NHL Recaps: Friday, Dec 28, 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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Montreal Canadiens

Florida Panthers

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 5–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Florida Panthers 5–3 at FLA. Tomas Tatar (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Henrik Borgstrom (FLA) played 17:05, +5:11 up on his 11:54 season average over 49 games.

•Tomas Tatar had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:40.
•Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:42.
•Mike Hoffman had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:15.

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New York Islanders beat Ottawa Senators 6–3

New York Islanders beat Ottawa Senators 6–3 at home. Mathew Barzal (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Thomas Chabot (OTT) played 8:47, −15:44 down on his 24:31 season average over 69 games.

•Mathew Barzal had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:50.
•Casey Cizikas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:48.
•Josh Bailey had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:33.

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Toronto Maple Leafs

Columbus Blue Jackets

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2 at CBJ. Mitch Marner (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Kadri, Rielly, Marner and Matthews) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:37 together.

•Mitch Marner had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:23.
•John Tavares had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:35.
•TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Kadri, Rielly, Marner and Matthews) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:37 together.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Mathew Barzal NYI	vs OTT	2	1	3	2	1	1	19:50	—
Mitch Marner TOR	at CBJ	1	2	3	2	1	2	22:23	—
John Tavares TOR	at CBJ	2	0	2	5	1	1	19:35	—
Tomas Tatar MTL	at FLA	2	0	2	4	1	1	15:40	—
Jonathan Drouin MTL	at FLA	1	1	2	4	0	0	16:42	—
Casey Cizikas NYI	vs OTT	1	1	2	3	1	0	12:48	—
Josh Bailey NYI	vs OTT	1	1	2	2	0	0	19:33	—
Mike Hoffman FLA	vs MTL	0	2	2	4	0	0	19:15	—

Line changes

New look for NYI: Lee–Nelson–Ho-Sang skated 10:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Mike McKenna OTT	at NYI	L	38	5	.868
Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ	vs TOR	L	29	4	.862
Garret Sparks TOR	at CBJ	W	29	2	.931
Roberto Luongo FLA	vs MTL	L	27	4	.852
Antti Niemi MTL	at FLA	W	26	3	.885
Thomas Greiss NYI	vs OTT	—	17	3	.824
Robin Lehner NYI	vs OTT	W	10	0	.1000

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