NHL Recaps: Sunday, May 16, 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 York Islanders

Pittsburgh Penguins

New York Islanders edge Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 (OT)

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in overtime at PIT. Jean-Gabriel Pageau (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Ilya Sorokin (NYI) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +9 against a season average of 32.9; the win.

•Jean-Gabriel Pageau had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 21:28.
•Kyle Palmieri had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:15.
•Ilya Sorokin (NYI) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +9 against a season average of 32.9; the win.

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Minnesota Wild edge Vegas Golden Knights 1–0 (OT)

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 1–0 in overtime at VGK. Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Cam Talbot (MIN) faced 42 shots and stopped 42 (.1000), +10 against a season average of 31.7; the win.

•Cam Talbot (MIN) faced 42 shots and stopped 42 (.1000), +10 against a season average of 31.7; the win.
•Jonas Brodin (MIN) played 24:56, +6:05 up on his 18:51 season average over 6 games.
•Tomas Nosek (VGK) played 14:40, +4:05 up on his 10:35 season average over 5 games.

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Tampa Bay Lightning edge Florida Panthers 5–4

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers 5–4 at FLA. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:21.
•Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:56.
•Victor Hedman had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 25:17.

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Calgary Flames edge Vancouver Canucks 6–5 (OT)

Calgary Flames beat Vancouver Canucks 6–5 in overtime at VAN. J.T. Miller (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CGY won it by committee.

•J.T. Miller had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:42.
•Quinn Hughes had 3 assists (3 points) in 23:12.
•Andrew Mangiapane had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:45.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at FLA	2	1	3	5	1	1	19:21	—
Jean-Gabriel Pageau NYI	at PIT	1	2	3	5	5	0	21:28	—
Jonathan Huberdeau FLA	vs TBL	1	2	3	5	1	0	18:56	—
J.T. Miller VAN	vs CGY	1	2	3	2	0	1	22:42	—
Victor Hedman TBL	at FLA	0	3	3	2	0	1	25:17	—
Quinn Hughes VAN	vs CGY	0	3	3	0	0	1	23:12	—
Brock Boeser VAN	vs CGY	2	0	2	10	1	0	18:26	—
Brayden Point TBL	at FLA	2	0	2	4	3	0	18:49	—
Kyle Palmieri NYI	at PIT	2	0	2	3	2	1	18:15	—
Andrew Mangiapane CGY	at VAN	2	0	2	3	1	1	15:45	—
Aleksander Barkov FLA	vs TBL	1	1	2	5	3	0	21:28	—
Owen Tippett FLA	vs TBL	1	1	2	2	1	1	9:10	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at PIT	W	42	3	.929
Cam Talbot MIN	at VGK	W	42	0	.1000
Tristan Jarry PIT	vs NYI	L	41	4	.902
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs TBL	L	40	5	.875
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at FLA	W	39	4	.897
Braden Holtby VAN	vs CGY	O	36	6	.833
Jacob Markstrom CGY	at VAN	W	35	5	.857
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	vs MIN	L	30	1	.967

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