NHL Recaps: Friday, Mar 8, 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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Minnesota Wild

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers rout Minnesota Wild 6–2

Florida Panthers beat Minnesota Wild 6–2 at home. Aleksander Barkov (FLA) led the scoring with 0G 5A.

•Aleksander Barkov had 5 assists (5 points) on 2 shots in 17:24.
•Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 16:38.
•Evgenii Dadonov had 3 assists (3 points) in 13:36.

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Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 3–0

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 3–0 at home. Lars Eller (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 6:20 together.

•WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 6:20 together.
•New look for NJD: Zajac–Palmieri–Agostino skated 8:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +6 against a season average of 29.1; the loss.

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Winnipeg Jets rout Carolina Hurricanes 8–1

Winnipeg Jets beat Carolina Hurricanes 8–1 at CAR. Nikolaj Ehlers (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 12:25.
•Andrew Copp had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:33.
•Ben Chiarot had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:23.

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Anaheim Ducks rout Montreal Canadiens 8–2

Anaheim Ducks beat Montreal Canadiens 8–2 at home. Troy Terry (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Troy Terry had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 14:10.
•Adam Henrique had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:39.
•Corey Perry had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:27.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Aleksander Barkov FLA	vs MIN	0	5	5	2	1	0	17:24	—
Jonathan Huberdeau FLA	vs MIN	1	3	4	3	3	0	16:38	—
Nikolaj Ehlers WPG	at CAR	1	2	3	2	0	1	12:25	—
Troy Terry ANA	vs MTL	1	2	3	1	0	0	14:10	—
Evgenii Dadonov FLA	vs MIN	0	3	3	0	0	0	13:36	—
Mike Matheson FLA	vs MIN	2	0	2	4	2	1	22:29	—
Adam Henrique ANA	vs MTL	2	0	2	4	0	0	15:39	—
Andrew Copp WPG	at CAR	2	0	2	3	0	0	12:33	—
MacKenzie Weegar FLA	vs MIN	2	0	2	2	3	1	23:15	—
Shea Weber MTL	at ANA	1	1	2	7	2	1	24:29	—
Ben Chiarot WPG	at CAR	1	1	2	3	0	3	19:23	—
Kevin Hayes WPG	at CAR	1	1	2	3	0	1	13:07	—

Line changes

New look for NJD: Zajac–Palmieri–Agostino skated 8:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NJD: Pietila–Gabriel–Quenneville skated 4:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NJD: Stafford–Coleman–Noesen skated 6:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (91.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
John Gibson ANA	vs MTL	W	37	2	.946
Mackenzie Blackwood NJD	at WSH	L	35	2	.943
Curtis McElhinney CAR	vs WPG	L	29	8	.724
Laurent Brossoit WPG	at CAR	W	29	1	.966
Carey Price MTL	at ANA	L	29	8	.724
Samuel Montembeault FLA	vs MIN	W	27	2	.926
Braden Holtby WSH	vs NJD	W	25	0	.1000
Alex Stalock MIN	at FLA	—	22	3	.864
Devan Dubnyk MIN	at FLA	L	7	3	.571

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