NHL Recaps: Friday, Jan 11, 2019

4 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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Buffalo Sabres

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes edge Buffalo Sabres 4–3

Carolina Hurricanes beat Buffalo Sabres 4–3 at home. Micheal Ferland (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:14 together.

•Micheal Ferland had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:23.
•Sebastian Aho had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:42.
•Rasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:40.

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Winnipeg Jets beat Detroit Red Wings 4–2

Winnipeg Jets beat Detroit Red Wings 4–2 at home. Kyle Connor (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 2A. DET's first power-play unit (Kronwall, Nielsen, Vanek, Larkin and Cholowski) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:35 together.

•Kyle Connor had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:48.
•Blake Wheeler had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:18.
•DET's first power-play unit (Kronwall, Nielsen, Vanek, Larkin and Cholowski) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:35 together.

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Calgary Flames edge Florida Panthers 4–3

Calgary Flames beat Florida Panthers 4–3 at home. Michael Frolik (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 2A. FLA's first power-play unit (Yandle, Dadonov, Hoffman, Huberdeau and Barkov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:20 together.

•Michael Frolik had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:15.
•FLA's first power-play unit (Yandle, Dadonov, Hoffman, Huberdeau and Barkov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:20 together.
•New look for FLA: Hoffman–Malgin–Borgstrom skated 13:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Pittsburgh Penguins beat Anaheim Ducks 7–4

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Anaheim Ducks 7–4 at ANA. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

•Evgeni Malkin had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 15:03.
•Jake Guentzel had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 21:23.
•Phil Kessel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:16.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Evgeni Malkin PIT	at ANA	1	3	4	4	0	0	15:03	—
Jake Guentzel PIT	at ANA	3	0	3	7	2	0	21:23	—
Phil Kessel PIT	at ANA	1	2	3	4	0	0	15:16	—
Kyle Connor WPG	vs DET	1	2	3	3	0	0	18:48	—
Micheal Ferland CAR	vs BUF	1	2	3	2	3	0	17:23	—
Michael Frolik CGY	vs FLA	1	2	3	1	3	0	15:15	—
Sebastian Aho CAR	vs BUF	2	0	2	2	1	0	21:42	—
Tanner Pearson PIT	at ANA	2	0	2	2	0	0	14:37	—
Blake Wheeler WPG	vs DET	1	1	2	7	0	1	20:18	—
Ryan Getzlaf ANA	vs PIT	1	1	2	5	2	1	20:55	—
Rasmus Dahlin BUF	at CAR	0	2	2	3	0	3	21:40	—
Teuvo Teravainen CAR	vs BUF	0	2	2	2	3	0	18:42	—

Line changes

New look for FLA: Hoffman–Malgin–Borgstrom skated 13:02 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 →
New look for FLA: Sceviour–Haley–Hawryluk skated 6:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Laurent Brossoit WPG	vs DET	W	35	2	.943
John Gibson ANA	vs PIT	L	35	6	.829
Curtis McElhinney CAR	vs BUF	W	33	3	.909
Carter Hutton BUF	at CAR	L	30	4	.867
David Rittich CGY	vs FLA	W	27	3	.889
Jonathan Bernier DET	at WPG	L	26	3	.885
Matt Murray PIT	at ANA	W	25	4	.840
Roberto Luongo FLA	at CGY	L	23	3	.870

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