NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Mar 27, 2019

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

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Toronto Maple Leafs

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers edge Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 (SO)

Philadelphia Flyers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 in a shootout at home. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PHI won it by committee.

•Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:55.
•Connor Brown had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:50.
•Corban Knight had 2 assists (2 points) in 9:38.

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Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 6–3

Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 6–3 at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 3G 2A.

•David Pastrnak had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 19:32.
•Brad Marchand had 3 assists (3 points) in 19:46.
•Mika Zibanejad had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:07.

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Dallas Stars edge Calgary Flames 2–1

Dallas Stars beat Calgary Flames 2–1 at CGY. Alexander Radulov (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CGY: Neal–Monahan–Czarnik skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for CGY: Neal–Monahan–Czarnik skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for CGY: Frolik–Gaudreau–Ryan skated 6:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for CGY: Backlund–Lindholm–Tkachuk skated 6:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Colorado Avalanche edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3

Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 at home. Tyson Barrie (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Wilson, Barrie, Kerfoot, Compher and MacKinnon) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:55 together.

•Tyson Barrie had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:24.
•Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:06.
•Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:18.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
David Pastrnak BOS	vs NYR	3	2	5	5	1	0	19:32	—
Tyson Barrie COL	vs VGK	1	2	3	2	0	2	22:24	—
Brad Marchand BOS	vs NYR	0	3	3	0	0	0	19:46	—
Mika Zibanejad NYR	at BOS	2	0	2	5	0	0	20:07	—
Auston Matthews TOR	at PHI	1	1	2	6	0	2	20:55	—
Alex Tuch VGK	at COL	1	1	2	5	3	0	18:06	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs VGK	1	1	2	4	0	0	21:18	—
Paul Stastny VGK	at COL	1	1	2	3	4	0	17:15	—
Connor Brown TOR	at PHI	1	1	2	2	1	0	10:50	—
Patrice Bergeron BOS	vs NYR	1	1	2	2	0	0	14:54	—
Ryan Strome NYR	at BOS	1	1	2	2	0	0	17:11	—
Scott Laughton PHI	vs TOR	0	2	2	4	1	1	16:11	—

Line changes

New look for CGY: Neal–Monahan–Czarnik skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CGY: Frolik–Gaudreau–Ryan skated 6:56 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 CGY: Backlund–Lindholm–Tkachuk skated 6:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Spezza–Dowling–Nichushkin skated 4:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Frederik Andersen TOR	at PHI	O	44	4	.909
Carter Hart PHI	vs TOR	W	42	4	.905
Philipp Grubauer COL	vs VGK	W	37	3	.919
Henrik Lundqvist NYR	at BOS	L	32	6	.813
Malcolm Subban VGK	at COL	L	30	4	.867
Jaroslav Halak BOS	vs NYR	W	23	3	.870
David Rittich CGY	vs DAL	L	23	2	.913
Ben Bishop DAL	at CGY	—	20	0	.1000
Anton Khudobin DAL	at CGY	W	16	1	.938

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