NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Apr 30, 2019

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

Game recaps

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Boston Bruins

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Boston Bruins 2–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Boston Bruins 2–1 at home. Boone Jenner (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Foligno, Atkinson, Duchene, Jones and Panarin) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:52 together.

•CBJ's first power-play unit (Foligno, Atkinson, Duchene, Jones and Panarin) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:52 together.
•New look for BOS: Krejci–DeBrusk–Kuhlman skated 10:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Sergei Bobrovsky (CBJ) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +4 against a season average of 33.3; the win.

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San Jose Sharks beat Colorado Avalanche 4–2

San Jose Sharks beat Colorado Avalanche 4–2 at COL. Logan Couture (SJS) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for COL: Brassard–Andrighetto–Jost skated 4:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Logan Couture had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:20.
•Timo Meier had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:58.
•Gustav Nyquist had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:14.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Logan Couture SJS	at COL	3	0	3	4	1	0	17:20	—
Timo Meier SJS	at COL	1	2	3	5	3	0	17:58	—
Gustav Nyquist SJS	at COL	0	2	2	0	0	1	13:14	—
Seth Jones CBJ	vs BOS	0	0	0	4	6	5	27:43	—
Nikita Zadorov COL	vs SJS	0	0	0	1	11	2	20:40	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Krejci–DeBrusk–Kuhlman skated 10:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CBJ: Dzingel–Bjorkstrand–Wennberg skated 7:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Brassard–Andrighetto–Jost skated 4:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ	vs BOS	W	37	1	.973
Tuukka Rask BOS	at CBJ	L	34	2	.941
Philipp Grubauer COL	vs SJS	L	30	3	.900
Martin Jones SJS	at COL	W	27	2	.926

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