NHL Recaps: Monday, Oct 22, 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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Colorado Avalanche

Philadelphia Flyers

Colorado Avalanche beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 at PHI. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Jost) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:22 together.

•Mikko Rantanen had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:54.
•Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:19.
•COL's first power-play unit (Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Jost) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:22 together.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Carolina Hurricanes beat Detroit Red Wings 3–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Detroit Red Wings 3–1 at DET. Micheal Ferland (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CAR's first power-play unit (Williams, Faulk, Ferland, Zykov and Aho) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 2:15 together.

•CAR's first power-play unit (Williams, Faulk, Ferland, Zykov and Aho) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 2:15 together.
•Jimmy Howard (DET) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +7 against a season average of 31.1; the loss.
•Dennis Cholowski (DET) played 24:50, +6:43 up on his 18:07 season average over 51 games.

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Winnipeg Jets edge St. Louis Blues 5–4 (OT)

Winnipeg Jets beat St. Louis Blues 5–4 in overtime at home. Mark Scheifele (WPG) led the scoring with 2G 2A.

•Mark Scheifele had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 25:55.
•Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:38.
•Ben Chiarot had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:45.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Washington Capitals beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2 at VAN. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 4:24 together.

•Alex Ovechkin had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 17:36.
•John Carlson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 26:06.
•Nicklas Backstrom had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:38.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Alex Ovechkin WSH	at VAN	2	2	4	7	1	0	17:36	—
Mark Scheifele WPG	vs STL	2	2	4	5	0	1	25:55	—
Ryan O'Reilly STL	at WPG	1	2	3	4	0	0	22:38	—
John Carlson WSH	at VAN	1	2	3	1	2	0	26:06	—
Nicklas Backstrom WSH	at VAN	0	3	3	3	0	0	19:38	—
Mikko Rantanen COL	at PHI	2	0	2	3	2	3	18:54	—
Vince Dunn STL	at WPG	1	1	2	5	2	0	14:56	—
David Perron STL	at WPG	1	1	2	5	1	0	16:06	—
T.J. Oshie WSH	at VAN	1	1	2	4	1	1	19:04	—
Gabriel Landeskog COL	at PHI	1	1	2	3	0	0	19:19	—
Ben Chiarot WPG	vs STL	1	1	2	2	4	2	18:45	—
Joel Edmundson STL	at WPG	0	0	0	4	6	4	22:13	—

Line changes

New look for COL: Bourque–Dano–Jost skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Semyon Varlamov COL	at PHI	W	38	1	.974
Jimmy Howard DET	vs CAR	L	38	2	.947
Jake Allen STL	at WPG	O	36	5	.861
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs STL	W	34	4	.882
Brian Elliott PHI	vs COL	L	32	3	.906
Anders Nilsson VAN	vs WSH	L	32	4	.875
Braden Holtby WSH	at VAN	W	24	2	.917
Petr Mrazek CAR	at DET	W	21	1	.952

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