NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Apr 7, 2021

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

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Edmonton Oilers

Ottawa Senators

Edmonton Oilers beat Ottawa Senators 4–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Ottawa Senators 4–2 at OTT. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 3G 1A. EDM's first power-play unit (Chiasson, Barrie, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl and McDavid) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:09 together.

•Leon Draisaitl had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 7 shots in 23:29.
•Connor McDavid had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 23:41.
•Tyson Barrie had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:35.

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Toronto Maple Leafs edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at home. Corey Perry (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for TOR: Tavares–Galchenyuk–Mikheyev skated 10:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Corey Perry had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:18.
•Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:21.
•Zach Hyman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:03.

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St. Louis Blues beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1

St. Louis Blues beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–1 at home. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 51 shots and stopped 50 (.980), +22 against a season average of 28.6; the win.

•Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 51 shots and stopped 50 (.980), +22 against a season average of 28.6; the win.
•New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Blais skated 10:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jordan Kyrou (STL) played 8:26, −6:06 down on his 14:32 season average over 54 games.

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Minnesota Wild rout Colorado Avalanche 8–3

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 8–3 at home. Kevin Fiala (MIN) led the scoring with 3G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala and Kaprizov) scored 4 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 3:04 together.

•Kevin Fiala had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 8 shots in 15:09.
•MIN's first power-play unit (Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala and Kaprizov) scored 4 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 3:04 together.
•Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:38.

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Los Angeles Kings edge Arizona Coyotes 4–3

Los Angeles Kings beat Arizona Coyotes 4–3 at home. Lawson Crouse (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK won it by committee.

•Lawson Crouse had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:45.
•Christian Fischer had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:39.
•Drew Doughty had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 29:15.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Kevin Fiala MIN	vs COL	3	1	4	8	0	0	15:09	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	at OTT	3	1	4	7	0	0	23:29	—
Connor McDavid EDM	at OTT	1	3	4	5	1	1	23:41	—
Kirill Kaprizov MIN	vs COL	2	1	3	3	2	0	16:38	—
Jared Spurgeon MIN	vs COL	0	3	3	1	1	4	23:32	—
Victor Rask MIN	vs COL	0	3	3	0	0	1	14:12	—
Corey Perry MTL	at TOR	2	0	2	3	1	1	18:18	—
Auston Matthews TOR	vs MTL	1	1	2	5	1	1	21:21	—
Mikko Rantanen COL	at MIN	1	1	2	4	0	0	21:25	—
Lawson Crouse ARI	at LAK	1	1	2	3	3	0	15:45	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	at MIN	1	1	2	3	0	0	20:47	—
Zach Hyman TOR	vs MTL	1	1	2	1	1	3	23:03	—

Line changes

New look for EDM: Turris–Chiasson–Kassian skated 9:20 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TOR: Tavares–Galchenyuk–Mikheyev skated 10:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MTL: Tatar–Danault–Kotkaniemi skated 10:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Blais skated 10:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jordan Binnington STL	vs VGK	W	51	1	.980
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at STL	L	35	3	.914
Marcus Hogberg OTT	vs EDM	L	34	3	.912
Jack Campbell TOR	vs MTL	W	34	2	.941
Jake Allen MTL	at TOR	L	32	3	.906
Cam Talbot MIN	vs COL	W	32	3	.906
Mikko Koskinen EDM	at OTT	W	30	2	.933
Adin Hill ARI	at LAK	L	30	4	.867
Jonathan Quick LAK	vs ARI	W	27	3	.889
Philipp Grubauer COL	at MIN	L	18	7	.611
Jonas Johansson COL	at MIN	—	1	1	.000

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