NHL Recaps: Sunday, Feb 25, 2018

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

Game recaps

Final

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St. Louis Blues

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators rout St. Louis Blues 4–0

Nashville Predators beat St. Louis Blues 4–0 at home. Kevin Fiala (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for STL: Schenn–Schwartz–Thompson skated 9:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for STL: Schenn–Schwartz–Thompson skated 9:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for STL: Stastny–Tarasenko–Barbashev skated 8:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jake Allen (STL) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +12 against a season average of 27.4; the loss.

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Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 4–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 4–1 at home. Evan Rodrigues (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Rodrigues) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:15 together.

•Evan Rodrigues had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:31.
•Victor Antipin had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:09.
•BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Rodrigues) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:15 together.

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Detroit Red Wings edge New York Rangers 3–2 (OT)

Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers 3–2 in overtime at NYR. Ryan Spooner (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for NYR: Zuccarello–Miller–Vesey skated 12:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Ryan Spooner had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:31.
•New look for NYR: Zuccarello–Miller–Vesey skated 12:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for NYR: Spooner–Hayes–Fast skated 10:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Minnesota Wild edge San Jose Sharks 3–2 (OT)

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 in overtime at home. Jared Spurgeon (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Dylan DeMelo (SJS) played 25:44, +11:43 up on his 14:01 season average over 62 games.

•Jared Spurgeon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:13.
•Jason Zucker had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:21.
•Dylan DeMelo (SJS) played 25:44, +11:43 up on his 14:01 season average over 62 games.

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Edmonton Oilers edge Anaheim Ducks 6–5 (SO)

Edmonton Oilers beat Anaheim Ducks 6–5 in a shootout at ANA. Ryan Getzlaf (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 3A. EDM won it by committee.

•Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 21:18.
•Rickard Rakell had a hat trick (3 points) on 9 shots in 16:53.
•Connor McDavid had 3 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 27:22.

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Vancouver Canucks beat Arizona Coyotes 3–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Arizona Coyotes 3–1 at ARI. Daniel Sedin (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. ARI's first power-play unit (Goligoski, Stepan, Cousins, Perlini and Dvorak) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:30 together.

•Daniel Sedin had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:52.
•Troy Stecher had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:33.
•ARI's first power-play unit (Goligoski, Stepan, Cousins, Perlini and Dvorak) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:30 together.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Ryan Getzlaf ANA	vs EDM	1	3	4	4	2	3	21:18	—
Rickard Rakell ANA	vs EDM	3	0	3	9	2	0	16:53	—
Connor McDavid EDM	at ANA	0	3	3	7	0	0	27:22	—
Corey Perry ANA	vs EDM	0	3	3	3	3	0	18:16	—
Ryan Strome EDM	at ANA	2	0	2	2	0	0	12:10	—
Daniel Sedin VAN	at ARI	2	0	2	2	0	0	15:52	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	at ANA	1	1	2	3	1	0	24:26	—
Evan Rodrigues BUF	vs BOS	1	1	2	2	0	0	15:31	—
Jared Spurgeon MIN	vs SJS	1	1	2	2	0	0	25:13	—
Jason Zucker MIN	vs SJS	0	2	2	4	1	0	19:21	—
Michael Cammalleri EDM	at ANA	0	2	2	3	1	1	17:56	—
Ryan Spooner NYR	vs DET	0	2	2	2	2	1	16:31	—

Line changes

New look for STL: Schenn–Schwartz–Thompson skated 9:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for STL: Stastny–Tarasenko–Barbashev skated 8:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for STL: Brodziak–Sobotka–Jaskin skated 7:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for STL: Steen–Berglund–Soshnikov skated 8:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BUF: O'Reilly–Girgensons–Reinhart skated 10:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYR: Zuccarello–Miller–Vesey skated 12:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYR: Spooner–Hayes–Fast skated 10:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Couture–Hertl–Karlsson skated 11:37 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%
Al Montoya EDM	at ANA	W	46	5	.891
Ryan Miller ANA	vs EDM	O	42	5	.881
Jacob Markstrom VAN	at ARI	W	42	1	.976
Martin Jones SJS	at MIN	O	41	3	.927
Jake Allen STL	at NSH	L	39	4	.897
Jimmy Howard DET	at NYR	W	38	2	.947
Chad Johnson BUF	vs BOS	W	35	1	.971
Henrik Lundqvist NYR	vs DET	O	34	3	.912
Devan Dubnyk MIN	vs SJS	W	28	2	.929
Pekka Rinne NSH	vs STL	W	27	0	.1000
Darcy Kuemper ARI	vs VAN	L	27	3	.889
Anton Khudobin BOS	at BUF	L	24	4	.833

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