NHL Recaps: Friday, Dec 20, 2019

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Dallas Stars

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers beat Dallas Stars 7–4

Florida Panthers beat Dallas Stars 7–4 at home. Noel Acciari (FLA) led the scoring with 3G 1A.

•Noel Acciari had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 4 shots in 15:59.
•Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 15:40.
•Vincent Trocheck had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:04.

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Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 6–3

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 6–3 at NJD. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 2A.

•Nicklas Backstrom had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 17:35.
•Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:01.
•John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:34.

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Toronto Maple Leafs beat New York Rangers 6–3

Toronto Maple Leafs beat New York Rangers 6–3 at NYR. William Nylander (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•William Nylander had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:09.
•Mitch Marner had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:16.
•Ilya Mikheyev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:12.

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Pittsburgh Penguins beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2 at EDM. Marcus Pettersson (PIT) led the scoring with 0G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and McCann) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:25 together.

•Marcus Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:16.
•Zachary Aston-Reese had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:30.
•PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and McCann) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:25 together.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Noel Acciari FLA	vs DAL	3	1	4	4	3	1	15:59	—
Nicklas Backstrom WSH	at NJD	2	2	4	3	0	1	17:35	—
Jonathan Huberdeau FLA	vs DAL	1	3	4	2	0	0	15:40	—
William Nylander TOR	at NYR	2	1	3	3	1	0	17:09	—
Vincent Trocheck FLA	vs DAL	1	2	3	2	1	1	16:04	—
Mitch Marner TOR	at NYR	2	0	2	6	0	2	20:16	—
Tyler Seguin DAL	at FLA	2	0	2	4	1	0	19:00	—
John Carlson WSH	at NJD	1	1	2	4	0	3	20:34	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	at NJD	1	1	2	4	2	0	19:01	—
Pavel Buchnevich NYR	vs TOR	1	1	2	3	0	0	18:44	—
Ilya Mikheyev TOR	at NYR	1	1	2	3	0	0	14:12	—
Auston Matthews TOR	at NYR	0	2	2	3	0	0	20:28	—

Line changes

New look for EDM: Kassian–Nugent-Hopkins–McDavid skated 16:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Alexandar Georgiev NYR	vs TOR	L	40	6	.850
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs DAL	W	31	4	.871
Tristan Jarry PIT	at EDM	W	28	2	.929
Ilya Samsonov WSH	at NJD	W	27	3	.889
Mackenzie Blackwood NJD	vs WSH	L	26	5	.808
Mike Smith EDM	vs PIT	L	25	4	.840
Frederik Andersen TOR	at NYR	W	22	3	.864
Ben Bishop DAL	at FLA	L	20	6	.700
Anton Khudobin DAL	at FLA	—	13	1	.923
Gilles Senn NJD	vs WSH	—	3	1	.667

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