NHL Recaps: Friday, Apr 26, 2019

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

Game recaps

Final / OT

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Carolina Hurricanes

New York Islanders

Carolina Hurricanes edge New York Islanders 1–0 (OT)

Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Islanders 1–0 in overtime at NYI. Jordan Staal (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CAR: McKegg–Brown–Bishop skated 6:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for CAR: McKegg–Brown–Bishop skated 6:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jordan Eberle (NYI) played 19:40, +3:33 up on his 16:07 season average over 7 games.
•Warren Foegele (CAR) played 17:36, +3:23 up on his 14:13 season average over 14 games.

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San Jose Sharks beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2

San Jose Sharks beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2 at home. Brent Burns (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 3A. COL's first power-play unit (Wilson, Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon and Rantanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:58 together.

•Brent Burns had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 27:20.
•Joe Thornton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:44.
•Marcus Sorensen had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:56.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brent Burns SJS	vs COL	1	3	4	3	0	6	27:20	—
Joe Thornton SJS	vs COL	1	1	2	3	0	1	13:44	—
Marcus Sorensen SJS	vs COL	0	2	2	2	0	1	13:56	—
Jordan Staal CAR	at NYI	1	0	1	3	6	2	19:31	—
Matt Martin NYI	vs CAR	0	0	0	3	9	0	12:04	—
Dougie Hamilton CAR	at NYI	0	0	0	2	5	3	17:48	—
Matt Calvert COL	at SJS	0	0	0	0	8	0	13:52	—

Line changes

New look for CAR: McKegg–Brown–Bishop skated 6:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Kane–Hertl–Radil skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Robin Lehner NYI	vs CAR	L	32	1	.969
Petr Mrazek CAR	at NYI	W	31	0	.1000
Martin Jones SJS	vs COL	W	28	2	.929
Philipp Grubauer COL	at SJS	L	26	4	.846

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