NHL Recaps: Sunday, Mar 21, 2021

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

Game recaps

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New Jersey Devils

Pittsburgh Penguins

New Jersey Devils edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 (OT)

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 in overtime at PIT. Jesper Bratt (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +5 against a season average of 30.9; the win.

•Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +5 against a season average of 30.9; the win.
•New look for NJD: Johnsson–Wood–McLeod skated 7:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for NJD: Zacha–Merkley–Maltsev skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers 5–3

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers 5–3 at home. Yanni Gourde (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. FLA's first power-play unit (Yandle, Hornqvist, Huberdeau, Barkov and Ekblad) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 6:11 together.

•Brayden Point had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:13.
•Yanni Gourde had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:55.
•Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:06.

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Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1 at home. Sean Walker (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:00 together.

•Sean Walker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:12.
•Anze Kopitar had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:01.
•LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:00 together.

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Nashville Predators edge Dallas Stars 4–3 (SO)

Nashville Predators beat Dallas Stars 4–3 in a shootout at DAL. Eeli Tolvanen (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NSH's first power-play unit (Ekholm, Johansen, Forsberg, Arvidsson and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:41 together.

•Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:36.
•Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:29.
•NSH's first power-play unit (Ekholm, Johansen, Forsberg, Arvidsson and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:41 together.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Eeli Tolvanen NSH	at DAL	1	2	3	1	3	1	17:36	—
Sean Walker LAK	vs VGK	1	1	2	4	1	2	20:12	—
Yanni Gourde TBL	vs FLA	1	1	2	3	2	0	16:55	—
Ryan Johansen NSH	at DAL	1	1	2	1	0	1	20:29	—
Brayden Point TBL	vs FLA	1	1	2	1	0	0	18:13	—
Anze Kopitar LAK	vs VGK	0	2	2	4	0	2	21:01	—
Aleksander Barkov FLA	at TBL	0	2	2	2	1	0	24:06	—
Blake Coleman TBL	vs FLA	0	2	2	0	1	0	15:19	—
Jonathan Marchessault VGK	at LAK	0	0	0	8	0	0	23:07	—
Dante Fabbro NSH	at DAL	0	0	0	2	5	3	21:40	—
Brayden McNabb VGK	at LAK	0	0	0	1	4	4	15:11	—
Kurtis MacDermid LAK	vs VGK	0	0	0	0	6	3	15:55	—

Line changes

New look for NJD: Johnsson–Wood–McLeod skated 7:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NJD: Zacha–Merkley–Maltsev skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40.7% 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	vs VGK	W	42	1	.976
Mackenzie Blackwood NJD	at PIT	W	36	1	.972
Tristan Jarry PIT	vs NJD	O	35	2	.943
Curtis McElhinney TBL	vs FLA	W	32	3	.906
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at LAK	L	31	3	.903
Pekka Rinne NSH	at DAL	W	30	3	.900
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at TBL	L	23	4	.826
Anton Khudobin DAL	vs NSH	O	22	3	.864

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