NHL Recaps: Friday, Oct 26, 2018

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

Game recaps

Final

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Vegas Golden Knights

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 at VGK. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Kucherov, Miller and Sergachev) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:48 together.

•TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Kucherov, Miller and Sergachev) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:48 together.
•VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:33 together.
•Max Pacioretty (VGK) played 1:47, −15:27 down on his 17:14 season average over 65 games.

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Winnipeg Jets edge Detroit Red Wings 2–1

Winnipeg Jets beat Detroit Red Wings 2–1 at DET. Andreas Athanasiou (DET) led the scoring with 1G 0A. DET's first power-play unit (Nielsen, Vanek, Athanasiou, Mantha and Cholowski) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:41 together.

•DET's first power-play unit (Nielsen, Vanek, Athanasiou, Mantha and Cholowski) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:41 together.
•WPG's first power-play unit (Byfuglien, Wheeler, Scheifele, Connor and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 20 attempts in 7:08 together.
•Jimmy Howard (DET) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +9 against a season average of 31.1; the loss.

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Carolina Hurricanes edge San Jose Sharks 4–3 (SO)

Carolina Hurricanes beat San Jose Sharks 4–3 in a shootout at home. Teuvo Teravainen (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Aaron Dell (SJS) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +16 against a season average of 24.5; the overtime loss.

•Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:30.
•Brent Burns had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 27:12.
•Aaron Dell (SJS) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +16 against a season average of 24.5; the overtime loss.

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Colorado Avalanche beat Ottawa Senators 6–3

Colorado Avalanche beat Ottawa Senators 6–3 at home. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

•Mikko Rantanen had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 22:15.
•Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 23:13.
•Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 23:48.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Mikko Rantanen COL	vs OTT	1	3	4	2	2	2	22:15	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs OTT	1	2	3	5	0	0	23:48	—
Gabriel Landeskog COL	vs OTT	1	2	3	2	5	0	23:13	—
Tyson Barrie COL	vs OTT	0	3	3	7	1	0	22:29	—
Matt Duchene OTT	at COL	2	0	2	2	1	0	16:52	—
Teuvo Teravainen CAR	vs SJS	1	1	2	5	0	0	16:30	—
Brent Burns SJS	at CAR	0	2	2	3	0	3	27:12	—
Colin White OTT	at COL	0	2	2	0	0	0	15:35	—
Blake Wheeler WPG	at DET	0	1	1	7	1	0	23:18	—
Micheal Ferland CAR	vs SJS	0	1	1	1	7	1	16:58	—
William Carrier VGK	vs TBL	0	0	0	1	7	1	10:41	—
Ryan McDonagh TBL	at VGK	0	0	0	0	4	5	27:00	—

Line changes

New look for VGK: Eakin–Lindberg–Carpenter skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DET: Helm–Bertuzzi–Larkin skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Aaron Dell SJS	at CAR	O	41	3	.927
Jimmy Howard DET	vs WPG	L	40	2	.950
Craig Anderson OTT	at COL	L	37	6	.838
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at VGK	W	31	2	.935
Laurent Brossoit WPG	at DET	W	28	1	.964
Philipp Grubauer COL	vs OTT	W	24	3	.875
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	vs TBL	L	23	3	.870
Petr Mrazek CAR	vs SJS	W	23	3	.870

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