NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Nov 7, 2018

3 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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Pittsburgh Penguins

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 at home. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Simon skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 28:17.
•New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Simon skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 42 shots and stopped 41 (.976), +12 against a season average of 30.4; the win.

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Nashville Predators beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1

Nashville Predators beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1 at COL. Colton Sissons (NSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Calvert, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Girard) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:41 together.

•Colton Sissons had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:22.
•Nick Bonino had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:22.
•COL's first power-play unit (Calvert, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Girard) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:41 together.

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Anaheim Ducks edge Calgary Flames 3–2

Anaheim Ducks beat Calgary Flames 3–2 at home. Matthew Tkachuk (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CGY's first power-play unit (Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:02 together.

•CGY's first power-play unit (Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:02 together.
•Brandon Montour (ANA) played 11:59, −10:36 down on his 22:35 season average over 81 games.
•Ryan Miller (ANA) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +10 against a season average of 28.9; the win.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Colton Sissons NSH	at COL	3	0	3	3	1	2	19:22	—
Nick Bonino NSH	at COL	0	3	3	4	0	1	17:22	—
John Carlson WSH	vs PIT	0	2	2	2	2	4	28:17	—
Sidney Crosby PIT	at WSH	1	0	1	8	0	2	21:35	—
Nikita Zadorov COL	vs NSH	0	0	0	2	5	4	17:25	—
Ian Cole COL	vs NSH	0	0	0	2	3	5	20:12	—
Dmitry Orlov WSH	vs PIT	0	0	0	1	2	6	23:44	—

Line changes

New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Simon skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PIT: Cullen–Wilson–Aston-Reese skated 4:28 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NSH: Rinaldo–Salomaki–Gaudreau skated 7:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Carrick–Street–Sherwood skated 6:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Henrique–Aberg–Lundeström skated 9:00 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Braden Holtby WSH	vs PIT	W	42	1	.976
Ryan Miller ANA	vs CGY	W	39	2	.949
Semyon Varlamov COL	vs NSH	L	33	3	.909
Pekka Rinne NSH	at COL	W	25	1	.960
Mike Smith CGY	at ANA	L	24	3	.875
Casey DeSmith PIT	at WSH	L	22	2	.909

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