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NHL Recaps: Wednesday, May 19, 2021

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

Game recaps

Final / OT
PlayoffsFull report
Washington Capitals
2
Boston Bruins
3

Boston Bruins edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime at home. Craig Smith (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:07 together.

  • •Craig Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:17.
  • •BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:07 together.
  • •Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 33:52, +10:04 up on his 23:48 season average over 50 games.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →
Final
PlayoffsFull report
Nashville Predators
0
Carolina Hurricanes
3

Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators 3–0

Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators 3–0 at home. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CAR's first power-play unit (Staal, Trocheck, Hamilton, Aho and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:48 together.

  • •Sebastian Aho had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:05.
  • •CAR's first power-play unit (Staal, Trocheck, Hamilton, Aho and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:48 together.
  • •New look for CAR: Martinook–McGinn–Lorentz skated 7:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →
Final
PlayoffsFull report
Winnipeg Jets
4
Edmonton Oilers
1

Winnipeg Jets beat Edmonton Oilers 4–1

Winnipeg Jets beat Edmonton Oilers 4–1 at EDM. Blake Wheeler (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for WPG: Stastny–Copp–Vesalainen skated 12:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (21.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  • •Blake Wheeler had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:43.
  • •Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:16.
  • •Mark Scheifele had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:24.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

PlayerGameGAPSOGHitsBlkTOIPP
Nathan MacKinnon COLvs STL31442019:44—
Joonas Donskoi COLvs STL21330017:09—
Brett Ritchie CGYvs VAN12321010:45—
Derek Ryan CGYvs VAN03300014:13—
Sebastian Aho CARvs NSH20255018:05—
Matthew Tkachuk CGYvs VAN20250015:40—
Blake Wheeler WPGat EDM11246217:43—
Craig Smith BOSvs WSH11243322:17—
Kyle Connor WPGat EDM11230020:16—
Dillon Dube CGYvs VAN1122006:57—
Torey Krug STLat COL02252126:22—
Gabriel Landeskog COLvs STL02243120:15—

Line changes

  • New look for CAR: Martinook–McGinn–Lorentz skated 7:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for WPG: Stastny–Copp–Vesalainen skated 12:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (21.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

GoalieGameDecSAGASV%
Ilya Samsonov WSHat BOSL433.930
Tuukka Rask BOSvs WSHW372.946
Philipp Grubauer COLvs STLW353.914
Jordan Binnington STLat COLL334.879
Connor Hellebuyck WPGat EDMW331.970
Alex Nedeljkovic CARvs NSHW320.1000
Juuse Saros NSHat CARL302.933
Braden Holtby VANat CGYL286.786
Jacob Markstrom CGYvs VANW212.905
Mike Smith EDMvs WPGL202.900

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