NHL Recaps: Monday, Oct 15, 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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Los Angeles Kings

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1 at home. Kasperi Kapanen (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for LAK: Carter–Thompson–Amadio skated 6:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Kasperi Kapanen had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:48.
•Auston Matthews had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:44.
•Jake Gardiner had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:19.

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Montreal Canadiens rout Detroit Red Wings 7–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings 7–3 at home. Tomas Tatar (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. DET's first power-play unit (Nielsen, Vanek, Athanasiou, Mantha and Cholowski) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:01 together.

•Tomas Tatar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:13.
•Andreas Athanasiou had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:14.
•Jonathan Drouin had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:51.

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Ottawa Senators beat Dallas Stars 4–1

Ottawa Senators beat Dallas Stars 4–1 at home. Matt Duchene (OTT) led the scoring with 0G 2A. DAL's first power-play unit (Spezza, Radulov, Benn, Seguin and Klingberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:55 together.

•Matt Duchene had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:21.
•DAL's first power-play unit (Spezza, Radulov, Benn, Seguin and Klingberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:55 together.
•New look for OTT: Pyatt–Smith–Paajarvi skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild 4–2

Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild 4–2 at home. Mikko Koivu (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Koivu, Parise, Spurgeon, Coyle and Dumba) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:28 together.

•Mikko Koivu had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:31.
•P.K. Subban had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:52.
•Ryan Johansen had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:00.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Tomas Tatar MTL	vs DET	1	2	3	4	2	1	17:13	—
Jonathan Drouin MTL	vs DET	2	0	2	5	2	2	16:51	—
Andreas Athanasiou DET	at MTL	2	0	2	5	0	0	14:14	—
Kasperi Kapanen TOR	vs LAK	2	0	2	2	1	1	16:48	—
Mikko Koivu MIN	at NSH	1	1	2	1	0	0	20:31	—
Zach Parise MIN	at NSH	0	2	2	4	1	1	18:45	—
P.K. Subban NSH	vs MIN	0	2	2	3	1	0	24:52	—
Matthew Peca MTL	vs DET	0	2	2	2	1	1	11:29	—
Matt Duchene OTT	vs DAL	0	2	2	2	0	2	18:21	—
Jake Gardiner TOR	vs LAK	0	2	2	2	1	0	19:19	—
Auston Matthews TOR	vs LAK	0	2	2	2	0	0	17:44	—
Ryan Johansen NSH	vs MIN	0	2	2	0	0	1	19:00	—

Line changes

New look for LAK: Carter–Thompson–Amadio skated 6:13 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 LAK: Lewis–Clifford–Anderson-Dolan skated 4:46 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for OTT: Pyatt–Smith–Paajarvi skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% 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 DAL	W	38	1	.974
Garret Sparks TOR	vs LAK	W	34	1	.971
Pekka Rinne NSH	vs MIN	W	31	2	.935
Antti Niemi MTL	vs DET	W	28	3	.893
Alex Stalock MIN	at NSH	L	27	3	.889
Jack Campbell LAK	at TOR	L	25	4	.840
Ben Bishop DAL	at OTT	L	23	3	.870
Jimmy Howard DET	at MTL	L	20	5	.750
Jonathan Bernier DET	at MTL	—	15	2	.867

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