NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Feb 5, 2020

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Toronto Maple Leafs

New York Rangers

New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3

New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 at home. Pavel Buchnevich (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:11.
•Auston Matthews had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:33.
•Chris Kreider had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:51.

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Boston Bruins edge Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 in overtime at CHI. Sean Kuraly (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, DeBrincat and Dach) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:55 together.

•CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, DeBrincat and Dach) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:55 together.
•Robin Lehner (CHI) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +6 against a season average of 34.3; the overtime loss.
•Adam Boqvist (CHI) played 8:48, −7:36 down on his 16:24 season average over 40 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Pavel Buchnevich NYR	vs TOR	1	2	3	6	2	0	17:11	—
Auston Matthews TOR	at NYR	2	0	2	4	0	0	20:33	—
Mika Zibanejad NYR	vs TOR	1	1	2	6	0	0	20:56	—
Chris Kreider NYR	vs TOR	1	1	2	5	1	1	19:51	—
John Tavares TOR	at NYR	1	1	2	3	1	0	19:02	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Robin Lehner CHI	vs BOS	O	40	2	.950
Michael Hutchinson TOR	at NYR	L	34	4	.882
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs TOR	W	30	3	.900
Jaroslav Halak BOS	at CHI	W	22	1	.955

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.