NHL Recaps: Friday, Oct 18, 2019

6 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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Colorado Avalanche

Florida Panthers

Colorado Avalanche edge Florida Panthers 5–4 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat Florida Panthers 5–4 in overtime at FLA. Andre Burakovsky (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Andre Burakovsky had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 14:31.
•Joonas Donskoi had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:01.
•Jonathan Huberdeau had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 19:57.

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Pittsburgh Penguins beat Dallas Stars 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Dallas Stars 4–2 at home. Patric Hornqvist (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for DAL: Perry–Benn–Hintz skated 9:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Patric Hornqvist had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:27.
•Kris Letang had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:57.
•John Klingberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:08.

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Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 5–2

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 5–2 at home. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 4:11 together.

•John Carlson had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 25:13.
•T.J. Oshie had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:44.
•Mika Zibanejad had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:23.

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Final / OT

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Columbus Blue Jackets

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks edge Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 (OT)

Chicago Blackhawks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 in overtime at home. Alex DeBrincat (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:10 together.

•Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:13.
•Patrick Kane had 2 assists (2 points) on 9 shots in 21:19.
•CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:10 together.

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Edmonton Oilers edge Detroit Red Wings 2–1

Edmonton Oilers beat Detroit Red Wings 2–1 at home. Darnell Nurse (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for DET: Filppula–Glendening–Athanasiou skated 9:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Darnell Nurse had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:24.
•New look for DET: Filppula–Glendening–Athanasiou skated 9:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jonathan Bernier (DET) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +8 against a season average of 29.4; the loss.

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Anaheim Ducks beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–2

Anaheim Ducks beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 at home. Rickard Rakell (ANA) led the scoring with 0G 2A. CAR's first power-play unit (Haula, Dzingel, Hamilton, Teravainen and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:59 together.

•Rickard Rakell had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:00.
•CAR's first power-play unit (Haula, Dzingel, Hamilton, Teravainen and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:59 together.
•Haydn Fleury (CAR) played 5:59, −7:51 down on his 13:50 season average over 44 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Andre Burakovsky COL	at FLA	2	1	3	4	1	0	14:31	—
Patric Hornqvist PIT	vs DAL	1	2	3	4	0	1	17:27	—
Joonas Donskoi COL	at FLA	1	2	3	3	0	3	19:01	—
John Carlson WSH	vs NYR	0	3	3	1	1	1	25:13	—
Jonathan Huberdeau FLA	vs COL	2	0	2	8	2	0	19:57	—
Kris Letang PIT	vs DAL	2	0	2	5	0	1	24:57	—
T.J. Oshie WSH	vs NYR	2	0	2	4	1	1	20:44	—
John Klingberg DAL	at PIT	1	1	2	4	3	1	25:08	—
Alex DeBrincat CHI	vs CBJ	1	1	2	2	1	1	17:13	—
Patrick Kane CHI	vs CBJ	0	2	2	9	0	0	21:19	—
Darnell Nurse EDM	vs DET	0	2	2	5	1	2	22:24	—
Anton Stralman FLA	vs COL	0	2	2	3	1	1	21:30	—

Line changes

New look for DAL: Perry–Benn–Hintz skated 9:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Pavelski–Faksa–Janmark skated 7:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DET: Filppula–Glendening–Athanasiou skated 9:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DET: Nielsen–Erne–Hirose skated 5:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for EDM: Archibald–Jurco–Haas skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Grant–Shore–Rowney skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Philipp Grubauer COL	at FLA	W	44	4	.909
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs COL	O	41	5	.878
Robin Lehner CHI	vs CBJ	W	39	2	.949
Jonathan Bernier DET	at EDM	L	37	2	.946
Henrik Lundqvist NYR	at WSH	L	33	4	.879
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	at CHI	O	33	3	.909
Anton Khudobin DAL	at PIT	L	32	3	.906
Braden Holtby WSH	vs NYR	W	28	2	.929
Mikko Koskinen EDM	vs DET	W	26	1	.962
Matt Murray PIT	vs DAL	W	24	2	.917
Ryan Miller ANA	vs CAR	W	24	2	.917
Petr Mrazek CAR	at ANA	L	13	4	.692
James Reimer CAR	at ANA	—	7	0	.1000

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