NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Mar 7, 2018

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

Game recaps

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Calgary Flames

Buffalo Sabres

Calgary Flames rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

Calgary Flames beat Buffalo Sabres 5–1 at BUF. Mark Jankowski (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Mark Giordano had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:26.
•Mark Jankowski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:20.
•Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:53.

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Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 at PHI. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 0G 3A.

•Sidney Crosby had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:20.
•Conor Sheary had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:44.
•Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:48.

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Arizona Coyotes edge Vancouver Canucks 2–1

Arizona Coyotes beat Vancouver Canucks 2–1 at VAN. Clayton Keller (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. ARI's first power-play unit (Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Perlini, Fischer and Keller) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:38 together.

•Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:36.
•Brendan Perlini had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:30.
•ARI's first power-play unit (Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Perlini, Fischer and Keller) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:38 together.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Sidney Crosby PIT	at PHI	0	3	3	3	0	1	20:20	—
Conor Sheary PIT	at PHI	2	0	2	3	0	0	11:44	—
Mark Jankowski CGY	at BUF	1	1	2	4	0	0	12:20	—
Sean Monahan CGY	at BUF	1	1	2	4	0	0	12:35	—
Clayton Keller ARI	at VAN	1	1	2	4	0	0	18:36	—
Sam Bennett CGY	at BUF	1	1	2	3	3	0	13:53	—
Mark Giordano CGY	at BUF	1	1	2	3	2	0	21:26	—
Evgeni Malkin PIT	at PHI	1	1	2	3	0	0	18:48	—
Jamie Oleksiak PIT	at PHI	1	1	2	1	2	2	17:03	—
Brendan Perlini ARI	at VAN	0	2	2	3	2	0	17:30	—
TJ Brodie CGY	at BUF	0	2	2	1	0	0	21:33	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	at BUF	0	2	2	1	0	0	15:06	—

Line changes

New look for ARI: Panik–Archibald–Dauphin skated 7:39 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jacob Markstrom VAN	vs ARI	L	34	2	.941
Tristan Jarry PIT	at PHI	W	28	2	.929
Petr Mrazek PHI	vs PIT	L	27	4	.852
David Rittich CGY	at BUF	W	26	1	.962
Chad Johnson BUF	vs CGY	L	22	4	.818
Robin Lehner BUF	vs CGY	—	19	1	.947
Darcy Kuemper ARI	at VAN	W	17	1	.941

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.