NHL Recaps: Friday, Dec 13, 2019

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

Game recaps

Final / OT

Full report

Vegas Golden Knights

Dallas Stars

Vegas Golden Knights edge Dallas Stars 3–2 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 3–2 in overtime at DAL. Max Pacioretty (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Roman Polak (DAL) played 20:26, +3:52 up on his 16:34 season average over 40 games.

•Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:31.
•Mark Stone had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:37.
•Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:52.

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Colorado Avalanche beat New Jersey Devils 3–1

Colorado Avalanche beat New Jersey Devils 3–1 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Girard) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 6:35 together.

•Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:34.
•COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Girard) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 6:35 together.
•New look for NJD: Palmieri–Bratt–Hischier skated 8:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.4% 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
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs NJD	1	1	2	5	1	0	19:34	—
Max Pacioretty VGK	at DAL	1	1	2	5	0	0	16:31	—
Mark Stone VGK	at DAL	0	2	2	2	1	2	18:37	—
Shea Theodore VGK	at DAL	0	2	2	2	0	0	21:52	—
Esa Lindell DAL	vs VGK	0	1	1	3	1	7	24:04	—
Roman Polak DAL	vs VGK	0	0	0	2	4	5	20:26	—

Line changes

New look for NJD: Palmieri–Bratt–Hischier skated 8:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NJD: Simmonds–Zacha–Hughes skated 6:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (23.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Pavel Francouz COL	vs NJD	W	38	1	.974
Ben Bishop DAL	vs VGK	O	32	3	.906
Malcolm Subban VGK	at DAL	W	30	2	.933
Mackenzie Blackwood NJD	at COL	—	19	0	.1000
Louis Domingue NJD	at COL	L	17	2	.882

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