NHL Recaps: Monday, Mar 18, 2019

4 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

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Arizona Coyotes 4–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Arizona Coyotes 4–1 at home. Anthony Cirelli (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Yanni Gourde (TBL) played 12:01, −3:52 down on his 15:53 season average over 79 games.

•Anthony Cirelli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:50.
•Yanni Gourde (TBL) played 12:01, −3:52 down on his 15:53 season average over 79 games.
•Mikhail Sergachev (TBL) played 23:01, +5:10 up on his 17:51 season average over 74 games.

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Vancouver Canucks edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 (OT)

Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 in overtime at CHI. Bo Horvat (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:34 together.

•Alexander Edler had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:15.
•Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:52.
•Patrick Kane had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:08.

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Winnipeg Jets edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2

Winnipeg Jets beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 at LAK. Kyle Connor (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli and Leipsic) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:50 together.

•Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:46.
•LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli and Leipsic) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:50 together.
•Dmitry Kulikov (WPG) played 24:30, +9:00 up on his 15:30 season average over 56 games.

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Vegas Golden Knights rout San Jose Sharks 7–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 7–3 at SJS. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 2A.

•Jonathan Marchessault had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 12:53.
•Reilly Smith had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 14:19.
•Logan Couture had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:51.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jonathan Marchessault VGK	at SJS	2	2	4	5	0	0	12:53	—
Reilly Smith VGK	at SJS	1	3	4	5	0	0	14:19	—
Logan Couture SJS	vs VGK	2	0	2	5	0	0	16:51	—
Bo Horvat VAN	at CHI	1	1	2	5	2	0	16:52	—
William Karlsson VGK	at SJS	1	1	2	3	1	0	14:56	—
Alexander Edler VAN	at CHI	1	1	2	2	1	3	26:15	—
Anthony Cirelli TBL	vs ARI	1	1	2	2	0	0	15:50	—
Kyle Connor WPG	at LAK	1	1	2	2	0	0	18:46	—
Patrick Kane CHI	vs VAN	0	2	2	4	1	0	24:08	—
Nate Schmidt VGK	at SJS	0	2	2	2	0	1	20:10	—
Erik Gustafsson CHI	vs VAN	1	0	1	7	3	3	27:10	—
Ryan McDonagh TBL	vs ARI	0	1	1	2	5	4	23:55	—

Line changes

New look for CHI: Toews–Kane–Sikura skated 10:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WPG: Hendricks–Perreault–Copp skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (73.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Malcolm Subban VGK	at SJS	W	39	3	.923
Corey Crawford CHI	vs VAN	O	34	3	.912
Thatcher Demko VAN	at CHI	W	31	2	.935
Aaron Dell SJS	vs VGK	L	30	3	.900
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs ARI	W	29	1	.966
Jack Campbell LAK	vs WPG	L	28	3	.893
Darcy Kuemper ARI	at TBL	L	22	2	.909
Laurent Brossoit WPG	at LAK	W	17	2	.882
Martin Jones SJS	vs VGK	—	11	3	.727

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