NHL Recaps: Sunday, May 9, 2021

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Dallas Stars

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks beat Dallas Stars 4–2

Chicago Blackhawks beat Dallas Stars 4–2 at home. Alex DeBrincat (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Kane, DeBrincat, Hagel, Kalynuk and Suter) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:08 together.

•Alex DeBrincat had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:00.
•Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:37.
•Patrick Kane had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:11.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Calgary Flames rout Ottawa Senators 6–1

Calgary Flames beat Ottawa Senators 6–1 at home. Matthew Tkachuk (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CGY's first power-play unit (Giordano, Backlund, Gaudreau, Lindholm and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:08 together.

•Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:21.
•Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:35.
•Mark Giordano had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:58.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Matthew Tkachuk CGY	vs OTT	1	2	3	4	2	0	17:35	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	vs OTT	1	2	3	2	0	0	18:21	—
Alex DeBrincat CHI	vs DAL	2	0	2	4	4	0	20:00	—
Mark Giordano CGY	vs OTT	1	1	2	5	2	3	23:58	—
Brandon Hagel CHI	vs DAL	1	1	2	2	1	1	16:37	—
Patrick Kane CHI	vs DAL	0	2	2	2	0	0	23:11	—

Line changes

New look for DAL: Comeau–Cogliano–Gardner skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CGY: Monahan–Ryan–Dube skated 11:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Kevin Lankinen CHI	vs DAL	W	39	2	.949
Anton Khudobin DAL	at CHI	L	25	4	.840
Anton Forsberg OTT	at CGY	L	23	4	.826
Jacob Markstrom CGY	vs OTT	W	20	1	.950
Filip Gustavsson OTT	at CGY	—	13	2	.846

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.