NHL Recaps: Friday, Oct 25, 2019

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

Game recaps

Final

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Colorado Avalanche

Vegas Golden Knights

Colorado Avalanche rout Vegas Golden Knights 6–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–1 at VGK. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, Compher, MacKinnon and Girard) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:05 together.

•Pierre-Edouard Bellemare had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 12:44.
•Matt Calvert had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 11:07.
•Nazem Kadri had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:33.

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Toronto Maple Leafs beat San Jose Sharks 4–1

Toronto Maple Leafs beat San Jose Sharks 4–1 at home. Ilya Mikheyev (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Justin Holl (TOR) played 11:33, −7:04 down on his 18:37 season average over 67 games.

•Ilya Mikheyev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:01.
•Mitch Marner had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:32.
•Justin Holl (TOR) played 11:33, −7:04 down on his 18:37 season average over 67 games.

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Arizona Coyotes beat New Jersey Devils 5–3

Arizona Coyotes beat New Jersey Devils 5–3 at NJD. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 2A. ARI won it by committee.

•Jack Hughes had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:17.
•Jason Demers had 3 assists (3 points) in 24:57.
•Nick Schmaltz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:42.

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New York Islanders beat Ottawa Senators 4–2

New York Islanders beat Ottawa Senators 4–2 at OTT. Nick Leddy (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Tom Kuhnhackl (NYI) played 2:57, −8:39 down on his 11:36 season average over 27 games.

•Nick Leddy had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:52.
•Tyler Ennis had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:28.
•Matt Martin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 5:17.

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Buffalo Sabres beat Detroit Red Wings 2–0

Buffalo Sabres beat Detroit Red Wings 2–0 at DET. Sam Reinhart (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:37 together.

•Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:51.
•Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:16.
•BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:37 together.

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Washington Capitals edge Vancouver Canucks 6–5 (SO)

Washington Capitals beat Vancouver Canucks 6–5 in a shootout at VAN. Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Evgeny Kuznetsov had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 21:58.
•Michal Kempny had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:09.
•Tim Schaller had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:50.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nick Leddy NYI	at OTT	2	1	3	3	1	0	20:52	—
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare COL	at VGK	1	2	3	4	0	2	12:44	—
Jack Hughes NJD	vs ARI	1	2	3	4	1	0	19:17	—
Jason Demers ARI	at NJD	0	3	3	0	1	2	24:57	—
Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH	at VAN	2	0	2	7	2	0	21:58	—
Nazem Kadri COL	at VGK	2	0	2	4	1	0	15:33	—
Matt Calvert COL	at VGK	2	0	2	4	0	0	11:07	—
Tyler Ennis OTT	vs NYI	2	0	2	3	1	0	15:28	—
Tim Schaller VAN	vs WSH	2	0	2	3	1	0	12:50	—
Michal Kempny WSH	at VAN	2	0	2	3	0	1	18:09	—
Sam Reinhart BUF	at DET	1	1	2	3	0	1	16:51	—
Ilya Mikheyev TOR	vs SJS	1	1	2	3	0	0	16:01	—

Line changes

New look for DET: Helm–Bertuzzi–Larkin skated 12:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (76% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Linus Ullmark BUF	at DET	W	41	0	.1000
Antti Raanta ARI	at NJD	W	35	3	.914
Ilya Samsonov WSH	at VAN	W	34	5	.853
Thomas Greiss NYI	at OTT	W	32	2	.938
Jacob Markstrom VAN	vs WSH	O	29	5	.828
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	vs COL	L	26	4	.846
Philipp Grubauer COL	at VGK	W	26	1	.962
Martin Jones SJS	at TOR	L	26	3	.885
Jimmy Howard DET	vs BUF	L	25	2	.920
Frederik Andersen TOR	vs SJS	W	17	1	.941
Mackenzie Blackwood NJD	vs ARI	L	16	4	.750
Anders Nilsson OTT	vs NYI	L	16	4	.750
Garret Sparks VGK	vs COL	—	14	2	.857
Craig Anderson OTT	vs NYI	—	8	0	.1000

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