NHL Recaps: Monday, Feb 1, 2021

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

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New York Rangers

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 at home. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:35 together.

•Artemi Panarin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:37.
•NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:35 together.
•New look for NYR: Brodzinski–Lemieux–Rooney skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 5–3

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 5–3 at WSH. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Vrana) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:09 together.

•David Pastrnak had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:00.
•Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:37.
•Brandon Carlo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:16.

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Tampa Bay Lightning beat Nashville Predators 5–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Nashville Predators 5–2 at home. Yanni Gourde (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Palat and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:51 together.

•Yanni Gourde had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:28.
•Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:30.
•TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Palat and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:51 together.

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Montreal Canadiens rout Vancouver Canucks 6–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Vancouver Canucks 6–2 at home. Jeff Petry (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Weber, Petry, Toffoli, Drouin and Suzuki) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:51 together.

•Jeff Petry had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:25.
•Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:39.
•Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:31.

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Calgary Flames edge Winnipeg Jets 4–3 (SO)

Calgary Flames beat Winnipeg Jets 4–3 in a shootout at WPG. Blake Wheeler (WPG) led the scoring with 0G 3A. WPG's first power-play unit (Wheeler, Stastny, Scheifele, Morrissey and Connor) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 4:19 together.

•Blake Wheeler had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:47.
•Kyle Connor had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:16.
•Mark Scheifele had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:45.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jeff Petry MTL	vs VAN	2	1	3	4	3	1	20:25	—
Artemi Panarin NYR	vs PIT	1	2	3	2	2	0	19:37	—
Blake Wheeler WPG	vs CGY	0	3	3	1	1	0	19:47	—
David Pastrnak BOS	at WSH	2	0	2	7	1	0	20:00	—
Kyle Connor WPG	vs CGY	2	0	2	6	1	0	22:16	—
Yanni Gourde TBL	vs NSH	2	0	2	5	0	0	17:28	—
Brad Marchand BOS	at WSH	1	1	2	3	4	0	21:37	—
Artturi Lehkonen MTL	vs VAN	1	1	2	3	2	0	13:39	—
Mark Scheifele WPG	vs CGY	1	1	2	3	0	1	23:45	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	vs NSH	1	1	2	3	0	0	17:30	—
Brandon Carlo BOS	at WSH	1	1	2	2	0	1	19:16	—
Nick Suzuki MTL	vs VAN	1	1	2	1	1	0	18:31	—

Line changes

New look for NYR: Brodzinski–Lemieux–Rooney skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NSH: Duchene–Granlund–Forsberg skated 11:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NSH: Johansen–Arvidsson–Trenin skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Miller–Horvat–Virtanen skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Braden Holtby VAN	at MTL	L	40	6	.850
Vitek Vanecek WSH	vs BOS	L	32	4	.875
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs NSH	W	31	2	.935
Carey Price MTL	vs VAN	W	29	2	.931
Jacob Markstrom CGY	at WPG	W	28	3	.893
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs CGY	O	28	3	.893
Juuse Saros NSH	at TBL	L	27	4	.852
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs PIT	W	26	1	.962
Jaroslav Halak BOS	at WSH	W	26	3	.885
Casey DeSmith PIT	at NYR	L	23	2	.913

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