NHL Recaps: Thursday, Feb 8, 2018

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

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New York Islanders

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres edge New York Islanders 4–3

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders 4–3 at home. Sam Reinhart (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:18 together.

•Sam Reinhart had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:03.
•Evan Rodrigues had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:04.
•Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:41.

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Calgary Flames edge New Jersey Devils 3–2

Calgary Flames beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 at NJD. Sean Monahan (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Boyle, Palmieri, Hall, Butcher and Zacha) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:45 together.

•Sean Monahan had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:17.
•Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:44.
•Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:24.

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Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3

Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3 at home. Claude Giroux (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PHI's first power-play unit (Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier and Gostisbehere) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 4:19 together.

•Claude Giroux had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:07.
•Shayne Gostisbehere had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:39.
•Travis Konecny had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:17.

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Ottawa Senators edge Nashville Predators 4–3 (OT)

Ottawa Senators beat Nashville Predators 4–3 in overtime at home. P.K. Subban (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Craig Anderson (OTT) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +8 against a season average of 30.5; the win.

•P.K. Subban had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:36.
•Ryan Dzingel had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:38.
•Scott Hartnell had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:22.

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Tampa Bay Lightning beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2 at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 18:32.
•Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:29.
•Victor Hedman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 26:12.

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St. Louis Blues rout Colorado Avalanche 6–1

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 6–1 at home. Vince Dunn (STL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Joel Edmundson (STL) played 2:55, −18:05 down on his 21:00 season average over 68 games.

•Vince Dunn had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:50.
•Brayden Schenn had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:21.
•Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:54.

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Arizona Coyotes edge Minnesota Wild 4–3 (OT)

Arizona Coyotes beat Minnesota Wild 4–3 in overtime at MIN. Nick Cousins (ARI) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Nick Cousins had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:41.
•Kevin Connauton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:36.
•Matt Cullen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:15.

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Dallas Stars beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2

Dallas Stars beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 at CHI. Tyler Seguin (DAL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Seabrook, Anisimov, Kane, Hinostroza and Schmaltz) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:20 together.

•Tyler Seguin had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:49.
•Brent Seabrook had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:02.
•CHI's first power-play unit (Seabrook, Anisimov, Kane, Hinostroza and Schmaltz) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:20 together.

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Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–3 at SJS. Brent Burns (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. VGK won it by committee.

•Brent Burns had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 25:59.
•Joe Pavelski had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:55.
•Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:57.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Sam Reinhart BUF	vs NYI	1	2	3	2	1	1	15:03	—
Claude Giroux PHI	vs MTL	1	2	3	2	0	0	17:07	—
Brent Burns SJS	vs VGK	0	3	3	5	1	1	25:59	—
Shayne Gostisbehere PHI	vs MTL	0	3	3	1	0	2	20:39	—
Vince Dunn STL	vs COL	0	3	3	1	1	0	19:50	—
Joe Pavelski SJS	vs VGK	2	0	2	5	0	2	19:55	—
P.K. Subban NSH	at OTT	2	0	2	4	3	1	22:36	—
Nick Cousins ARI	at MIN	2	0	2	4	1	1	14:41	—
Tyler Seguin DAL	at CHI	2	0	2	3	2	1	19:49	—
Brayden Schenn STL	vs COL	2	0	2	3	1	1	15:21	—
Sean Monahan CGY	at NJD	2	0	2	3	0	1	18:17	—
Travis Konecny PHI	vs MTL	2	0	2	2	1	0	12:17	—

Line changes

New look for NJD: Boyle–Stafford–Quenneville skated 8:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for STL: Steen–Stastny–Tarasenko skated 10:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CHI: Anisimov–Kane–Hartman skated 11:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Devan Dubnyk MIN	vs ARI	O	40	4	.900
Ben Bishop DAL	at CHI	W	39	2	.949
Craig Anderson OTT	vs NSH	W	38	3	.921
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at SJS	W	38	3	.921
Juuse Saros NSH	at OTT	O	36	4	.889
Anders Nilsson VAN	at TBL	L	36	5	.861
David Rittich CGY	at NJD	W	32	2	.938
Martin Jones SJS	vs VGK	L	32	4	.875
Robin Lehner BUF	vs NYI	W	29	3	.897
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs VAN	W	29	2	.931
Anton Forsberg CHI	vs DAL	L	29	3	.897
Brian Elliott PHI	vs MTL	W	28	3	.893
Antti Raanta ARI	at MIN	W	28	3	.893
Carey Price MTL	at PHI	L	27	4	.852
Keith Kinkaid NJD	vs CGY	L	25	3	.880
Carter Hutton STL	vs COL	W	24	1	.958
Jaroslav Halak NYI	at BUF	L	22	4	.818
Jonathan Bernier COL	at STL	L	20	3	.850
Semyon Varlamov COL	at STL	—	11	3	.727

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