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NHL Recaps: Thursday, Mar 15, 2018

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

Game recaps

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Toronto Maple Leafs
5
Buffalo Sabres
2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2 at BUF. James van Riemsdyk (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (O'Reilly, Wilson, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Rodrigues) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:41 together.

  • •James van Riemsdyk had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:06.
  • •Patrick Marleau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:08.
  • •Evan Rodrigues had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:28.
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Boston Bruins
0
Florida Panthers
3

Florida Panthers beat Boston Bruins 3–0

Florida Panthers beat Boston Bruins 3–0 at home. Nick Bjugstad (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. FLA's first power-play unit (Yandle, Dadonov, Trocheck, Huberdeau and Barkov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:51 together.

  • •Nick Bjugstad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:42.
  • •Evgenii Dadonov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:41.
  • •FLA's first power-play unit (Yandle, Dadonov, Trocheck, Huberdeau and Barkov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:51 together.
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Colorado Avalanche
4
St. Louis Blues
1

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat St. Louis Blues 4–1 at STL. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 2G 2A. Semyon Varlamov (COL) faced 45 shots and stopped 44 (.978), +14 against a season average of 31.3; the win.

  • •Mikko Rantanen had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 18:39.
  • •Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:31.
  • •Gabriel Landeskog had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:39.
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Chicago Blackhawks
2
Winnipeg Jets
6

Winnipeg Jets rout Chicago Blackhawks 6–2

Winnipeg Jets beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–2 at home. Kyle Connor (WPG) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for WPG: Perreault–Armia–Copp skated 10:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  • •Kyle Connor had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:14.
  • •Bryan Little had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:48.
  • •Jack Roslovic had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 7:48.
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Nashville Predators
3
Arizona Coyotes
2

Nashville Predators edge Arizona Coyotes 3–2

Nashville Predators beat Arizona Coyotes 3–2 at ARI. Kyle Turris (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for NSH: Bonino–Forsberg–Hartman skated 5:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  • •Kyle Turris had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:54.
  • •Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:06.
  • •Craig Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:40.
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Detroit Red Wings
1
Los Angeles Kings
4

Los Angeles Kings beat Detroit Red Wings 4–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Detroit Red Wings 4–1 at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 3A. DET's first power-play unit (Zetterberg, Kronwall, Nielsen, Abdelkader and Nyquist) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:59 together.

  • •Anze Kopitar had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 22:16.
  • •Drew Doughty had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 26:26.
  • •Dustin Brown had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:41.
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Top performers

PlayerGameGAPSOGHitsBlkTOIPP
Mikko Rantanen COLat STL22430118:39—
Anze Kopitar LAKvs DET13421122:16—
Cam Atkinson CBJat PHI30360020:48—
Patric Hornqvist PITat MTL213103118:07—
Nathan MacKinnon COLat STL21330119:31—
James van Riemsdyk TORat BUF21321016:06—
Nicklas Backstrom WSHat NYI12320117:01—
Dmitry Orlov WSHat NYI12320120:54—
Kyle Turris NSHat ARI12320015:54—
Gabriel Landeskog COLat STL03331018:39—
Drew Doughty LAKvs DET03314126:26—
Evgeny Kuznetsov WSHat NYI03311019:28—

Line changes

  • New look for WPG: Perreault–Armia–Copp skated 10:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for NSH: Bonino–Forsberg–Hartman skated 5:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for NSH: Hartnell–Johansen–Arvidsson skated 6:45 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 DET: Glendening–Frk–Svechnikov skated 4:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

GoalieGameDecSAGASV%
James Reimer FLAvs BOSW460.1000
Semyon Varlamov COLat STLW451.978
Curtis McElhinney TORat BUFW402.950
Robin Lehner BUFvs TORL384.895
Philipp Grubauer WSHat NYIW383.921
Antti Niemi MTLvs PITL384.895
Pekka Rinne NSHat ARIW342.941
J-F Berube CHIat WPG—322.938
Sergei Bobrovsky CBJat PHIW303.900
Darcy Kuemper ARIvs NSHL293.897
Anton Khudobin BOSat FLAL283.893
Connor Hellebuyck WPGvs CHIW272.926
Jake Allen STLvs COLL223.864
Jonathan Quick LAKvs DETW211.952
Jared Coreau DETat LAKL213.857
Tristan Jarry PITat MTLW203.850
Alex Lyon PHIvs CBJ—180.1000
Christopher Gibson NYIvs WSHL125.583
Petr Mrazek PHIvs CBJL104.600
Jaroslav Halak NYIvs WSH—91.889
Anton Forsberg CHIat WPGL63.500

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