NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Jan 9, 2019

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

Game recaps

Final / OT

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Nashville Predators

Chicago Blackhawks

Nashville Predators edge Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 (OT)

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 in overtime at CHI. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:31 together.

•Filip Forsberg had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 18:14.
•Mattias Ekholm had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:26.
•Patrick Kane had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:43.

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Calgary Flames beat Colorado Avalanche 5–3

Calgary Flames beat Colorado Avalanche 5–3 at home. Mark Giordano (CGY) led the scoring with 0G 3A.

•Mark Giordano had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 26:11.
•Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 25:42.
•Gabriel Landeskog had 2 assists (2 points) on 12 shots in 26:31.

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Ottawa Senators edge Anaheim Ducks 2–1 (OT)

Ottawa Senators beat Anaheim Ducks 2–1 in overtime at ANA. Jakob Silfverberg (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Rakell–Sprong skated 13:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Rakell–Sprong skated 13:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for OTT: Ryan–Dzingel–Pageau skated 5:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for OTT: Smith–Paajarvi–Paul skated 4:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Mark Giordano CGY	vs COL	0	3	3	1	0	4	26:11	—
Filip Forsberg NSH	at CHI	2	0	2	7	4	0	18:14	—
Mikko Rantanen COL	at CGY	1	1	2	5	0	0	25:42	—
Gabriel Landeskog COL	at CGY	0	2	2	12	3	2	26:31	—
Ryan Johansen NSH	at CHI	0	2	2	4	3	0	19:56	—
Patrick Kane CHI	vs NSH	0	2	2	4	0	0	20:43	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	vs COL	0	2	2	1	0	1	19:13	—
Mattias Ekholm NSH	at CHI	0	2	2	0	2	3	24:26	—
TJ Brodie CGY	vs COL	0	2	2	0	0	1	24:02	—
Viktor Arvidsson NSH	at CHI	1	0	1	7	1	2	20:21	—
Alex DeBrincat CHI	vs NSH	1	0	1	7	0	0	17:01	—
Mark Borowiecki OTT	at ANA	0	0	0	1	10	1	19:30	—

Line changes

New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Rakell–Sprong skated 13:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for OTT: Ryan–Dzingel–Pageau skated 5:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for OTT: Smith–Paajarvi–Paul skated 4:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% 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	vs NSH	O	37	4	.892
David Rittich CGY	vs COL	W	35	3	.914
Anders Nilsson OTT	at ANA	W	33	1	.970
Pekka Rinne NSH	at CHI	W	31	3	.903
John Gibson ANA	vs OTT	O	30	2	.933
Semyon Varlamov COL	at CGY	L	15	4	.733

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