NHL Recaps: Friday, Jan 3, 2020

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

Game recaps

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Washington Capitals

4

Carolina Hurricanes

3

Washington Capitals edge Carolina Hurricanes 4–3

Washington Capitals beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 at CAR. Lars Eller (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 4:15 together.

• •Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:18.
• •Lars Eller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:48.
• •Andrei Svechnikov had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:04.

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Detroit Red Wings

1

Dallas Stars

4

Dallas Stars beat Detroit Red Wings 4–1

Dallas Stars beat Detroit Red Wings 4–1 at home. Esa Lindell (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. DAL's first power-play unit (Faksa, Lindell, Janmark, Hintz and Gurianov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:29 together.

• •Esa Lindell had 3 assists (3 points) in 25:26.
• •Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:16.
• •Roope Hintz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:57.

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