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NHL Recaps: Saturday, Apr 21, 2018

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

Game recaps

Final
PlayoffsFull report
New Jersey Devils
1
Tampa Bay Lightning
3

Tampa Bay Lightning beat New Jersey Devils 3–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat New Jersey Devils 3–1 at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NJD: Hall–Bratt–Hischier skated 9:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  • •New look for NJD: Hall–Bratt–Hischier skated 9:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
  • •New look for NJD: Boyle–Gibbons–Coleman skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
  • •Cory Schneider (NJD) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +7 against a season average of 29.8; the loss.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →
Final / OT
PlayoffsFull report
Columbus Blue Jackets
3
Washington Capitals
4

Washington Capitals edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime at home. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:39 together.

  • •Nicklas Backstrom had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:41.
  • •Matt Calvert had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:48.
  • •Chandler Stephenson had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:38.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →
Final
PlayoffsFull report
Toronto Maple Leafs
4
Boston Bruins
3

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Boston Bruins 4–3

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 4–3 at BOS. James van Riemsdyk (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Frederik Andersen (TOR) faced 45 shots and stopped 42 (.933), +13 against a season average of 31.6; the win.

  • •James van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 10:01.
  • •Noel Acciari had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:59.
  • •Tyler Bozak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:09.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

PlayerGameGAPSOGHitsBlkTOIPP
Nicklas Backstrom WSHvs CBJ21331022:41—
Matt Calvert CBJat WSH20261118:48—
James van Riemsdyk TORat BOS11230110:01—
Noel Acciari BOSvs TOR11222010:59—
Tyler Bozak TORat BOS11220011:09—
Torey Krug BOSvs TOR02265223:54—
Dmitry Orlov WSHvs CBJ02223327:00—
Chandler Stephenson WSHvs CBJ02202020:38—
Nikita Kucherov TBLvs NJD10171018:48—
T.J. Oshie WSHvs CBJ10145320:59—
David Pastrnak BOSvs TOR000101022:13—
Alex Ovechkin WSHvs CBJ00071023:40—

Line changes

  • New look for NJD: Hall–Bratt–Hischier skated 9:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for NJD: Boyle–Gibbons–Coleman skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for NJD: Zajac–Johansson–Palmieri skated 4:17 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

GoalieGameDecSAGASV%
Frederik Andersen TORat BOSW453.933
Braden Holtby WSHvs CBJW423.929
Cory Schneider NJDat TBLL372.946
Sergei Bobrovsky CBJat WSHL294.862
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBLvs NJDW271.963
Tuukka Rask BOSvs TORL134.692
Anton Khudobin BOSvs TOR—80.1000

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