NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Feb 6, 2019

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Ottawa Senators

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Ottawa Senators 5–4

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Ottawa Senators 5–4 at home. Magnus Paajarvi (OTT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. TOR won it by committee.

•Magnus Paajarvi had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:43.
•John Tavares had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:22.
•Zach Hyman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:06.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

New York Rangers edge Boston Bruins 4–3 (SO)

New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 4–3 in a shootout at home. Pavel Buchnevich (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:25 together.

•Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:29.
•Pavel Buchnevich had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:42.
•BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:25 together.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Magnus Paajarvi OTT	at TOR	2	0	2	5	2	1	14:43	—
John Tavares TOR	vs OTT	1	1	2	4	2	3	20:22	—
Zach Hyman TOR	vs OTT	1	1	2	4	3	0	19:06	—
Mitch Marner TOR	vs OTT	0	2	2	3	0	0	20:46	—
Jean-Gabriel Pageau OTT	at TOR	0	2	2	2	1	0	16:09	—
Pavel Buchnevich NYR	vs BOS	0	2	2	2	0	0	17:42	—
Brad Marchand BOS	at NYR	0	2	2	1	0	0	19:29	—
Charlie McAvoy BOS	at NYR	0	0	0	3	4	5	24:53	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Krejci–Cehlarik–Pastrnak skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Frederik Andersen TOR	vs OTT	W	44	4	.909
Jaroslav Halak BOS	at NYR	O	39	3	.923
Craig Anderson OTT	at TOR	L	30	5	.833
Alexandar Georgiev NYR	vs BOS	W	30	3	.900

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