NHL Recaps: Sunday, Oct 20, 2019

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

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Vancouver Canucks

New York Rangers

Vancouver Canucks edge New York Rangers 3–2

Vancouver Canucks beat New York Rangers 3–2 at NYR. Jesper Fast (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 17 attempts in 5:17 together.

•Jesper Fast had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:56.
•Elias Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:42.
•VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 17 attempts in 5:17 together.

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Minnesota Wild edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3

Minnesota Wild beat Montreal Canadiens 4–3 at home. Phillip Danault (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN's first power-play unit (Koivu, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon and Zucker) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:08 together.

•Phillip Danault had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:25.
•Jason Zucker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:08.
•Mikko Koivu had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:14.

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Washington Capitals beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3

Washington Capitals beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3 at CHI. Lars Eller (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for CHI: Kane–Strome–Dach skated 12:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Lars Eller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:51.
•Alex Nylander had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:12.
•Carl Hagelin had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:53.

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Winnipeg Jets edge Edmonton Oilers 1–0 (SO)

Winnipeg Jets beat Edmonton Oilers 1–0 in a shootout at home. New look for WPG: Little–Ehlers–Connor skated 11:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for WPG: Little–Ehlers–Connor skated 11:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for EDM: Jurco–Granlund–Russell skated 7:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (92.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for WPG: Lowry–Copp–Roslovic skated 10:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Calgary Flames edge Anaheim Ducks 2–1

Calgary Flames beat Anaheim Ducks 2–1 at ANA. Michael Stone (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CGY: Backlund–Czarnik–Tkachuk skated 11:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for CGY: Backlund–Czarnik–Tkachuk skated 11:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Austin Czarnik (CGY) played 14:51, +5:20 up on his 9:31 season average over 7 games.
•New look for CGY: Lucic–Frolik–Ryan skated 7:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Phillip Danault MTL	at MIN	2	0	2	3	0	0	17:25	—
Jesper Fast NYR	vs VAN	1	1	2	3	2	1	14:56	—
Lars Eller WSH	at CHI	1	1	2	2	1	0	17:51	—
Jason Zucker MIN	vs MTL	1	1	2	2	0	0	17:08	—
Carl Hagelin WSH	at CHI	0	2	2	4	2	0	16:53	—
Elias Pettersson VAN	at NYR	0	2	2	2	1	0	16:42	—
Alex Nylander CHI	vs WSH	0	2	2	2	0	1	13:12	—
Mikko Koivu MIN	vs MTL	0	2	2	1	0	1	19:14	—
Dominik Kubalik CHI	vs WSH	1	0	1	10	2	0	14:15	—
Bo Horvat VAN	at NYR	1	0	1	7	0	2	20:56	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	at CHI	1	0	1	5	7	1	17:24	—
Jacob Trouba NYR	vs VAN	0	1	1	2	6	2	22:41	—

Line changes

New look for CHI: Kane–Strome–Dach skated 12:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WPG: Little–Ehlers–Connor skated 11:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for EDM: Jurco–Granlund–Russell skated 7:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (92.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WPG: Lowry–Copp–Roslovic skated 10:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WPG: Perreault–Bourque–Gustafsson skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CGY: Backlund–Czarnik–Tkachuk skated 11:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CGY: Lucic–Frolik–Ryan skated 7:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CGY: Rieder–Quine–Jankowski skated 8:11 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Braden Holtby WSH	at CHI	W	44	3	.932
Henrik Lundqvist NYR	vs VAN	L	43	3	.930
Jacob Markstrom VAN	at NYR	W	40	2	.950
Devan Dubnyk MIN	vs MTL	W	33	3	.909
Keith Kinkaid MTL	at MIN	L	33	4	.879
Cam Talbot CGY	at ANA	W	30	1	.967
Corey Crawford CHI	vs WSH	L	29	4	.862
John Gibson ANA	vs CGY	L	29	2	.931
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs EDM	W	28	0	.1000
Mike Smith EDM	at WPG	O	23	0	.1000

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