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NHL Recaps: Monday, Mar 8, 2021

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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Vegas Golden Knights
0
Minnesota Wild
2

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–0

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–0 at home. Kevin Fiala (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MIN: Parise–Rask–Fiala skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  • •New look for MIN: Parise–Rask–Fiala skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
  • •New look for VGK: Kolesar–Roy–Glass skated 7:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
  • •Nick Holden (VGK) played 10:12, −6:00 down on his 16:12 season average over 16 games.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →
Final / OT
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St. Louis Blues
2
San Jose Sharks
3

San Jose Sharks edge St. Louis Blues 3–2 (OT)

San Jose Sharks beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 in overtime at home. Ryan Donato (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. SJS's first power-play unit (Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Donato and Balcers) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:19 together.

  • •Ryan Donato had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:54.
  • •Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:55.
  • •SJS's first power-play unit (Couture, Karlsson, Kane, Donato and Balcers) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:19 together.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →
Final
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Ottawa Senators
2
Edmonton Oilers
3

Edmonton Oilers edge Ottawa Senators 3–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Ottawa Senators 3–2 at home. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for EDM: Ennis–Nugent-Hopkins–Puljujarvi skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  • •Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 25:21.
  • •Thomas Chabot had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:23.
  • •New look for EDM: Ennis–Nugent-Hopkins–Puljujarvi skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →
Final
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Arizona Coyotes
3
Colorado Avalanche
2

Arizona Coyotes edge Colorado Avalanche 3–2

Arizona Coyotes beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 at COL. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (ARI) led the scoring with 0G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, Burakovsky, Rantanen and Girard) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:08 together.

  • •Clayton Keller had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:18.
  • •Oliver Ekman-Larsson had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:00.
  • •COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, Burakovsky, Rantanen and Girard) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:08 together.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →
Final / SO
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Montreal Canadiens
1
Vancouver Canucks
2

Vancouver Canucks edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1 (SO)

Vancouver Canucks beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 in a shootout at home. Jeff Petry (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Quinn Hughes (VAN) played 30:21, +7:41 up on his 22:40 season average over 55 games.

  • •Quinn Hughes (VAN) played 30:21, +7:41 up on his 22:40 season average over 55 games.
  • •Bo Horvat (VAN) played 23:36, +3:47 up on his 19:49 season average over 55 games.
  • •Nate Schmidt (VAN) played 13:49, −6:24 down on his 20:13 season average over 53 games.
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Top performers

PlayerGameGAPSOGHitsBlkTOIPP
Adrian Kempe LAKat ANA30363119:45—
Rickard Rakell ANAvs LAK21322019:11—
Maxime Comtois ANAvs LAK03321019:46—
Adam Henrique ANAvs LAK11220014:26—
Kevin Shattenkirk ANAvs LAK11210418:52—
Connor McDavid EDMvs OTT02253125:21—
Ryan Donato SJSvs STL02212116:54—
Thomas Chabot OTTat EDM02210125:23—
Anze Kopitar LAKat ANA02211021:50—
Oliver Ekman-Larsson ARIat COL02203121:00—
Ryan O'Reilly STLat SJS02200221:55—
Clayton Keller ARIat COL02201114:18—

Line changes

  • New look for MIN: Parise–Rask–Fiala skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for VGK: Kolesar–Roy–Glass skated 7:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for SJS: Couture–Kane–Leonard skated 9:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for EDM: Ennis–Nugent-Hopkins–Puljujarvi skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for OTT: Dadonov–White–Stützle skated 5:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for ARI: Gauthier–Fischer–Caggiula skated 7:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for COL: Calvert–Bellemare–O'Connor skated 8:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

GoalieGameDecSAGASV%
Joey Daccord OTTat EDML373.919
Thatcher Demko VANvs MTLW301.967
Carey Price MTLat VANO291.966
Mikko Koskinen EDMvs OTTW282.929
Devan Dubnyk SJSvs STLW262.923
Kaapo Kahkonen MINvs VGKW260.1000
John Gibson ANAvs LAKW265.808
Cal Petersen LAKat ANAO256.760
Marc-Andre Fleury VGKat MINL211.952
Ville Husso STLat SJSO203.850
Darcy Kuemper ARIat COL—192.895
Antti Raanta ARIat COLW160.1000
Philipp Grubauer COLvs ARIL143.786

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