NHL Recaps: Monday, Apr 15, 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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Boston Bruins

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Boston Bruins 3–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 3–2 at home. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Rielly, Johnsson, Marner and Matthews) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:53 together.

•Andreas Johnsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:30.
•Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:34.
•TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Rielly, Johnsson, Marner and Matthews) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:53 together.

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Carolina Hurricanes rout Washington Capitals 5–0

Carolina Hurricanes beat Washington Capitals 5–0 at home. Warren Foegele (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Warren Foegele had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 14:37.
•Dougie Hamilton had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:34.
•Brock McGinn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:07.

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Nashville Predators edge Dallas Stars 3–2

Nashville Predators beat Dallas Stars 3–2 at DAL. Tyler Seguin (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for DAL: Comeau–Faksa–Dickinson skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for DAL: Comeau–Faksa–Dickinson skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Pekka Rinne (NSH) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +12 against a season average of 29.8; the win.
•New look for DAL: Radulov–Zuccarello–Seguin skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Colorado Avalanche rout Calgary Flames 6–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Calgary Flames 6–2 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:51.
•Erik Johnson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:04.
•Matt Nieto had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:55.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Warren Foegele CAR	vs WSH	2	1	3	5	3	0	14:37	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs CGY	2	1	3	5	2	0	20:51	—
Dougie Hamilton CAR	vs WSH	2	0	2	6	2	3	20:34	—
Mikko Rantanen COL	vs CGY	1	1	2	6	1	0	16:24	—
Erik Johnson COL	vs CGY	1	1	2	4	3	2	21:04	—
Auston Matthews TOR	vs BOS	1	1	2	4	2	0	19:34	—
Andreas Johnsson TOR	vs BOS	1	1	2	3	4	0	18:30	—
Brock McGinn CAR	vs WSH	1	1	2	2	5	0	16:07	—
Matt Nieto COL	vs CGY	1	1	2	2	0	0	14:55	—
Jaccob Slavin CAR	vs WSH	0	2	2	5	2	1	25:09	—
Ian Cole COL	vs CGY	0	2	2	2	2	5	20:57	—
Jordan Staal CAR	vs WSH	0	2	2	0	10	0	18:37	—

Line changes

New look for TOR: Ennis–Gauthier–Moore skated 5:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Comeau–Faksa–Dickinson skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Radulov–Zuccarello–Seguin skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Benn–Dowling–Hintz skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Spezza–Cogliano–Nichushkin skated 6:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Mike Smith CGY	at COL	L	56	6	.893
Braden Holtby WSH	at CAR	L	45	5	.889
Pekka Rinne NSH	at DAL	W	42	2	.952
Frederik Andersen TOR	vs BOS	W	36	2	.944
Tuukka Rask BOS	at TOR	L	34	3	.912
Philipp Grubauer COL	vs CGY	W	29	2	.931
Ben Bishop DAL	vs NSH	L	28	3	.893
Petr Mrazek CAR	vs WSH	W	18	0	.1000

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