NHL Recaps: Thursday, Jan 3, 2019

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

Game recaps

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Minnesota Wild

Toronto Maple Leafs

Minnesota Wild edge Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3

Minnesota Wild beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 at TOR. Jared Spurgeon (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Jared Spurgeon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 25:57.
•Mitch Marner had two goals (2 points) on 9 shots in 24:06.
•Charlie Coyle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:54.

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Boston Bruins beat Calgary Flames 6–4

Boston Bruins beat Calgary Flames 6–4 at home. Jake DeBrusk (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Brad Marchand had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:27.
•Jake DeBrusk had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:04.
•David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:06.

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Buffalo Sabres edge Florida Panthers 4–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Florida Panthers 4–3 at home. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. FLA's first power-play unit (Yandle, Dadonov, Hoffman, Huberdeau and Barkov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:00 together.

•Jeff Skinner had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:25.
•Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:44.
•Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:15.

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Carolina Hurricanes beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–3

Carolina Hurricanes beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 at PHI. Teuvo Teravainen (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Teuvo Teravainen had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:37.
•Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:22.
•Calvin de Haan had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:19.

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New York Islanders edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 (OT)

New York Islanders beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 in overtime at home. Mathew Barzal (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Collin Delia (CHI) faced 50 shots and stopped 47 (.940), +16 against a season average of 34.1; the overtime loss.

•Mathew Barzal had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 20:16.
•Collin Delia (CHI) faced 50 shots and stopped 47 (.940), +16 against a season average of 34.1; the overtime loss.
•CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:47 together.

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Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 2–0

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 2–0 at home. Jonathan Drouin (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MTL: Armia–Lehkonen–Kotkaniemi skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for MTL: Armia–Lehkonen–Kotkaniemi skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for VAN: Sutter–Granlund–Virtanen skated 5:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Elias Pettersson (VAN) played 9:08, −9:13 down on his 18:21 season average over 70 games.

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St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 5–2

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 5–2 at home. Alex Pietrangelo (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 42 shots and stopped 37 (.881), +12 against a season average of 30.4; the loss.

•Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:34.
•David Perron had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:58.
•Michal Kempny had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:17.

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Tampa Bay Lightning rout Los Angeles Kings 6–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Los Angeles Kings 6–2 at LAK. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 3A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kovalchuk, Carter, Brown, Kopitar and Doughty) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:53 together.

•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 19:00.
•Steven Stamkos had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:47.
•Brayden Point had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:59.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at LAK	1	3	4	3	0	0	19:00	—
Teuvo Teravainen CAR	at PHI	2	1	3	2	1	1	18:37	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	at LAK	1	2	3	6	0	1	17:47	—
Jared Spurgeon MIN	at TOR	1	2	3	1	0	5	25:57	—
Mitch Marner TOR	vs MIN	2	0	2	9	0	0	24:06	—
Mathew Barzal NYI	vs CHI	2	0	2	8	0	0	20:16	—
Jake DeBrusk BOS	vs CGY	2	0	2	6	0	3	16:04	—
Brad Marchand BOS	vs CGY	2	0	2	4	1	1	18:27	—
Jeff Skinner BUF	vs FLA	2	0	2	4	2	0	17:25	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	at BOS	1	1	2	6	0	0	20:14	—
Alex Pietrangelo STL	vs WSH	1	1	2	5	1	1	21:34	—
Zach Parise MIN	at TOR	1	1	2	5	0	1	17:19	—

Line changes

New look for BUF: Sobotka–Sheary–Thompson skated 12:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYI: Komarov–Kuhnhackl–Dal Colle skated 7:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MTL: Armia–Lehkonen–Kotkaniemi skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Sutter–Granlund–Virtanen skated 5:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Collin Delia CHI	at NYI	O	50	3	.940
Braden Holtby WSH	at STL	L	42	5	.881
Devan Dubnyk MIN	at TOR	W	41	3	.927
Linus Ullmark BUF	vs FLA	W	38	3	.921
Jaroslav Halak BOS	vs CGY	W	37	4	.892
Petr Mrazek CAR	at PHI	W	37	3	.919
Michael Hutchinson TOR	vs MIN	L	34	4	.882
Roberto Luongo FLA	at BUF	L	33	4	.879
Carey Price MTL	vs VAN	W	33	0	.1000
Jonathan Quick LAK	vs TBL	L	33	6	.818
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at LAK	W	30	2	.933
Michal Neuvirth PHI	vs CAR	L	28	5	.821
Jacob Markstrom VAN	at MTL	L	27	2	.926
Mike Smith CGY	at BOS	L	26	5	.808
Jake Allen STL	vs WSH	W	25	2	.920
Robin Lehner NYI	vs CHI	W	21	2	.905

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