NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Feb 14, 2018

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Columbus Blue Jackets

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Columbus Blue Jackets 6–3

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Columbus Blue Jackets 6–3 at home. Nazem Kadri (TOR) led the scoring with 3G 2A.

•Nazem Kadri had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 4 shots in 16:02.
•Nick Foligno had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:36.
•Patrick Marleau had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:38.

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Colorado Avalanche beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0 at home. Alexander Kerfoot (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MTL: Plekanec–Gallagher–Hudon skated 8:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for MTL: Plekanec–Gallagher–Hudon skated 8:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Semyon Varlamov (COL) faced 44 shots and stopped 44 (.1000), +13 against a season average of 31.3; the win.
•New look for MTL: Byron–Pacioretty–Lehkonen skated 8:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Florida Panthers edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3

Florida Panthers beat Vancouver Canucks 4–3 at VAN. Bo Horvat (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VAN's first power-play unit (Sedin, Sedin, Edler, Horvat and Boeser) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:44 together.

•Bo Horvat had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:14.
•Nick Bjugstad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:38.
•Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:53.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nazem Kadri TOR	vs CBJ	3	2	5	4	0	0	16:02	—
Nick Foligno CBJ	at TOR	2	1	3	3	2	0	16:36	—
Patrick Marleau TOR	vs CBJ	1	2	3	3	0	0	16:38	—
Bo Horvat VAN	vs FLA	1	2	3	2	0	0	20:14	—
Nick Bjugstad FLA	at VAN	1	1	2	4	2	1	16:38	—
Mitch Marner TOR	vs CBJ	1	1	2	3	0	0	15:29	—
Sven Baertschi VAN	vs FLA	0	2	2	3	0	0	16:05	—
Aleksander Barkov FLA	at VAN	0	2	2	2	0	0	23:53	—
Alexander Wennberg CBJ	at TOR	0	2	2	1	2	0	17:26	—
Travis Dermott TOR	vs CBJ	0	2	2	0	2	1	19:40	—
Gabriel Landeskog COL	vs MTL	0	1	1	7	3	0	20:11	—
Roman Polak TOR	vs CBJ	0	1	1	0	5	3	20:52	—

Line changes

New look for MTL: Plekanec–Gallagher–Hudon skated 8:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MTL: Byron–Pacioretty–Lehkonen skated 8:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% 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 CBJ	W	57	3	.947
Semyon Varlamov COL	vs MTL	W	44	0	.1000
James Reimer FLA	at VAN	W	37	3	.919
Joonas Korpisalo CBJ	at TOR	L	27	5	.815
Antti Niemi MTL	at COL	L	25	2	.920
Anders Nilsson VAN	vs FLA	—	20	0	.1000
Jacob Markstrom VAN	vs FLA	L	14	4	.714

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