NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Oct 31, 2018

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

Game recaps

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Chicago Blackhawks

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 at home. Jake Virtanen (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Saad, Gustafsson, Johnson and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:34 together.

•Jake Virtanen had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:56.
•Brendan Gaunce had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 9:34.
•CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Saad, Gustafsson, Johnson and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:34 together.

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

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jake Virtanen VAN	vs CHI	2	0	2	4	2	1	13:56	—
Brendan Gaunce VAN	vs CHI	1	1	2	1	2	0	9:34	—
Michael Del Zotto VAN	vs CHI	0	0	0	2	11	2	19:15	—

Line changes

New look for VAN: Schaller–Horvat–Boeser skated 6:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CHI: Kunitz–Anisimov–Saad skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Corey Crawford CHI	at VAN	L	28	4	.857
Jacob Markstrom VAN	vs CHI	W	26	2	.923

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.