NHL Recaps: Thursday, Mar 29, 2018

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

Game recaps

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2

Boston Bruins beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 at home. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Patrice Bergeron had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:48.
•Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:30.
•David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:14.

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Detroit Red Wings beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3

Detroit Red Wings beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3 at BUF. Dylan Larkin (DET) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:18 together.

•Anthony Mantha had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:27.
•Dylan Larkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:09.
•Evgeny Svechnikov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:42.

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Pittsburgh Penguins edge New Jersey Devils 4–3 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 in overtime at NJD. Kris Letang (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Hall and Butcher) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:03 together.

•Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:45.
•Patric Hornqvist had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:41.
•Brian Dumoulin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:38.

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Ottawa Senators edge Florida Panthers 3–2 (OT)

Ottawa Senators beat Florida Panthers 3–2 in overtime at home. Jean-Gabriel Pageau (OTT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Erik Karlsson (OTT) played 31:26, +4:46 up on his 26:40 season average over 70 games.

•Jean-Gabriel Pageau had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:13.
•Erik Karlsson (OTT) played 31:26, +4:46 up on his 26:40 season average over 70 games.
•New look for FLA: MacKenzie–Sceviour–McCann skated 8:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Nashville Predators beat San Jose Sharks 5–3

Nashville Predators beat San Jose Sharks 5–3 at home. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A.

•Filip Forsberg had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:53.
•Craig Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:57.
•Mikkel Boedker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:26.

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Minnesota Wild beat Dallas Stars 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat Dallas Stars 5–2 at home. Mathew Dumba (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

•Mathew Dumba had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 26:14.
•Mikael Granlund had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:06.
•Zach Parise had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:51.

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Chicago Blackhawks rout Winnipeg Jets 6–2

Chicago Blackhawks beat Winnipeg Jets 6–2 at home. Tomas Jurco (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Tomas Jurco had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:02.
•Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:09.
•Erik Gustafsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:33.

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Columbus Blue Jackets

Calgary Flames

Columbus Blue Jackets rout Calgary Flames 5–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Calgary Flames 5–1 at CGY. Pierre-Luc Dubois (CBJ) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for CGY: Ferland–Shore–Lazar skated 14:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Pierre-Luc Dubois had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:46.
•Artemi Panarin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:12.
•Cam Atkinson had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:14.

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Vancouver Canucks edge Edmonton Oilers 2–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Edmonton Oilers 2–1 at home. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Troy Stecher (VAN) played 26:58, +8:17 up on his 18:41 season average over 67 games.

•Troy Stecher (VAN) played 26:58, +8:17 up on his 18:41 season average over 67 games.
•Jacob Markstrom (VAN) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +7 against a season average of 29.1; the win.
•Jussi Jokinen (VAN) played 16:48, +5:19 up on his 11:29 season average over 59 games.

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Los Angeles Kings beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2 at home. Jeff Carter (LAK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. LAK's first power-play unit (Phaneuf, Carter, Brown, Kopitar and Doughty) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:52 together.

•Jeff Carter had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:26.
•Max Domi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:02.
•Drew Doughty had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 29:04.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Mathew Dumba MIN	vs DAL	1	3	4	2	1	3	26:14	—
Jeff Carter LAK	vs ARI	3	0	3	5	0	0	18:26	—
Pierre-Luc Dubois CBJ	at CGY	3	0	3	4	1	3	20:46	—
Patrice Bergeron BOS	vs TBL	1	2	3	1	2	1	19:48	—
Mikael Granlund MIN	vs DAL	1	2	3	1	0	1	21:06	—
Filip Forsberg NSH	vs SJS	0	3	3	3	1	1	16:53	—
Jean-Gabriel Pageau OTT	vs FLA	2	0	2	7	0	2	20:13	—
Zach Parise MIN	vs DAL	2	0	2	3	0	2	17:51	—
Tomas Jurco CHI	vs WPG	2	0	2	2	3	1	14:02	—
Jason Zucker MIN	vs DAL	1	1	2	5	1	1	16:07	—
David Pastrnak BOS	vs TBL	1	1	2	4	1	1	15:14	—
Kris Letang PIT	at NJD	1	1	2	4	0	2	25:45	—

Line changes

New look for PIT: Malkin–Kessel–Hagelin skated 12:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for FLA: MacKenzie–Sceviour–McCann skated 8:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for FLA: Vatrano–Malgin–Borgstrom skated 7:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for OTT: Burrows–McCormick–Chlapik skated 6:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CGY: Ferland–Shore–Lazar skated 14:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for EDM: Kassian–Pakarinen–Khaira skated 6:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Boucher–Gaunce–Gaudette skated 6:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Juuse Saros NSH	vs SJS	W	42	3	.929
Eric Comrie WPG	at CHI	L	42	6	.857
Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ	at CGY	W	38	1	.974
Jacob Markstrom VAN	vs EDM	W	36	1	.972
Keith Kinkaid NJD	vs PIT	O	35	4	.886
Darcy Kuemper ARI	at LAK	L	34	3	.912
Jimmy Howard DET	at BUF	W	32	3	.906
Matt Murray PIT	at NJD	W	31	3	.903
Martin Jones SJS	at NSH	L	31	4	.871
Devan Dubnyk MIN	vs DAL	W	31	2	.935
James Reimer FLA	at OTT	O	30	3	.900
Cam Talbot EDM	at VAN	L	30	2	.933
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at BOS	L	29	3	.897
Tuukka Rask BOS	vs TBL	W	28	2	.929
Jon Gillies CGY	vs CBJ	L	28	5	.821
Collin Delia CHI	vs WPG	W	27	2	.926
Craig Anderson OTT	vs FLA	W	26	2	.923
Jack Campbell LAK	vs ARI	W	22	2	.909
Kari Lehtonen DAL	at MIN	L	21	4	.810
Robin Lehner BUF	vs DET	—	20	3	.850
Chad Johnson BUF	vs DET	L	12	3	.750
Scott Foster CHI	vs WPG	—	7	0	.1000

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