NHL Recaps: Wednesday, May 5, 2021

9 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

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning rout Dallas Stars 6–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Dallas Stars 6–2 at home. Erik Cernak (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Joel Hanley (DAL) played 18:36, +5:45 up on his 12:51 season average over 34 games.

•Erik Cernak had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:42.
•Alex Killorn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:48.
•Brayden Point had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:52.

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Ottawa Senators rout Montreal Canadiens 5–1

Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Canadiens 5–1 at home. Erik Brannstrom (OTT) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for MTL: Lehkonen–Evans–Kotkaniemi skated 9:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Erik Brannstrom had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:32.
•Nick Paul had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:36.
•Artem Zub had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:12.

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Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 4–2

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 4–2 at NYR. T.J. Oshie (WSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Orlov and Mantha) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 8:15 together.

•T.J. Oshie had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 22:06.
•Dmitry Orlov had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 26:13.
•Zac Jones had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:40.

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Nashville Predators

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Nashville Predators 4–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Nashville Predators 4–2 at home. Oliver Bjorkstrand (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Atkinson, Bjorkstrand, Jones, Roslovic and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:54 together.

•Oliver Bjorkstrand had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:31.
•Cam Atkinson had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:12.
•Mikko Lehtonen had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:35.

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Anaheim Ducks edge St. Louis Blues 3–2 (SO)

Anaheim Ducks beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 in a shootout at STL. Kyle Clifford (STL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Hoffman, O'Reilly, Schenn and Faulk) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:32 together.

•STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Hoffman, O'Reilly, Schenn and Faulk) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:32 together.
•New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Rakell–Heinen skated 8:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +6 against a season average of 28.6; the overtime loss.

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Vegas Golden Knights edge Minnesota Wild 3–2 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 3–2 in overtime at MIN. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:59 together.

•Kirill Kaprizov had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:26.
•Ryan Hartman had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:58.
•VGK's first power-play unit (Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:59 together.

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Winnipeg Jets rout Calgary Flames 4–0

Winnipeg Jets beat Calgary Flames 4–0 at CGY. Adam Lowry (WPG) led the scoring with 2G 1A. WPG's first power-play unit (Wheeler, Stastny, Scheifele, Connor and Pionk) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:47 together.

•Adam Lowry had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:45.
•Blake Wheeler had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:07.
•Andrew Copp had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:59.

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San Jose Sharks edge Colorado Avalanche 3–2

San Jose Sharks beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 at home. Tomas Hertl (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl and Barabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:28 together.

•Tomas Hertl had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:34.
•Evander Kane had 3 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 22:06.
•SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Karlsson, Kane, Hertl and Barabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:28 together.

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Los Angeles Kings beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2 at ARI. Sean Walker (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. ARI's first power-play unit (Goligoski, Brassard, Bunting, Garland and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:05 together.

•Sean Walker had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:56.
•Gabriel Vilardi had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:29.
•Conor Garland had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:52.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
T.J. Oshie WSH	at NYR	3	0	3	7	0	1	22:06	—
Oliver Bjorkstrand CBJ	vs NSH	2	1	3	4	1	0	20:31	—
Tomas Hertl SJS	vs COL	2	1	3	4	0	1	21:34	—
Adam Lowry WPG	at CGY	2	1	3	3	2	1	16:45	—
Erik Cernak TBL	vs DAL	1	2	3	4	2	3	19:42	—
Sean Walker LAK	at ARI	1	2	3	2	0	0	17:56	—
Evander Kane SJS	vs COL	0	3	3	6	0	0	22:06	—
Dmitry Orlov WSH	at NYR	0	3	3	3	0	3	26:13	—
Erik Brannstrom OTT	vs MTL	0	3	3	2	2	1	22:32	—
Kirill Kaprizov MIN	vs VGK	2	0	2	4	1	0	20:26	—
Blake Wheeler WPG	at CGY	2	0	2	2	1	0	16:07	—
Gabriel Vilardi LAK	at ARI	2	0	2	2	1	0	14:29	—

Line changes

New look for MTL: Lehkonen–Evans–Kotkaniemi skated 9:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for OTT: Brown–Pinto–Stützle skated 11:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYR: Strome–Zibanejad–Buchnevich skated 4:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Rakell–Heinen skated 8:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Backes–Deslauriers–Steel skated 6:36 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 ANA: Carrick–Jones–Lundeström skated 5:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Bonino–Johansson–Rask skated 7:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Kadri–Burakovsky–Newhook skated 11:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ARI: Brassard–Kessel–Keller skated 9:57 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 →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jordan Binnington STL	vs ANA	O	35	2	.943
Jake Allen MTL	at OTT	L	34	5	.853
Alexandar Georgiev NYR	vs WSH	L	34	3	.912
Cam Talbot MIN	vs VGK	O	34	3	.912
Philipp Grubauer COL	at SJS	L	33	3	.909
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	vs NSH	W	32	2	.938
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at CGY	W	32	0	.1000
Josef Korenar SJS	vs COL	W	32	2	.938
Anton Forsberg OTT	vs MTL	W	31	1	.968
Cal Petersen LAK	at ARI	W	30	2	.933
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at MIN	W	28	2	.929
Juuse Saros NSH	at CBJ	L	26	3	.885
Anthony Stolarz ANA	at STL	W	26	2	.923
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs DAL	W	22	2	.909
Vitek Vanecek WSH	at NYR	W	21	2	.905
Adin Hill ARI	vs LAK	L	21	3	.857
Jacob Markstrom CGY	vs WPG	L	19	4	.789
Jake Oettinger DAL	at TBL	L	18	4	.778

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