NHL Recaps: Sunday, Dec 2, 2018

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

Game recaps

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Anaheim Ducks

Washington Capitals

Anaheim Ducks edge Washington Capitals 6–5

Anaheim Ducks beat Washington Capitals 6–5 at WSH. Pontus Aberg (ANA) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Pontus Aberg had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:09.
•Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:53.
•Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:16.

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Winnipeg Jets edge New York Rangers 4–3 (SO)

Winnipeg Jets beat New York Rangers 4–3 in a shootout at NYR. Marc Staal (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WPG's first power-play unit (Wheeler, Scheifele, Morrissey, Connor and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:15 together.

•Marc Staal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:26.
•Jacob Trouba had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 26:52.
•Mika Zibanejad had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:39.

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San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1

San Jose Sharks beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1 at MTL. Joe Pavelski (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SJS: Pavelski–Couture–Hertl skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Brent Burns had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:08.
•Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:50.
•New look for SJS: Pavelski–Couture–Hertl skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Colorado Avalanche beat Detroit Red Wings 2–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Detroit Red Wings 2–0 at DET. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Erik Johnson (COL) played 29:22, +7:39 up on his 21:43 season average over 79 games.

•Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:13.
•Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:11.
•Mikko Rantanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:03.

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Calgary Flames edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2

Calgary Flames beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 at CHI. Elias Lindholm (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CGY's first power-play unit (Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:03 together.

•Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:29.
•Sean Monahan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:10.
•Johnny Gaudreau had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:57.

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Los Angeles Kings beat Carolina Hurricanes 2–0

Los Angeles Kings beat Carolina Hurricanes 2–0 at home. Kyle Clifford (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Paul LaDue (LAK) played 4:32, −8:58 down on his 13:30 season average over 32 games.

•Paul LaDue (LAK) played 4:32, −8:58 down on his 13:30 season average over 32 games.
•Alec Martinez (LAK) played 17:39, −3:47 down on his 21:26 season average over 59 games.
•Kyle Clifford (LAK) played 14:32, +4:06 up on his 10:26 season average over 71 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Pontus Aberg ANA	at WSH	2	1	3	2	1	0	15:09	—
Ryan Getzlaf ANA	at WSH	1	2	3	3	0	1	17:53	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	at DET	1	1	2	6	0	2	21:11	—
Elias Lindholm CGY	at CHI	1	1	2	5	1	0	18:29	—
Sean Monahan CGY	at CHI	1	1	2	5	1	0	20:10	—
Joe Pavelski SJS	at MTL	1	1	2	4	0	2	20:50	—
Rickard Rakell ANA	at WSH	1	1	2	4	0	0	14:21	—
Brent Burns SJS	at MTL	1	1	2	3	1	3	23:08	—
Hampus Lindholm ANA	at WSH	1	1	2	3	1	1	27:48	—
Gabriel Landeskog COL	at DET	1	1	2	2	1	0	19:13	—
Marc Staal NYR	vs WPG	1	1	2	1	2	1	22:26	—
Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH	vs ANA	1	1	2	1	2	0	19:11	—

Line changes

New look for SJS: Pavelski–Couture–Hertl skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Bourque–Kerfoot–Andrighetto skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CHI: Kane–Kampf–Kahun skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Henrik Lundqvist NYR	vs WPG	O	42	3	.929
Martin Jones SJS	at MTL	W	41	1	.976
Corey Crawford CHI	vs CGY	L	41	3	.927
Jonathan Quick LAK	vs CAR	W	34	0	.1000
Petr Mrazek CAR	at LAK	L	34	1	.971
Carey Price MTL	vs SJS	L	29	3	.897
Jonathan Bernier DET	vs COL	L	28	1	.964
Braden Holtby WSH	vs ANA	L	25	6	.760
Semyon Varlamov COL	at DET	W	24	0	.1000
Mike Smith CGY	at CHI	W	24	2	.917
Ryan Miller ANA	at WSH	W	21	2	.905
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at NYR	W	19	3	.842
John Gibson ANA	at WSH	—	11	3	.727

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