los Angeles Kings beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2 at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. EDM's first power-play unit (Strome, Klefbom, Draisaitl, McDavid and Caggiula) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:44 together.

•Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:42.
•Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:39.
•Drew Doughty had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 27:11.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Patrice Bergeron BOS	at NYR	2	0	2	7	0	1	18:10	—
Zdeno Chara BOS	at NYR	1	1	2	5	1	1	18:34	—
Anze Kopitar LAK	vs EDM	1	1	2	2	0	2	21:42	—
Connor McDavid EDM	at LAK	1	1	2	2	0	1	23:39	—
Drew Doughty LAK	vs EDM	0	2	2	3	2	0	27:11	—
Trevor Lewis LAK	vs EDM	0	2	2	2	0	0	16:01	—
Matt Grzelcyk BOS	at NYR	0	2	2	0	1	1	17:05	—
Nikita Zaitsev TOR	vs NSH	0	0	0	1	6	2	20:48	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–Pastrnak skated 12:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BOS: Kuraly–Schaller–Czarnik skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Frederik Andersen TOR	vs NSH	W	46	2	.957
Pekka Rinne NSH	at TOR	O	32	2	.938
Darcy Kuemper LAK	vs EDM	W	27	2	.926
Cam Talbot EDM	at LAK	L	26	3	.885
Anton Khudobin BOS	at NYR	W	22	1	.955
Ondrej Pavelec NYR	vs BOS	—	18	2	.889
Henrik Lundqvist NYR	vs BOS	L	16	4	.750

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