NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2019

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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Tampa Bay Lightning

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Pittsburgh Penguins

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Pittsburgh Penguins beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 at home. Kris Letang (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Hedman, Palat, Kucherov and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:08 together.

• •Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 27:28.
• •Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:52.
• •Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:58.

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Buffalo Sabres

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Dallas Stars

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Dallas Stars edge Buffalo Sabres 1–0

Dallas Stars beat Buffalo Sabres 1–0 at home. Jamie Benn (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BUF: Sobotka–Elie–Thompson skated 9:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

• •New look for BUF: Sobotka–Elie–Thompson skated 9:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
• •Jeff Skinner (BUF) played 22:18, +3:50 up on his 18:28 season average over 81 games.
• •Sam Reinhart (BUF) played 22:22, +3:27 up on his 18:55 season average over 81 games.

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