NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Oct 10, 2018

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Philadelphia Flyers

Ottawa Senators

Philadelphia Flyers beat Ottawa Senators 7–4

Philadelphia Flyers beat Ottawa Senators 7–4 at OTT. Jakub Voracek (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 3A.

•Jakub Voracek had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 6 shots in 19:28.
•Brady Tkachuk had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 13:45.
•Maxime Lajoie had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 23:19.

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Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at home. Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

•Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 18:40.
•Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 17:59.
•Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:50.

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Arizona Coyotes edge Anaheim Ducks 3–2 (SO)

Arizona Coyotes beat Anaheim Ducks 3–2 in a shootout at ANA. Brad Richardson (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. ARI's first power-play unit (Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Panik, Strome and Keller) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:25 together.

•ARI's first power-play unit (Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Panik, Strome and Keller) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:25 together.
•New look for ANA: Rakell–Terry–Steel skated 7:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•John Gibson (ANA) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +7 against a season average of 31.7; the overtime loss.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jakub Voracek PHI	at OTT	2	3	5	6	2	0	19:28	—
Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH	vs VGK	1	3	4	3	0	1	18:40	—
Brady Tkachuk OTT	vs PHI	2	1	3	6	4	0	13:45	—
Maxime Lajoie OTT	vs PHI	2	1	3	4	0	0	23:19	—
Radko Gudas PHI	at OTT	0	3	3	3	1	2	17:17	—
Chris Tierney OTT	vs PHI	0	3	3	2	1	1	16:26	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	vs VGK	2	0	2	7	2	1	17:59	—
Scott Laughton PHI	at OTT	2	0	2	5	0	0	15:39	—
Claude Giroux PHI	at OTT	1	1	2	7	0	0	20:03	—
Nicklas Backstrom WSH	vs VGK	1	1	2	1	0	1	20:50	—
Shayne Gostisbehere PHI	at OTT	0	2	2	6	0	1	19:34	—
Mikkel Boedker OTT	vs PHI	0	2	2	4	0	0	16:42	—

Line changes

New look for ANA: Rakell–Terry–Steel skated 7:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Kesler–Cogliano–Sherwood skated 5:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Street–Rowney–Lundeström skated 6:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% 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	vs PHI	L	44	6	.864
John Gibson ANA	vs ARI	O	39	2	.949
Calvin Pickard PHI	at OTT	W	35	4	.886
Braden Holtby WSH	vs VGK	W	31	2	.935
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at WSH	L	28	4	.857
Antti Raanta ARI	at ANA	W	25	2	.920

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