NHL Recaps: Sunday, Mar 1, 2020

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

Game recaps

Final

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Philadelphia Flyers

New York Rangers

Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Rangers 5–3

Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Rangers 5–3 at NYR. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PHI won it by committee.

•Mika Zibanejad had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 23:56.
•Derek Grant had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:37.
•Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:20.

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Calgary Flames beat Florida Panthers 3–0

Calgary Flames beat Florida Panthers 3–0 at FLA. Mark Giordano (CGY) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for FLA: Connolly–Toninato–Vatrano skated 7:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Mark Giordano had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:59.
•Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:05.
•New look for FLA: Connolly–Toninato–Vatrano skated 7:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Final

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Vancouver Canucks

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vancouver Canucks 5–3

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vancouver Canucks 5–3 at home. J.T. Miller (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CBJ won it by committee.

•Elias Pettersson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:58.
•J.T. Miller had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:55.
•Kevin Stenlund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:50.

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Washington Capitals edge Minnesota Wild 4–3

Washington Capitals beat Minnesota Wild 4–3 at MIN. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon and Fiala) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:17 together.

•Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:18.
•Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:01.
•Evgeny Kuznetsov had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:13.

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New Jersey Devils beat Anaheim Ducks 3–0

New Jersey Devils beat Anaheim Ducks 3–0 at ANA. Pavel Zacha (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Subban, Gusev, Wood, Zacha and Bratt) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 2:19 together.

•Pavel Zacha had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 13:21.
•Jesper Bratt had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:13.
•NJD's first power-play unit (Subban, Gusev, Wood, Zacha and Bratt) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 2:19 together.

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Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–1 at VGK. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 1:14 together.

•Anze Kopitar had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:35.
•Alex Iafallo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:33.
•Ben Hutton had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:03.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Mika Zibanejad NYR	vs PHI	2	1	3	6	1	1	23:56	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	at MIN	2	1	3	4	1	1	17:18	—
J.T. Miller VAN	at CBJ	1	2	3	5	1	0	20:55	—
Elias Pettersson VAN	at CBJ	1	2	3	4	1	0	17:58	—
Mark Giordano CGY	at FLA	0	3	3	2	1	1	20:59	—
Pavel Zacha NJD	at ANA	2	0	2	5	3	0	13:21	—
Anze Kopitar LAK	at VGK	2	0	2	2	1	0	23:35	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	at FLA	1	1	2	5	0	0	16:05	—
Zach Werenski CBJ	vs VAN	1	1	2	4	2	0	25:34	—
Kevin Fiala MIN	vs WSH	1	1	2	4	0	0	19:01	—
Kevin Stenlund CBJ	vs VAN	1	1	2	3	3	0	13:50	—
Derek Grant PHI	at NYR	1	1	2	3	0	2	14:37	—

Line changes

New look for FLA: Connolly–Toninato–Vatrano skated 7:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Backes–Deslauriers–Rowney skated 10:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Cal Petersen LAK	at VGK	W	43	1	.977
Braden Holtby WSH	at MIN	W	40	3	.925
Joonas Korpisalo CBJ	vs VAN	W	39	3	.923
Cam Talbot CGY	at FLA	W	38	0	.1000
Louis Domingue VAN	at CBJ	L	34	4	.882
Cory Schneider NJD	at ANA	W	34	0	.1000
John Gibson ANA	vs NJD	L	34	3	.912
Alex Stalock MIN	vs WSH	L	30	4	.867
Samuel Montembeault FLA	vs CGY	L	28	3	.893
Henrik Lundqvist NYR	vs PHI	L	26	5	.808
Carter Hart PHI	at NYR	W	26	3	.885
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	vs LAK	L	17	4	.765

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