NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Mar 21, 2018

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

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Arizona Coyotes

Buffalo Sabres

Arizona Coyotes beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1

Arizona Coyotes beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1 at BUF. Derek Stepan (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. ARI's first power-play unit (Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Panik, Keller and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:13 together.

•Derek Stepan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:59.
•Clayton Keller had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:50.
•ARI's first power-play unit (Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Panik, Keller and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:13 together.

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Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3 at home. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:29 together.

•Jake Guentzel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:14.
•Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:37.
•Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:12.

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St. Louis Blues edge Boston Bruins 2–1 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat Boston Bruins 2–1 in overtime at home. Jaden Schwartz (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Nash, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak and Donato) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:25 together.

•Jaden Schwartz had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:02.
•Brayden Schenn had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:01.
•BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Nash, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak and Donato) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:25 together.

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Anaheim Ducks rout Calgary Flames 4–0

Anaheim Ducks beat Calgary Flames 4–0 at CGY. Francois Beauchemin (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Michael Stone (CGY) played 24:34, +7:55 up on his 16:39 season average over 81 games.

•Francois Beauchemin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:37.
•Ryan Getzlaf had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:42.
•Michael Stone (CGY) played 24:34, +7:55 up on his 16:39 season average over 81 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jake Guentzel PIT	vs MTL	1	2	3	3	2	1	15:14	—
Jaden Schwartz STL	vs BOS	2	0	2	4	1	0	20:02	—
Derek Stepan ARI	at BUF	1	1	2	4	0	1	17:59	—
Sidney Crosby PIT	vs MTL	1	1	2	4	1	0	18:12	—
Francois Beauchemin ANA	at CGY	1	1	2	2	1	3	19:37	—
Evgeni Malkin PIT	vs MTL	1	1	2	1	0	1	19:37	—
Phil Kessel PIT	vs MTL	0	2	2	4	0	0	18:06	—
Brayden Schenn STL	vs BOS	0	2	2	1	1	1	21:01	—
Clayton Keller ARI	at BUF	0	2	2	1	0	0	16:50	—
Ryan Getzlaf ANA	at CGY	0	2	2	0	2	1	21:42	—
Jacob de la Rose MTL	at PIT	1	0	1	2	8	0	15:47	—
Sam Bennett CGY	vs ANA	0	0	0	2	10	1	18:23	—

Line changes

New look for ARI: Archibald–Domi–Dvorak skated 9:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BUF: Okposo–Bailey–Eichel skated 7:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BOS: Gionta–Wingels–Szwarz skated 8:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CGY: Ferland–Jankowski–Hathaway skated 8:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CGY: Stajan–Glass–Lazar skated 8:57 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Carey Price MTL	at PIT	L	39	5	.872
Antti Raanta ARI	at BUF	W	30	1	.967
Casey DeSmith PIT	vs MTL	W	30	3	.900
John Gibson ANA	at CGY	W	29	0	.1000
Jake Allen STL	vs BOS	W	22	1	.955
Anton Khudobin BOS	at STL	O	20	2	.900
Chad Johnson BUF	vs ARI	L	15	2	.867
Linus Ullmark BUF	vs ARI	—	13	1	.923
Mike Smith CGY	vs ANA	L	11	3	.727
David Rittich CGY	vs ANA	—	5	1	.800

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