NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Apr 16, 2019

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

Game recaps

Final

PlayoffsFull report

Tampa Bay Lightning

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets rout Tampa Bay Lightning 7–3

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Tampa Bay Lightning 7–3 at home. Pierre-Luc Dubois (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:39.
•Alexandre Texier had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:44.
•Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:18.

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New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 at PIT. Josh Bailey (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Guentzel–McCann skated 8:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (86.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Josh Bailey had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:01.
•New look for PIT: Crosby–Guentzel–McCann skated 8:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (86.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for PIT: Malkin–Kessel–Rust skated 8:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Winnipeg Jets edge St. Louis Blues 2–1 (OT)

Winnipeg Jets beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 in overtime at STL. Mark Scheifele (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn and Tarasenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:17 together.

•Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:18.
•Mark Scheifele had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 22:05.
•Blake Wheeler had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:43.

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Vegas Golden Knights rout San Jose Sharks 5–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 5–0 at home. Max Pacioretty (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 2A.

•Max Pacioretty had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 17:12.
•Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:46.
•Mark Stone had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:43.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Max Pacioretty VGK	vs SJS	2	2	4	7	1	0	17:12	—
Pierre-Luc Dubois CBJ	vs TBL	1	2	3	2	2	1	16:39	—
Alexandre Texier CBJ	vs TBL	2	0	2	4	0	0	13:44	—
Mark Scheifele WPG	at STL	1	1	2	7	0	0	22:05	—
Josh Bailey NYI	at PIT	1	1	2	4	0	1	18:01	—
Kyle Connor WPG	at STL	1	1	2	4	0	0	21:18	—
Oliver Bjorkstrand CBJ	vs TBL	1	1	2	3	1	2	17:52	—
Matt Duchene CBJ	vs TBL	1	1	2	2	2	0	15:18	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	at CBJ	1	1	2	2	1	0	20:19	—
Shea Theodore VGK	vs SJS	1	1	2	2	0	1	19:46	—
Seth Jones CBJ	vs TBL	1	1	2	1	1	1	25:53	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at CBJ	0	2	2	4	1	1	22:38	—

Line changes

New look for PIT: Crosby–Guentzel–McCann skated 8:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (86.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PIT: Malkin–Kessel–Rust skated 8:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PIT: Hornqvist–Bjugstad–Simon skated 4:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jordan Binnington STL	vs WPG	L	39	2	.949
Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ	vs TBL	W	33	3	.909
Robin Lehner NYI	at PIT	W	33	1	.970
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at STL	W	32	1	.969
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	vs SJS	W	28	0	.1000
Matt Murray PIT	vs NYI	L	25	2	.920
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at CBJ	L	22	4	.818
Aaron Dell SJS	at VGK	—	20	3	.850
Martin Jones SJS	at VGK	L	7	2	.714

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