NHL Recaps: Monday, Feb 22, 2021

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

Game recaps

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Dallas Stars

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers beat Dallas Stars 3–1

Florida Panthers beat Dallas Stars 3–1 at home. Aleksander Barkov (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Anton Khudobin (DAL) faced 51 shots and stopped 49 (.961), +26 against a season average of 25.0; the loss.

•Anton Khudobin (DAL) faced 51 shots and stopped 49 (.961), +26 against a season average of 25.0; the loss.
•New look for FLA: Hinostroza–Lammikko–Lomberg skated 7:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Anton Stralman (FLA) played 15:36, −3:26 down on his 19:02 season average over 37 games.

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Tampa Bay Lightning beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 at CAR. Jesper Fast (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. TBL's first power-play unit (Maroon, Stamkos, Hedman, Palat and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:22 together.

•Jesper Fast had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:31.
•Ondrej Palat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:08.
•Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:59.

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New York Islanders edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

New York Islanders beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 at home. Anders Lee (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:04 together.

•BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:04 together.
•Tobias Rieder (BUF) played 3:42, −8:45 down on his 12:27 season average over 43 games.
•Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +8 against a season average of 28.3; the win.

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Calgary Flames beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0

Calgary Flames beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 at TOR. Matthew Tkachuk (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CGY's first power-play unit (Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:24 together.

•Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:46.
•Sean Monahan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:25.
•Rasmus Andersson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:25.

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Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 3–0

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 3–0 at STL. Dustin Brown (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Carl Gunnarsson (STL) played 9:01, −5:54 down on his 14:55 season average over 11 games.

•Dustin Brown had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:26.
•Carl Gunnarsson (STL) played 9:01, −5:54 down on his 14:55 season average over 11 games.
•Torey Krug (STL) played 27:03, +4:36 up on his 22:27 season average over 50 games.

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Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 3–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 3–0 at COL. Alex Tuch (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:38 together.

•Alex Tuch had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:48.
•William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:09.
•VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:38 together.

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Arizona Coyotes edge Anaheim Ducks 4–3

Arizona Coyotes beat Anaheim Ducks 4–3 at home. Christian Dvorak (ARI) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Christian Dvorak had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:23.
•Cam Fowler had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:05.
•Jakob Chychrun had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:11.

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Minnesota Wild rout San Jose Sharks 6–2

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 6–2 at SJS. Mats Zuccarello (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

•Mats Zuccarello had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 14:56.
•Victor Rask had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 14:09.
•Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:49.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Mats Zuccarello MIN	at SJS	1	3	4	1	0	0	14:56	—
Victor Rask MIN	at SJS	1	2	3	1	0	0	14:09	—
Jesper Fast CAR	vs TBL	2	0	2	2	1	1	15:31	—
Alex Tuch VGK	at COL	2	0	2	2	2	0	18:48	—
Dustin Brown LAK	at STL	2	0	2	2	1	0	17:26	—
Christian Dvorak ARI	vs ANA	2	0	2	2	0	1	19:23	—
Matthew Tkachuk CGY	at TOR	1	1	2	6	6	0	18:46	—
Victor Hedman TBL	at CAR	1	1	2	5	0	1	24:53	—
Ondrej Palat TBL	at CAR	1	1	2	4	1	1	19:08	—
Jakob Chychrun ARI	vs ANA	1	1	2	3	1	0	22:11	—
Sean Monahan CGY	at TOR	1	1	2	2	1	0	18:25	—
Cam Fowler ANA	at ARI	1	1	2	2	0	1	25:05	—

Line changes

New look for FLA: Hinostroza–Lammikko–Lomberg skated 7:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BUF: Sheahan–Lazar–Mittelstadt skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TOR: Tavares–Marner–Matthews skated 7:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Stone–Stephenson–Tuch skated 12:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Karlsson–Marchessault–Roy skated 9:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Anton Khudobin DAL	at FLA	L	51	2	.961
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at CAR	W	36	2	.944
Semyon Varlamov NYI	vs BUF	W	36	2	.944
David Rittich CGY	at TOR	W	34	0	.1000
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at COL	W	34	0	.1000
Michael Hutchinson TOR	vs CGY	L	33	3	.909
Kaapo Kahkonen MIN	at SJS	W	33	2	.939
James Reimer CAR	vs TBL	L	31	3	.903
Jonathan Quick LAK	at STL	W	31	0	.1000
Jordan Binnington STL	vs LAK	L	30	2	.933
Philipp Grubauer COL	vs VGK	L	28	3	.893
Darcy Kuemper ARI	vs ANA	W	28	3	.893
Chris Driedger FLA	vs DAL	W	25	1	.960
John Gibson ANA	at ARI	L	25	4	.840
Linus Ullmark BUF	at NYI	L	23	3	.870
Martin Jones SJS	vs MIN	L	20	4	.800
Devan Dubnyk SJS	vs MIN	—	13	1	.923

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