NHL Recaps: Saturday, Feb 24, 2018

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

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Philadelphia Flyers

Ottawa Senators

Philadelphia Flyers beat Ottawa Senators 5–3

Philadelphia Flyers beat Ottawa Senators 5–3 at OTT. Brandon Manning (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. OTT's first power-play unit (Gaborik, Ryan, Smith, Hoffman and Chabot) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:46 together.

•Brandon Manning had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:04.
•Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:43.
•Mike Hoffman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:08.

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Calgary Flames rout Colorado Avalanche 5–1

Calgary Flames beat Colorado Avalanche 5–1 at home. Mikael Backlund (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Nikita Zadorov (COL) played 7:45, −11:52 down on his 19:37 season average over 76 games.

•Mikael Backlund had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:11.
•Troy Brouwer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:23.
•Matthew Tkachuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:25.

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New Jersey Devils edge New York Islanders 2–1

New Jersey Devils beat New York Islanders 2–1 at home. Kyle Palmieri (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for NJD: Grabner–Palmieri–Zacha skated 6:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Kyle Palmieri had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 16:55.
•Taylor Hall had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:19.
•New look for NJD: Grabner–Palmieri–Zacha skated 6:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Toronto Maple Leafs edge Boston Bruins 4–3

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 4–3 at home. Mitch Marner (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

•Mitch Marner had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 18:33.
•Brad Marchand had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:36.
•Nazem Kadri had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 17:49.

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Tampa Bay Lightning edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3 (SO)

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 4–3 in a shootout at MTL. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk and Drouin) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:57 together.

•Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:32.
•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 24:26.
•MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk and Drouin) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:57 together.

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Detroit Red Wings beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1

Detroit Red Wings beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 at home. Dylan Larkin (DET) led the scoring with 0G 2A. DET's first power-play unit (Zetterberg, Kronwall, Nyquist, Tatar and Mantha) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:52 together.

•Dylan Larkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:17.
•DET's first power-play unit (Zetterberg, Kronwall, Nyquist, Tatar and Mantha) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:52 together.
•New look for CAR: Williams–McGinn–Lindholm skated 9:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Florida Panthers edge Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5

Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 at home. Evgenii Dadonov (FLA) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

•Evgenii Dadonov had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:16.
•Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:13.
•Aleksander Barkov had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:56.

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Washington Capitals rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

Washington Capitals beat Buffalo Sabres 5–1 at home. Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for WSH: Oshie–Kuznetsov–Connolly skated 11:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 18:52.
•Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 11 shots in 18:53.
•John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:09.

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Chicago Blackhawks

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 at home. Pierre-Luc Dubois (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Ryan Hartman (CHI) played 4:16, −8:55 down on his 13:11 season average over 77 games.

•Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:39.
•Ryan Hartman (CHI) played 4:16, −8:55 down on his 13:11 season average over 77 games.
•New look for CBJ: Anderson–Bjorkstrand–Wennberg skated 6:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Winnipeg Jets beat Dallas Stars 5–3

Winnipeg Jets beat Dallas Stars 5–3 at DAL. Nikolaj Ehlers (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 12:24.
•Dustin Byfuglien had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 26:03.
•Patrik Laine had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:35.

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Arizona Coyotes beat Anaheim Ducks 2–0

Arizona Coyotes beat Anaheim Ducks 2–0 at home. Josh Archibald (ARI) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Ryan Miller (ANA) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +10 against a season average of 27.4; the loss.

•Josh Archibald had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:24.
•Ryan Miller (ANA) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +10 against a season average of 27.4; the loss.
•New look for ARI: Domi–Dvorak–Fischer skated 6:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Edmonton Oilers edge Los Angeles Kings 4–3

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 4–3 at LAK. Michael Cammalleri (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for LAK: Brown–Kopitar–Rieder skated 9:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Michael Cammalleri had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:43.
•Ryan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:50.
•New look for LAK: Brown–Kopitar–Rieder skated 9:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH	vs BUF	1	3	4	4	0	0	18:52	—
Mitch Marner TOR	vs BOS	1	3	4	2	2	0	18:33	—
Evgenii Dadonov FLA	vs PIT	3	0	3	3	0	1	20:16	—
Evgeni Malkin PIT	at FLA	2	1	3	3	0	0	17:13	—
Brandon Manning PHI	at OTT	1	2	3	3	3	4	18:04	—
Mikael Backlund CGY	vs COL	1	2	3	3	0	1	16:11	—
Nikolaj Ehlers WPG	at DAL	1	2	3	2	0	1	12:24	—
Aleksander Barkov FLA	vs PIT	0	3	3	4	0	0	22:56	—
Dustin Byfuglien WPG	at DAL	0	3	3	2	1	1	26:03	—
Michael Cammalleri EDM	at LAK	0	3	3	2	0	0	15:43	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	vs BUF	2	0	2	11	0	0	18:53	—
Kyle Palmieri NJD	vs NYI	2	0	2	8	2	0	16:55	—

Line changes

New look for NJD: Grabner–Palmieri–Zacha skated 6:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NJD: Boyle–Stafford–Coleman skated 5:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CAR: Williams–McGinn–Lindholm skated 9:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WSH: Oshie–Kuznetsov–Connolly skated 11:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CBJ: Anderson–Bjorkstrand–Wennberg skated 6:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ARI: Domi–Dvorak–Fischer skated 6:24 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 ARI: Rinaldo–Hamilton–Archibald skated 8:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Brown–Kopitar–Rieder skated 9:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Thompson–Mitchell–Clifford skated 9:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Craig Anderson OTT	vs PHI	L	39	5	.872
Antti Niemi MTL	vs TBL	O	39	3	.923
Roberto Luongo FLA	vs PIT	W	37	5	.865
Ryan Miller ANA	at ARI	L	37	1	.973
Tuukka Rask BOS	at TOR	L	36	4	.889
Michael Hutchinson WPG	at DAL	W	36	3	.917
Robin Lehner BUF	at WSH	L	35	4	.886
Jaroslav Halak NYI	at NJD	L	33	2	.939
Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ	vs CHI	W	33	2	.939
Cam Talbot EDM	at LAK	W	33	3	.909
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at MTL	W	32	3	.906
Keith Kinkaid NJD	vs NYI	W	31	1	.968
Semyon Varlamov COL	at CGY	L	29	5	.828
Jon Gillies CGY	vs COL	W	29	1	.966
Jimmy Howard DET	vs CAR	W	29	1	.966
Philipp Grubauer WSH	vs BUF	W	29	1	.966
Anton Forsberg CHI	at CBJ	L	29	3	.897
Petr Mrazek PHI	at OTT	W	28	3	.893
Antti Raanta ARI	vs ANA	W	26	0	.1000
Jonathan Quick LAK	vs EDM	L	24	3	.875
Frederik Andersen TOR	vs BOS	W	23	3	.870
Scott Darling CAR	at DET	L	22	3	.864
Kari Lehtonen DAL	vs WPG	L	21	4	.810
Tristan Jarry PIT	at FLA	—	16	4	.750
Matt Murray PIT	at FLA	L	14	2	.857
Ben Bishop DAL	vs WPG	—	6	1	.833

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