NHL Recaps: Friday, Apr 20, 2018

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

Game recaps

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Philadelphia Flyers

Pittsburgh Penguins

Philadelphia Flyers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 at PIT. Valtteri Filppula (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for PHI: Filppula–Giroux–Voracek skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Valtteri Filppula had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:17.
•New look for PHI: Filppula–Giroux–Voracek skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for PHI: Raffl–Konecny–Patrick skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Winnipeg Jets rout Minnesota Wild 5–0

Winnipeg Jets beat Minnesota Wild 5–0 at home. Mark Scheifele (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WPG's first power-play unit (Byfuglien, Wheeler, Stastny, Scheifele and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:08 together.

•Mark Scheifele had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:30.
•Dustin Byfuglien had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:34.
•Paul Stastny had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:45.

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Colorado Avalanche edge Nashville Predators 2–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Nashville Predators 2–1 at NSH. Gabriel Landeskog (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Andrew Hammond (COL) faced 45 shots and stopped 44 (.978), +15 against a season average of 30.0; the win.

•Andrew Hammond (COL) faced 45 shots and stopped 44 (.978), +15 against a season average of 30.0; the win.
•New look for COL: Bourque–Andrighetto–Compher skated 8:41 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 COL: Wilson–Kerfoot–Jost skated 7:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Valtteri Filppula PHI	at PIT	1	2	3	4	2	0	20:17	—
Mark Scheifele WPG	vs MIN	1	1	2	4	2	1	19:30	—
Dustin Byfuglien WPG	vs MIN	0	2	2	3	4	2	25:34	—
Paul Stastny WPG	vs MIN	0	2	2	1	0	2	17:45	—
Brandon Tanev WPG	vs MIN	1	0	1	2	7	1	14:29	—
Derick Brassard PIT	vs PHI	0	1	1	8	4	0	15:09	—
Roman Josi NSH	vs COL	0	0	0	8	1	3	27:47	—
Patrik Nemeth COL	at NSH	0	0	0	1	5	4	24:30	—
Radko Gudas PHI	at PIT	0	0	0	1	7	1	19:18	—
Michael Raffl PHI	at PIT	0	0	0	1	6	2	14:01	—
Ivan Provorov PHI	at PIT	0	0	0	0	6	2	30:07	—

Line changes

New look for PHI: Filppula–Giroux–Voracek skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: Raffl–Konecny–Patrick skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: Lehtera–Weise–Read skated 5:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Koivu–Granlund–Niederreiter skated 11:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Bourque–Andrighetto–Compher skated 8:41 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 COL: Wilson–Kerfoot–Jost skated 7:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NSH: Fisher–Hartnell–Jarnkrok skated 7:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Andrew Hammond COL	at NSH	W	45	1	.978
Michal Neuvirth PHI	at PIT	W	32	2	.938
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs MIN	W	30	0	.1000
Pekka Rinne NSH	vs COL	L	27	2	.926
Matt Murray PIT	vs PHI	L	24	3	.875
Alex Stalock MIN	at WPG	—	16	1	.938
Devan Dubnyk MIN	at WPG	L	10	4	.600

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