NHL Recaps: Thursday, Oct 31, 2019

2 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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Calgary Flames

Nashville Predators

Calgary Flames edge Nashville Predators 6–5 (OT)

Calgary Flames beat Nashville Predators 6–5 in overtime at NSH. Austin Watson (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 2A. CGY won it by committee.

•Austin Watson had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 13:39.
•Matthew Tkachuk had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 23:15.
•Sean Monahan had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:52.

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 in overtime at VGK. Tomas Tatar (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Keith Kinkaid (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +3 against a season average of 32.0; the win.

•Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:15.
•Cody Eakin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:20.
•Keith Kinkaid (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +3 against a season average of 32.0; the win.

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

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Austin Watson NSH	vs CGY	2	2	4	3	0	1	13:39	—
Matthew Tkachuk CGY	at NSH	2	1	3	4	3	1	23:15	—
Sean Monahan CGY	at NSH	0	3	3	2	0	0	22:52	—
Calle Jarnkrok NSH	vs CGY	2	0	2	2	1	1	14:39	—
Tomas Tatar MTL	at VGK	1	1	2	4	2	1	17:15	—
Elias Lindholm CGY	at NSH	1	1	2	3	0	1	23:29	—
Derek Ryan CGY	at NSH	1	1	2	1	0	0	10:51	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	at NSH	0	2	2	3	0	0	23:20	—
Colton Sissons NSH	vs CGY	0	2	2	3	0	0	17:54	—
Cody Eakin VGK	vs MTL	0	2	2	1	1	1	16:20	—
Deryk Engelland VGK	vs MTL	0	0	0	1	5	5	19:12	—

Line changes

New look for MTL: Byron–Lehkonen–Suzuki skated 7:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MTL: Thompson–Weal–Cousins skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
David Rittich CGY	at NSH	W	36	5	.861
Keith Kinkaid MTL	at VGK	W	35	4	.886
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	vs MTL	O	29	5	.828
Pekka Rinne NSH	vs CGY	O	27	6	.778

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.