NHL Recaps: Thursday, Apr 18, 2019

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

Game recaps

Final

PlayoffsFull report

Washington Capitals

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes edge Washington Capitals 2–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Washington Capitals 2–1 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Oshie–Backstrom skated 12:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Oshie–Backstrom skated 12:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for WSH: Eller–Connolly–Burakovsky skated 9:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jordan Martinook (CAR) played 4:39, −7:44 down on his 12:23 season average over 9 games.

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St. Louis Blues edge Winnipeg Jets 3–2

St. Louis Blues beat Winnipeg Jets 3–2 at WPG. Brayden Schenn (STL) 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 3 attempts in 1:50 together.

•Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:32.
•STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn and Tarasenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:50 together.
•New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Tarasenko skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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San Jose Sharks beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

San Jose Sharks beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at home. Tomas Hertl (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Tomas Hertl had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:14.
•Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:59.
•Colin Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:10.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Tomas Hertl SJS	vs VGK	2	0	2	5	2	2	21:14	—
Joe Pavelski SJS	vs VGK	1	1	2	4	1	2	20:59	—
Brayden Schenn STL	at WPG	1	1	2	4	0	0	17:32	—
Erik Karlsson SJS	vs VGK	0	2	2	3	3	1	22:20	—
William Karlsson VGK	at SJS	0	2	2	1	2	2	18:11	—
Colin Miller VGK	at SJS	0	2	2	1	1	3	18:10	—
Brandon Tanev WPG	vs STL	0	1	1	2	6	3	14:17	—
Timo Meier SJS	vs VGK	0	1	1	2	9	0	15:36	—
Max Pacioretty VGK	at SJS	0	0	0	8	1	0	19:07	—

Line changes

New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Oshie–Backstrom skated 12:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WSH: Eller–Connolly–Burakovsky skated 9:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WSH: Hagelin–Dowd–Boyd skated 6:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Wilson–Vrana skated 8:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Tarasenko skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for STL: Schenn–Schwartz–Sundqvist skated 6:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Martin Jones SJS	vs VGK	W	32	2	.938
Petr Mrazek CAR	vs WSH	W	31	1	.968
Jordan Binnington STL	at WPG	W	31	2	.935
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs STL	L	29	3	.897
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at SJS	L	28	4	.857
Braden Holtby WSH	at CAR	L	24	2	.917

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