NHL Recaps: Thursday, May 2, 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

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1 at CBJ. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Sergei Bobrovsky (CBJ) faced 46 shots and stopped 42 (.913), +13 against a season average of 33.3; the loss.

•Patrice Bergeron had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 21:49.
•David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:52.
•Torey Krug had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:00.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 3–0

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 3–0 at home. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Wilson, Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon and Rantanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:48 together.

•Mikko Rantanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:21.
•COL's first power-play unit (Wilson, Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon and Rantanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:48 together.
•New look for COL: Soderberg–Calvert–Nieto skated 10:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Patrice Bergeron BOS	at CBJ	2	0	2	7	1	1	21:49	—
David Pastrnak BOS	at CBJ	1	1	2	3	0	2	15:52	—
Mikko Rantanen COL	vs SJS	0	2	2	2	2	0	22:21	—
Torey Krug BOS	at CBJ	0	2	2	0	2	0	22:00	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs SJS	1	0	1	7	2	1	23:33	—
Seth Jones CBJ	vs BOS	0	0	0	7	2	5	30:17	—
Gabriel Landeskog COL	vs SJS	0	0	0	4	6	3	22:35	—
David Savard CBJ	vs BOS	0	0	0	1	7	4	19:57	—
Brenden Dillon SJS	at COL	0	0	0	1	4	4	16:27	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Backes–Krejci–DeBrusk skated 6:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Soderberg–Calvert–Nieto skated 10:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52% 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	L	46	4	.913
Tuukka Rask BOS	at CBJ	W	40	1	.975
Philipp Grubauer COL	vs SJS	W	32	0	.1000
Martin Jones SJS	at COL	L	27	2	.926

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