NHL Recaps: Thursday, Dec 19, 2019

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

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New York Islanders

Boston Bruins

New York Islanders edge Boston Bruins 3–2 (SO)

New York Islanders beat Boston Bruins 3–2 in a shootout at BOS. Johnny Boychuk (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NYI: Bailey–Nelson–Beauvillier skated 10:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Johnny Boychuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:35.
•New look for NYI: Bailey–Nelson–Beauvillier skated 10:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•David Pastrnak (BOS) played 23:52, +4:59 up on his 18:53 season average over 69 games.

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Dallas Stars edge Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 (OT)

Dallas Stars beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 in overtime at TBL. Mikhail Sergachev (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. DAL won it by committee.

•Alexander Radulov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:11.
•Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:39.
•Ondrej Palat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:29.

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Philadelphia Flyers rout Buffalo Sabres 6–1

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 6–1 at home. Travis Konecny (PHI) led the scoring with 0G 3A.

•Travis Konecny had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 13:41.
•James van Riemsdyk had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:45.
•Matt Niskanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:00.

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Los Angeles Kings

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2 (OT)

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 in overtime at home. Pierre-Luc Dubois (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Nyquist, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:02 together.

•Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:19.
•Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:39.
•Gustav Nyquist had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:48.

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Ottawa Senators edge Nashville Predators 5–4 (OT)

Ottawa Senators beat Nashville Predators 5–4 in overtime at home. Anthony Duclair (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Anthony Duclair had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:18.
•Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:46.
•Jean-Gabriel Pageau had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:32.

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Chicago Blackhawks beat Winnipeg Jets 4–1

Chicago Blackhawks beat Winnipeg Jets 4–1 at WPG. Patrick Kane (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 3A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:10 together.

•Patrick Kane had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 8 shots in 19:12.
•Alex Nylander had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:15.
•CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:10 together.

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Carolina Hurricanes beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1 at COL. Jordan Martinook (CAR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Girard) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 7:40 together.

•Jordan Martinook had 2 assists (2 points) in 9:53.
•COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Girard) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 7:40 together.
•Philipp Grubauer (COL) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +9 against a season average of 29.6; the loss.

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Montreal Canadiens edge Calgary Flames 4–3 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames 4–3 in overtime at CGY. Elias Lindholm (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A. David Rittich (CGY) faced 43 shots and stopped 39 (.907), +12 against a season average of 30.8; the overtime loss.

•Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:25.
•Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:54.
•Artturi Lehkonen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:00.

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Minnesota Wild beat Arizona Coyotes 8–5

Minnesota Wild beat Arizona Coyotes 8–5 at ARI. Marcus Foligno (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Eric Staal had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:54.
•Marcus Foligno had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 15:18.
•Mats Zuccarello had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:46.

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Vancouver Canucks edge Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 (OT)

Vancouver Canucks beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 in overtime at home. Elias Pettersson (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Elias Pettersson had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:15.
•Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:38.
•Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:57.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Patrick Kane CHI	at WPG	1	3	4	8	0	0	19:12	—
Marcus Foligno MIN	at ARI	1	2	3	5	7	1	15:18	—
Mats Zuccarello MIN	at ARI	1	2	3	4	1	0	16:46	—
Eric Staal MIN	at ARI	1	2	3	2	0	2	19:54	—
Travis Konecny PHI	vs BUF	0	3	3	2	1	0	13:41	—
Nick Schmaltz ARI	vs MIN	0	3	3	1	0	1	16:19	—
Elias Pettersson VAN	vs VGK	2	0	2	4	1	0	22:15	—
James van Riemsdyk PHI	vs BUF	2	0	2	4	0	0	17:45	—
Jakob Chychrun ARI	vs MIN	2	0	2	4	0	0	23:10	—
Mikhail Sergachev TBL	vs DAL	1	1	2	5	0	2	19:39	—
Reilly Smith VGK	at VAN	1	1	2	5	0	0	18:05	—
Johnny Boychuk NYI	at BOS	1	1	2	4	0	3	16:35	—

Line changes

New look for NYI: Bailey–Nelson–Beauvillier skated 10:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYI: Brassard–Kuhnhackl–Johnston skated 4:52 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Anton Khudobin DAL	at TBL	W	48	3	.938
David Rittich CGY	vs MTL	O	43	4	.907
Jacob Markstrom VAN	vs VGK	W	43	4	.907
Devan Dubnyk MIN	at ARI	W	40	5	.875
Philipp Grubauer COL	vs CAR	L	39	2	.949
Marcus Hogberg OTT	vs NSH	W	37	4	.892
Robin Lehner CHI	at WPG	W	37	1	.973
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at VAN	O	34	5	.853
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs CHI	L	32	4	.875
Darcy Kuemper ARI	vs MIN	L	32	7	.781
Semyon Varlamov NYI	at BOS	W	29	2	.931
Carter Hutton BUF	at PHI	L	29	6	.793
Jack Campbell LAK	at CBJ	O	28	3	.893
James Reimer CAR	at COL	W	28	1	.964
Carey Price MTL	at CGY	W	27	3	.889
Joonas Korpisalo CBJ	vs LAK	W	25	2	.920
Juuse Saros NSH	at OTT	O	24	5	.792
Tuukka Rask BOS	vs NYI	O	21	2	.905
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs DAL	O	20	4	.800
Carter Hart PHI	vs BUF	W	17	1	.941

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