NHL Recaps: Sunday, Mar 11, 2018

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

Game recaps

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Boston Bruins

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks beat Boston Bruins 3–1

Chicago Blackhawks beat Boston Bruins 3–1 at home. Jonathan Toews (CHI) led the scoring with 0G 3A. CHI's first power-play unit (Anisimov, Toews, Kane, Gustafsson and Hinostroza) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 5:05 together.

•Jonathan Toews had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:23.
•Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:44.
•Erik Gustafsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:18.

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New York Islanders beat Calgary Flames 5–2

New York Islanders beat Calgary Flames 5–2 at CGY. Johnny Boychuk (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Johnny Boychuk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:05.
•Anders Lee had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:57.
•Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:06.

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Pittsburgh Penguins beat Dallas Stars 3–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Dallas Stars 3–1 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 6:34 together.

•Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:37.
•Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:08.
•PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 6:34 together.

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Arizona Coyotes edge Vancouver Canucks 1–0

Arizona Coyotes beat Vancouver Canucks 1–0 at home. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. ARI's first power-play unit (Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Panik, Keller and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:35 together.

•ARI's first power-play unit (Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Panik, Keller and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:35 together.
•New look for ARI: Domi–Perlini–Dvorak skated 13:05 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 VAN: Leipsic–Horvat–Goldobin skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48% 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
Johnny Boychuk NYI	at CGY	1	2	3	3	1	1	21:05	—
Jonathan Toews CHI	vs BOS	0	3	3	1	0	0	21:23	—
Anders Lee NYI	at CGY	2	0	2	2	0	3	15:57	—
Patrick Kane CHI	vs BOS	1	1	2	5	1	0	21:44	—
Evgeni Malkin PIT	vs DAL	1	1	2	4	2	1	20:37	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	vs NYI	1	1	2	3	0	0	24:06	—
Nick Leddy NYI	at CGY	1	1	2	2	1	1	19:32	—
Erik Gustafsson CHI	vs BOS	0	2	2	3	0	0	19:18	—
John Tavares NYI	at CGY	0	2	2	2	0	1	19:00	—
Sidney Crosby PIT	vs DAL	0	2	2	2	0	0	21:08	—
Casey Cizikas NYI	at CGY	0	2	2	1	1	0	12:01	—
Patric Hornqvist PIT	vs DAL	1	0	1	7	1	1	18:38	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Nash–Nash–Pastrnak skated 8:03 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 ARI: Domi–Perlini–Dvorak skated 13:05 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 VAN: Leipsic–Horvat–Goldobin skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Gagner–Sutter–Archibald skated 7:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Christopher Gibson NYI	at CGY	W	52	2	.962
Anton Khudobin BOS	at CHI	L	39	3	.923
Anton Forsberg CHI	vs BOS	W	32	1	.969
Kari Lehtonen DAL	at PIT	L	29	2	.931
Darcy Kuemper ARI	vs VAN	W	27	0	.1000
Mike Smith CGY	vs NYI	L	26	4	.846
Jacob Markstrom VAN	at ARI	L	24	1	.958
Casey DeSmith PIT	vs DAL	W	18	1	.944

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