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NHL Recaps: Wednesday, May 2, 2018

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

Game recaps

Final
PlayoffsFull report
Tampa Bay Lightning
4
Boston Bruins
1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Boston Bruins 4–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Boston Bruins 4–1 at BOS. Ondrej Palat (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Tuukka Rask (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +8 against a season average of 28.3; the loss.

  • •Ondrej Palat had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:28.
  • •Victor Hedman had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:18.
  • •Tuukka Rask (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +8 against a season average of 28.3; the loss.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →
Final
PlayoffsFull report
Vegas Golden Knights
0
San Jose Sharks
4

San Jose Sharks rout Vegas Golden Knights 4–0

San Jose Sharks beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–0 at home. Logan Couture (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 3:56 together.

  • •Brenden Dillon had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:40.
  • •Logan Couture had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:08.
  • •SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 3:56 together.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

PlayerGameGAPSOGHitsBlkTOIPP
Ondrej Palat TBLat BOS20232120:28—
Victor Hedman TBLat BOS02241226:18—
Logan Couture SJSvs VGK02212118:08—
Brenden Dillon SJSvs VGK02211118:40—
Brent Burns SJSvs VGK01124423:48—
James Neal VGKat SJS00071218:26—

Line changes

  • New look for BOS: Wingels–Kuraly–Acciari skated 6:52 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%
Tuukka Rask BOSvs TBLL363.917
Marc-Andre Fleury VGKat SJSL344.882
Martin Jones SJSvs VGKW340.1000
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBLat BOSW291.966

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