NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Apr 18, 2018

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

Game recaps

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Philadelphia Flyers

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Philadelphia Flyers 5–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–0 at PHI. Phil Kessel (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Kessel and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:01 together.

•Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:36.
•Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:03.
•Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:33.

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Tampa Bay Lightning beat New Jersey Devils 3–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat New Jersey Devils 3–1 at NJD. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Hall and Butcher) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 6:16 together.

•Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 7 shots in 20:28.
•J.T. Miller had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:53.
•NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Hall and Butcher) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 6:16 together.

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Nashville Predators edge Colorado Avalanche 3–2

Nashville Predators beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 at COL. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Jost) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:07 together.

•Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:24.
•Mattias Ekholm had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:42.
•COL's first power-play unit (Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Jost) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:07 together.

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San Jose Sharks edge Anaheim Ducks 2–1

San Jose Sharks beat Anaheim Ducks 2–1 at home. Andrew Cogliano (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Brent Burns (SJS) played 22:36, −3:40 down on his 26:16 season average over 9 games.

•Brent Burns (SJS) played 22:36, −3:40 down on his 26:16 season average over 9 games.
•Chris Tierney (SJS) played 12:18, −4:23 down on his 16:41 season average over 9 games.
•Paul Martin (SJS) played 10:26, −3:46 down on his 14:12 season average over 6 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at NJD	2	1	3	7	1	0	20:28	—
J.T. Miller TBL	at NJD	1	2	3	5	0	1	18:53	—
Phil Kessel PIT	at PHI	1	1	2	4	0	0	14:03	—
Filip Forsberg NSH	at COL	1	1	2	3	1	0	15:24	—
Sidney Crosby PIT	at PHI	1	1	2	2	0	0	15:33	—
Evgeni Malkin PIT	at PHI	1	1	2	1	0	1	15:36	—
Mattias Ekholm NSH	at COL	0	2	2	4	2	2	23:42	—
Jake Guentzel PIT	at PHI	0	2	2	2	2	0	15:51	—
Gabriel Landeskog COL	vs NSH	1	0	1	1	7	2	23:37	—
Damon Severson NJD	vs TBL	0	0	0	8	2	1	20:58	—
Mark Barberio COL	vs NSH	0	0	0	4	4	5	24:43	—
Tom Kuhnhackl PIT	at PHI	0	0	0	2	7	1	13:27	—

Line changes

New look for NSH: Fisher–Jarnkrok–Hartman skated 5:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Cory Schneider NJD	vs TBL	L	36	2	.944
Pekka Rinne NSH	at COL	W	33	2	.939
Martin Jones SJS	vs ANA	W	31	1	.968
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at NJD	W	28	1	.964
Matt Murray PIT	at PHI	W	26	0	.1000
Jonathan Bernier COL	vs NSH	L	26	3	.885
John Gibson ANA	at SJS	L	24	2	.917
Brian Elliott PHI	vs PIT	L	17	3	.824
Michal Neuvirth PHI	vs PIT	—	13	2	.846
Andrew Hammond COL	vs NSH	—	8	0	.1000

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