NHL Recaps: Monday, Feb 26, 2018

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

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Washington Capitals

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets rout Washington Capitals 5–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Washington Capitals 5–1 at home. Cam Atkinson (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg, Panarin and Dubois) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:38 together.

•Cam Atkinson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:09.
•Seth Jones had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:30.
•Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:09.

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Philadelphia Flyers edge Montreal Canadiens 1–0 (SO)

Philadelphia Flyers beat Montreal Canadiens 1–0 in a shootout at MTL. New look for MTL: Deslauriers–Shaw–Carr skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (15.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for MTL: Deslauriers–Shaw–Carr skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (15.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Victor Mete (MTL) played 22:13, +6:46 up on his 15:27 season average over 48 games.
•Travis Konecny (PHI) played 19:23, +4:32 up on his 14:51 season average over 80 games.

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Tampa Bay Lightning edge Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 (SO)

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 in a shootout at home. Mitch Marner (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TOR's first power-play unit (van Riemsdyk, Bozak, Kadri, Rielly and Marner) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:00 together.

•Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:46.
•Morgan Rielly had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:26.
•TOR's first power-play unit (van Riemsdyk, Bozak, Kadri, Rielly and Marner) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:00 together.

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Colorado Avalanche beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Jost) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 5:26 together.

•Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 9 shots in 20:38.
•Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:38.
•COL's first power-play unit (Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Jost) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 5:26 together.

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Los Angeles Kings edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 (OT)

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in overtime at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. LAK's first power-play unit (Phaneuf, Carter, Brown, Kopitar and Doughty) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:27 together.

•Anze Kopitar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 24:40.
•Dustin Brown had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:03.
•LAK's first power-play unit (Phaneuf, Carter, Brown, Kopitar and Doughty) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:27 together.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs VAN	2	1	3	9	0	0	20:38	—
Seth Jones CBJ	vs WSH	1	2	3	5	2	1	19:30	—
Anze Kopitar LAK	vs VGK	1	2	3	5	1	1	24:40	—
Cam Atkinson CBJ	vs WSH	1	2	3	5	0	0	20:09	—
Dustin Brown LAK	vs VGK	1	1	2	5	2	1	23:03	—
Mitch Marner TOR	at TBL	1	1	2	4	0	0	17:46	—
Artemi Panarin CBJ	vs WSH	1	1	2	3	0	0	19:09	—
Mikko Rantanen COL	vs VAN	1	1	2	1	0	0	19:38	—
Morgan Rielly TOR	at TBL	0	2	2	4	0	1	20:26	—
Jeff Carter LAK	vs VGK	1	0	1	9	0	0	19:17	—
Reilly Smith VGK	at LAK	1	0	1	8	2	0	22:06	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	at CBJ	1	0	1	8	1	0	22:08	—

Line changes

New look for MTL: Deslauriers–Shaw–Carr skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (15.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TBL: Killorn–Stamkos–Point skated 11:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Sutter–Archibald–Virtanen skated 9:36 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at LAK	O	44	3	.932
Frederik Andersen TOR	at TBL	O	42	3	.929
Jonathan Quick LAK	vs VGK	W	39	2	.949
Charlie Lindgren MTL	vs PHI	O	33	0	.1000
Semyon Varlamov COL	vs VAN	W	32	1	.969
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs TOR	W	30	3	.900
Petr Mrazek PHI	at MTL	W	28	0	.1000
Jacob Markstrom VAN	at COL	L	27	2	.926
Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ	vs WSH	W	26	1	.962
Philipp Grubauer WSH	at CBJ	—	18	0	.1000
Braden Holtby WSH	at CBJ	L	16	4	.750

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