NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Apr 4, 2018

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

Game recaps

Final

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Ottawa Senators

Buffalo Sabres

Ottawa Senators beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2

Ottawa Senators beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2 at BUF. Alexandre Burrows (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Bobby Ryan (OTT) played 2:51, −13:49 down on his 16:40 season average over 61 games.

•Alexandre Burrows had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:19.
•Ryan Dzingel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:01.
•Bobby Ryan (OTT) played 2:51, −13:49 down on his 16:40 season average over 61 games.

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Chicago Blackhawks edge St. Louis Blues 4–3

Chicago Blackhawks beat St. Louis Blues 4–3 at STL. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Kyle Brodziak (STL) played 18:20, +4:56 up on his 13:24 season average over 80 games.

•Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:57.
•Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:49.
•Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:52.

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Anaheim Ducks beat Minnesota Wild 3–1

Anaheim Ducks beat Minnesota Wild 3–1 at home. Josh Manson (ANA) led the scoring with 0G 2A. MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Zucker, Niederreiter, Brodin and Dumba) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:40 together.

•Francois Beauchemin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:24.
•Josh Manson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:01.
•MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Zucker, Niederreiter, Brodin and Dumba) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:40 together.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Vladimir Tarasenko STL	vs CHI	1	1	2	5	1	0	17:52	—
Alexandre Burrows OTT	at BUF	1	1	2	4	1	0	14:19	—
Ryan Dzingel OTT	at BUF	1	1	2	4	0	0	14:01	—
Brayden Schenn STL	vs CHI	1	1	2	2	1	0	18:49	—
Alex DeBrincat CHI	at STL	1	1	2	1	0	0	13:57	—
Josh Manson ANA	vs MIN	0	2	2	3	4	4	22:01	—
Francois Beauchemin ANA	vs MIN	0	2	2	1	0	0	18:24	—

Line changes

New look for BUF: Pominville–Eichel–Mittelstadt skated 9:16 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%
Craig Anderson OTT	at BUF	W	34	2	.941
J-F Berube CHI	at STL	W	34	3	.912
Chad Johnson BUF	vs OTT	L	31	3	.903
Devan Dubnyk MIN	at ANA	L	29	2	.931
Ryan Miller ANA	vs MIN	W	27	1	.963
Jake Allen STL	vs CHI	L	26	4	.846

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.