NHL Recaps: Thursday, Jan 30, 2020

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

Game recaps

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Montreal Canadiens

3

Buffalo Sabres

1

Montreal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1 at BUF. Tomas Tatar (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Johansson, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:18 together.

• •Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:23.
• •Joel Armia had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:01.
• •Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:50.

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Final / SO

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Nashville Predators

6

New Jersey Devils

5

Nashville Predators edge New Jersey Devils 6–5 (SO)

Nashville Predators beat New Jersey Devils 6–5 in a shootout at NJD. Pavel Zacha (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NSH won it by committee.

• •Pavel Zacha had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:47.
• •Filip Forsberg had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:30.
• •Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:48.

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Final / OT

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Los Angeles Kings

3

Arizona Coyotes

2

Los Angeles Kings edge Arizona Coyotes 3–2 (OT)

Los Angeles Kings beat Arizona Coyotes 3–2 in overtime at ARI. Alex Iafallo (LAK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Martinez, Toffoli, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:18 together.

• •Alex Iafallo had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 21:00.
• •Anze Kopitar had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:02.
• •LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Martinez, Toffoli, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:18 together.

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