NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Oct 24, 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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Florida Panthers

New York Islanders

Florida Panthers edge New York Islanders 3–2 (OT)

Florida Panthers beat New York Islanders 3–2 in overtime at NYI. Aleksander Barkov (FLA) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NYI's first power-play unit (Bailey, Eberle, Leddy, Lee and Barzal) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:12 together.

•Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:26.
•NYI's first power-play unit (Bailey, Eberle, Leddy, Lee and Barzal) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:12 together.
•Robin Lehner (NYI) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +12 against a season average of 28.8; the overtime loss.

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Toronto Maple Leafs beat Winnipeg Jets 4–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Winnipeg Jets 4–2 at WPG. Blake Wheeler (WPG) led the scoring with 0G 2A. WPG's first power-play unit (Byfuglien, Wheeler, Scheifele, Connor and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:07 together.

•Blake Wheeler had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:48.
•WPG's first power-play unit (Byfuglien, Wheeler, Scheifele, Connor and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:07 together.
•Josh Leivo (TOR) played 6:03, −8:05 down on his 14:08 season average over 75 games.

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Tampa Bay Lightning edge Colorado Avalanche 1–0

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Colorado Avalanche 1–0 at COL. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Miller) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:59 together.

•TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Miller) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:59 together.
•Nikita Kucherov (TBL) played 16:49, −3:11 down on his 20:00 season average over 81 games.
•Nikita Zadorov (COL) played 13:29, −3:46 down on his 17:15 season average over 69 games.

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Vancouver Canucks edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 (SO)

Vancouver Canucks beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in a shootout at VGK. Bo Horvat (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Alexander Edler (VAN) played 3:10, −21:48 down on his 24:58 season average over 55 games.

•Bo Horvat had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:47.
•Alexander Edler (VAN) played 3:10, −21:48 down on his 24:58 season average over 55 games.
•New look for VAN: Eriksson–Leipsic–Horvat skated 10:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (73.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Bo Horvat VAN	at VGK	2	0	2	3	4	1	21:47	—
Blake Wheeler WPG	vs TOR	0	2	2	4	4	0	24:48	—
Aleksander Barkov FLA	at NYI	0	2	2	2	1	0	22:26	—
Nikolaj Ehlers WPG	vs TOR	1	0	1	8	0	0	17:53	—
Ben Hutton VAN	at VGK	0	0	0	2	2	6	29:25	—

Line changes

New look for VAN: Eriksson–Leipsic–Horvat skated 10:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (73.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Haula–Tuch skated 9:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Robin Lehner NYI	vs FLA	O	41	3	.927
Frederik Andersen TOR	at WPG	W	40	2	.950
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs TOR	L	39	4	.897
Jacob Markstrom VAN	at VGK	W	35	2	.943
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	vs VAN	O	26	2	.923
Semyon Varlamov COL	vs TBL	L	24	1	.958
James Reimer FLA	at NYI	W	22	2	.909
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at COL	W	22	0	.1000

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