NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Dec 19, 2018

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

Game recaps

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Pittsburgh Penguins

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Washington Capitals

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Pittsburgh Penguins edge Washington Capitals 2–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 2–1 at WSH. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:32 together.

• •Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:07.
• •PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:32 together.
• •Jamie Oleksiak (PIT) played 0:09, −14:51 down on his 15:00 season average over 56 games.

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Montreal Canadiens

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Colorado Avalanche

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Colorado Avalanche edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 at home. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Petry, Gallagher, Drouin and Domi) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:42 together.

• •Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:08.
• •Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:54.
• •MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Petry, Gallagher, Drouin and Domi) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:42 together.

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