NHL Recaps: Monday, Nov 5, 2018

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

Game recaps

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Dallas Stars

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins edge Dallas Stars 2–1 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Dallas Stars 2–1 in overtime at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:48 together.

•BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:48 together.
•New look for BOS: Krejci–Nordstrom–DeBrusk skated 14:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for DAL: Dowling–Smith–Dickinson skated 6:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Montreal Canadiens edge New York Islanders 4–3 (SO)

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Islanders 4–3 in a shootout at NYI. Casey Cizikas (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Gallagher, Armia, Drouin and Domi) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:59 together.

•Casey Cizikas had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:47.
•Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:16.
•Max Domi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:55.

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New Jersey Devils rout Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 at PIT. Brian Boyle (NJD) led the scoring with 3G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Boyle, Palmieri, Hall, Butcher and Hischier) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 3:01 together.

•Brian Boyle had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 13:30.
•Will Butcher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:43.
•Jean-Sebastien Dea had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:32.

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Washington Capitals beat Edmonton Oilers 4–2

Washington Capitals beat Edmonton Oilers 4–2 at home. Devante Smith-Pelly (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:21 together.

•Devante Smith-Pelly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:20.
•John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:45.
•Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:46.

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Philadelphia Flyers beat Arizona Coyotes 5–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Arizona Coyotes 5–2 at ARI. Claude Giroux (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 1A. ARI's first power-play unit (Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Galchenyuk, Fischer and Keller) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:41 together.

•Claude Giroux had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:33.
•Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:57.
•Shayne Gostisbehere had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:29.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brian Boyle NJD	at PIT	3	0	3	4	8	0	13:30	—
Claude Giroux PHI	at ARI	2	1	3	3	0	0	21:33	—
Casey Cizikas NYI	vs MTL	2	0	2	2	2	1	10:47	—
Shayne Gostisbehere PHI	at ARI	1	1	2	6	1	1	20:29	—
Jonathan Drouin MTL	at NYI	1	1	2	6	0	0	20:16	—
Sean Couturier PHI	at ARI	1	1	2	5	1	3	19:57	—
Noah Juulsen MTL	at NYI	1	1	2	2	5	4	19:03	—
Will Butcher NJD	at PIT	1	1	2	2	1	3	18:43	—
Devante Smith-Pelly WSH	vs EDM	1	1	2	1	0	2	13:20	—
Max Domi MTL	at NYI	1	1	2	1	0	0	19:55	—
John Carlson WSH	vs EDM	0	2	2	5	0	3	24:45	—
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM	at WSH	0	2	2	5	0	0	22:46	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Krejci–Nordstrom–DeBrusk skated 14:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Dowling–Smith–Dickinson skated 6:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BOS: Backes–Heinen–Bjork skated 9:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (78.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Keith Kinkaid NJD	at PIT	W	36	1	.972
Calvin Pickard PHI	at ARI	W	36	2	.944
Anton Khudobin DAL	at BOS	O	35	2	.943
Thomas Greiss NYI	vs MTL	O	35	3	.914
Pheonix Copley WSH	vs EDM	W	33	2	.939
Darcy Kuemper ARI	vs PHI	L	33	4	.879
Matt Murray PIT	vs NJD	L	27	4	.852
Tuukka Rask BOS	vs DAL	W	25	1	.960
Antti Niemi MTL	at NYI	W	24	3	.875
Cam Talbot EDM	at WSH	L	23	4	.826
Casey DeSmith PIT	vs NJD	—	12	1	.917

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