NHL Recaps: Sunday, Oct 21, 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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Calgary Flames

New York Rangers

Calgary Flames beat New York Rangers 4–1

Calgary Flames beat New York Rangers 4–1 at NYR. Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zuccarello, Zibanejad, Buchnevich and Pionk) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:39 together.

•Garnet Hathaway had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:02.
•Johnny Gaudreau had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:55.
•NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zuccarello, Zibanejad, Buchnevich and Pionk) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:39 together.

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Tampa Bay Lightning beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–3

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–3 at CHI. Brayden Point (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Brayden Point had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:52.
•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:41.
•Victor Hedman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:19.

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Buffalo Sabres beat Anaheim Ducks 4–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Anaheim Ducks 4–2 at ANA. Kyle Okposo (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Ryan Miller (ANA) faced 44 shots and stopped 41 (.932), +15 against a season average of 28.9; the loss.

•Kyle Okposo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:09.
•Brandon Montour had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:13.
•Sam Reinhart had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:56.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brayden Point TBL	at CHI	1	2	3	4	1	0	16:52	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	at NYR	2	0	2	4	1	0	17:55	—
Garnet Hathaway CGY	at NYR	2	0	2	2	3	1	13:02	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at CHI	1	1	2	4	0	0	20:41	—
Victor Hedman TBL	at CHI	1	1	2	3	1	2	23:19	—
Kyle Okposo BUF	at ANA	1	1	2	2	0	0	11:09	—
J.T. Miller TBL	at CHI	0	2	2	3	1	1	12:36	—
Sam Reinhart BUF	at ANA	0	2	2	3	0	1	14:56	—
Brandon Montour ANA	vs BUF	0	2	2	2	0	1	22:13	—
Jan Rutta CHI	vs TBL	0	2	2	1	2	1	17:27	—
Anthony Cirelli TBL	at CHI	1	0	1	9	0	1	11:27	—
Michael Stone CGY	at NYR	0	0	0	2	5	3	17:54	—

Line changes

New look for CGY: Jankowski–Hathaway–Dube skated 9:45 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Cam Ward CHI	vs TBL	L	54	5	.907
David Rittich CGY	at NYR	W	45	1	.978
Ryan Miller ANA	vs BUF	L	44	3	.932
Louis Domingue TBL	at CHI	W	36	3	.917
Carter Hutton BUF	at ANA	W	28	2	.929
Henrik Lundqvist NYR	vs CGY	L	26	4	.846

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.