NHL Recaps: Monday, Feb 18, 2019

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

Game recaps

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Arizona Coyotes

Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames beat Arizona Coyotes 5–2

Calgary Flames beat Arizona Coyotes 5–2 at home. Mark Giordano (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Mark Giordano had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:45.
•Michael Frolik had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:02.
•Mikael Backlund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:55.

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Columbus Blue Jackets

Tampa Bay Lightning rout Columbus Blue Jackets 5–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–1 at CBJ. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 3A. TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Palat, Kucherov, Point and Sergachev) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:09 together.

•Nikita Kucherov had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 17:30.
•Brayden Point had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:59.
•Mikhail Sergachev had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:34.

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Chicago Blackhawks edge Ottawa Senators 8–7

Chicago Blackhawks beat Ottawa Senators 8–7 at home. Alex DeBrincat (CHI) led the scoring with 3G 2A.

•Alex DeBrincat had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 3 shots in 17:49.
•Colin White had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:49.
•Dylan Strome had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:22.

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Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 at home. Andrew Agozzino (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for COL: Kerfoot–Andrighetto–MacKinnon skated 12:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Andrew Agozzino had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 6:27.
•New look for COL: Kerfoot–Andrighetto–MacKinnon skated 12:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for COL: Soderberg–Nieto–Rantanen skated 10:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Boston Bruins edge San Jose Sharks 6–5 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat San Jose Sharks 6–5 in overtime at SJS. Joe Thornton (SJS) led the scoring with 3G 0A. BOS won it by committee.

•Joe Thornton had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:48.
•Jake DeBrusk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:59.
•Joe Pavelski had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:26.

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Washington Capitals edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 at LAK. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:24 together.

•Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:51.
•John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:46.
•WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:24 together.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Alex DeBrincat CHI	vs OTT	3	2	5	3	0	0	17:49	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at CBJ	2	3	5	5	0	0	17:30	—
Joe Thornton SJS	vs BOS	3	0	3	3	0	0	14:48	—
Colin White OTT	at CHI	2	1	3	4	0	0	17:49	—
Brayden Point TBL	at CBJ	2	1	3	3	0	1	17:59	—
Patrick Kane CHI	vs OTT	1	2	3	6	0	0	21:53	—
Mark Stone OTT	at CHI	1	2	3	4	1	0	20:24	—
Joe Pavelski SJS	vs BOS	1	2	3	3	1	1	21:26	—
Dylan Strome CHI	vs OTT	1	2	3	2	0	1	17:22	—
Jake DeBrusk BOS	at SJS	1	2	3	1	1	0	17:59	—
Brady Tkachuk OTT	at CHI	0	3	3	5	1	0	15:03	—
David Krejci BOS	at SJS	0	3	3	0	0	0	20:24	—

Line changes

New look for COL: Kerfoot–Andrighetto–MacKinnon skated 12:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Soderberg–Nieto–Rantanen skated 10:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WSH: Dowd–Boyd–Stephenson skated 7:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at CBJ	W	40	1	.975
Semyon Varlamov COL	vs VGK	W	40	0	.1000
Malcolm Subban VGK	at COL	L	38	3	.921
Tuukka Rask BOS	at SJS	W	38	5	.868
Calvin Pickard ARI	at CGY	L	32	4	.875
Craig Anderson OTT	at CHI	L	30	4	.867
Mike Smith CGY	vs ARI	W	29	2	.931
Cam Ward CHI	vs OTT	W	28	4	.857
Pheonix Copley WSH	at LAK	W	28	2	.929
Jack Campbell LAK	vs WSH	L	21	3	.857
Joonas Korpisalo CBJ	vs TBL	L	20	5	.750
Martin Jones SJS	vs BOS	O	20	6	.700
Anders Nilsson OTT	at CHI	—	12	4	.667
Collin Delia CHI	vs OTT	—	10	3	.700

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