NHL Recaps: Sunday, Apr 1, 2018

5 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

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers edge Boston Bruins 4–3 (OT)

Philadelphia Flyers beat Boston Bruins 4–3 in overtime at home. Claude Giroux (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Claude Giroux had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:52.
•Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:47.
•David Backes had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:22.

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Nashville Predators beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–1

Nashville Predators beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–1 at TBL. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for NSH: Turris–Hartman–Fiala skated 10:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Filip Forsberg had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 13:37.
•P.K. Subban had 2 assists (2 points) in 23:50.
•New look for NSH: Turris–Hartman–Fiala skated 10:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New Jersey Devils edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1

New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 at MTL. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NJD: Zajac–Maroon–Coleman skated 5:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for NJD: Zajac–Maroon–Coleman skated 5:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for MTL: Shaw–Rychel–Scherbak skated 7:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for NJD: Boyle–Wood–Bratt skated 4:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 at PIT. Patric Hornqvist (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jay Beagle (WSH) played 3:22, −9:12 down on his 12:34 season average over 78 games.

•Jay Beagle (WSH) played 3:22, −9:12 down on his 12:34 season average over 78 games.
•Philipp Grubauer (WSH) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +10 against a season average of 27.2; the win.
•Matt Niskanen (WSH) played 18:28, −4:12 down on his 22:40 season average over 67 games.

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Anaheim Ducks edge Colorado Avalanche 4–3 (OT)

Anaheim Ducks beat Colorado Avalanche 4–3 in overtime at home. Tyson Jost (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Jost) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 5:29 together.

•Tyson Jost had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:07.
•Alexander Kerfoot had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:24.
•Andrew Cogliano had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:26.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Filip Forsberg NSH	at TBL	2	1	3	3	0	0	13:37	—
Tyson Jost COL	at ANA	2	0	2	3	2	0	16:07	—
Claude Giroux PHI	vs BOS	2	0	2	2	0	0	18:52	—
Andrew Cogliano ANA	vs COL	1	1	2	4	1	0	13:26	—
Travis Konecny PHI	vs BOS	1	1	2	2	2	3	15:47	—
Alexander Kerfoot COL	at ANA	1	1	2	1	1	1	11:24	—
David Backes BOS	at PHI	0	2	2	3	1	0	14:22	—
Ivan Provorov PHI	vs BOS	0	2	2	3	1	0	22:32	—
Jakob Silfverberg ANA	vs COL	0	2	2	2	2	1	20:01	—
Jakub Voracek PHI	vs BOS	0	2	2	0	0	2	15:53	—
P.K. Subban NSH	at TBL	0	2	2	0	1	1	23:50	—
David Pastrnak BOS	at PHI	1	0	1	7	0	0	21:30	—

Line changes

New look for NSH: Turris–Hartman–Fiala skated 10:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TBL: Kunitz–Callahan–Paquette skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NJD: Zajac–Maroon–Coleman skated 5:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MTL: Shaw–Rychel–Scherbak skated 7:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NJD: Boyle–Wood–Bratt skated 4:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jonathan Bernier COL	at ANA	O	42	4	.905
Petr Mrazek PHI	vs BOS	W	39	3	.923
Philipp Grubauer WSH	at PIT	W	37	1	.973
Matt Murray PIT	vs WSH	L	34	3	.912
Carey Price MTL	vs NJD	L	32	2	.938
Juuse Saros NSH	at TBL	W	30	1	.967
Keith Kinkaid NJD	at MTL	W	26	1	.962
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs NSH	L	25	4	.840
Anton Khudobin BOS	at PHI	O	24	4	.833
Ryan Miller ANA	vs COL	W	21	2	.905
John Gibson ANA	vs COL	—	10	1	.900

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