NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Jan 21, 2020

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

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Vegas Golden Knights

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

Boston Bruins beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 at home. David Krejci (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Krejci–Heinen–Kuhlman skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•David Krejci had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:04.
•Nate Schmidt had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:03.
•New look for BOS: Krejci–Heinen–Kuhlman skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 4–2

New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 4–2 at NYR. Josh Bailey (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for NYR: Fast–Strome–Buchnevich skated 12:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Josh Bailey had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:05.
•Mathew Barzal had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:01.
•Mika Zibanejad had 2 assists (2 points) on 8 shots in 25:51.

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Carolina Hurricanes beat Winnipeg Jets 4–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Winnipeg Jets 4–1 at home. Teuvo Teravainen (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CAR's first power-play unit (Williams, Teravainen, Slavin, Aho and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:46 together.

•Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:32.
•Justin Williams had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 11:45.
•Andrei Svechnikov had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:32.

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Philadelphia Flyers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0

Philadelphia Flyers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0 at home. Jakub Voracek (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. James van Riemsdyk (PHI) played 18:27, +3:36 up on his 14:51 season average over 65 games.

•James van Riemsdyk (PHI) played 18:27, +3:36 up on his 14:51 season average over 65 games.
•Alex Galchenyuk (PIT) played 8:59, −3:22 down on his 12:21 season average over 58 games.
•Connor Bunnaman (PHI) played 5:54, −3:33 down on his 9:27 season average over 20 games.

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Florida Panthers edge Chicago Blackhawks 4–3

Florida Panthers beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 at CHI. Frank Vatrano (FLA) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Patrick Kane (CHI) played 26:05, +4:49 up on his 21:16 season average over 69 games.

•Frank Vatrano had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 13:49.
•Kirby Dach had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:27.
•Erik Gustafsson had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:56.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Frank Vatrano FLA	at CHI	3	0	3	3	1	1	13:49	—
Teuvo Teravainen CAR	vs WPG	1	2	3	3	0	2	18:32	—
Josh Bailey NYI	at NYR	1	2	3	1	0	1	18:05	—
Justin Williams CAR	vs WPG	2	0	2	5	0	0	11:45	—
Kirby Dach CHI	vs FLA	1	1	2	2	0	1	18:27	—
David Krejci BOS	vs VGK	1	1	2	1	0	1	18:04	—
Mika Zibanejad NYR	vs NYI	0	2	2	8	0	0	25:51	—
Andrei Svechnikov CAR	vs WPG	0	2	2	4	0	3	16:32	—
Mathew Barzal NYI	at NYR	0	2	2	2	1	0	15:01	—
Nate Schmidt VGK	at BOS	0	2	2	1	1	0	24:03	—
Mike Hoffman FLA	at CHI	0	2	2	1	0	0	14:30	—
Erik Gustafsson CHI	vs FLA	0	2	2	0	1	1	20:56	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Krejci–Heinen–Kuhlman skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BOS: Wagner–Kuraly–Blidh skated 8:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYR: Fast–Strome–Buchnevich skated 12:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Thomas Greiss NYI	at NYR	W	42	2	.952
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at BOS	L	37	3	.919
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at CHI	W	35	3	.914
Jaroslav Halak BOS	vs VGK	W	29	2	.931
Tristan Jarry PIT	at PHI	L	29	2	.931
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at CAR	L	29	4	.862
Robin Lehner CHI	vs FLA	L	26	4	.846
Brian Elliott PHI	vs PIT	W	19	0	.1000
Alexandar Georgiev NYR	vs NYI	L	18	4	.778
Petr Mrazek CAR	vs WPG	W	17	1	.941

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