NHL Recaps: Saturday, May 22, 2021

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

Game recaps

Final

PlayoffsFull report

Florida Panthers

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning rout Florida Panthers 6–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers 6–2 at home. Alex Killorn (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 2A.

•Alex Killorn had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 19:15.
•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 14:31.
•Anthony Cirelli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:52.

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

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 at home. Oliver Wahlstrom (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Kris Letang (PIT) played 22:37, −7:18 down on his 29:55 season average over 5 games.

•Oliver Wahlstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:22.
•Kris Letang (PIT) played 22:37, −7:18 down on his 29:55 season average over 5 games.
•Zachary Aston-Reese (PIT) played 10:00, −5:00 down on his 15:00 season average over 5 games.

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

Toronto Maple Leafs rout Montreal Canadiens 5–1

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 5–1 at home. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. TOR's first power-play unit (Thornton, Hyman, Marner, Matthews and Sandin) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:43 together.

•Auston Matthews had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:37.
•William Nylander had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:40.
•Mitch Marner had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:50.

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Minnesota Wild 4–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 4–0 at MIN. Nicolas Roy (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +10 against a season average of 25.2; the win.

•Nicolas Roy had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:52.
•Keegan Kolesar had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:36.
•Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +10 against a season average of 25.2; the win.

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

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Alex Killorn TBL	vs FLA	2	2	4	3	0	0	19:15	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	vs FLA	1	3	4	4	0	0	14:31	—
Auston Matthews TOR	vs MTL	1	2	3	4	4	1	22:37	—
Nicolas Roy VGK	at MIN	2	0	2	4	1	0	13:52	—
Jonathan Huberdeau FLA	at TBL	1	1	2	4	3	0	21:42	—
William Nylander TOR	vs MTL	1	1	2	4	0	1	16:40	—
Oliver Wahlstrom NYI	vs PIT	1	1	2	3	2	1	12:22	—
Anthony Cirelli TBL	vs FLA	1	1	2	2	2	1	16:52	—
Erik Cernak TBL	vs FLA	0	2	2	3	3	1	19:06	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	vs FLA	0	2	2	3	0	0	16:13	—
Keegan Kolesar VGK	at MIN	0	2	2	1	3	0	13:36	—
Mitch Marner TOR	vs MTL	0	2	2	0	1	1	22:50	—

Line changes

New look for TOR: Foligno–Galchenyuk–Nylander skated 8:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Bonino–Rask–Fiala skated 4:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Parise–Rau–Sturm skated 5:20 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 →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs FLA	W	41	2	.951
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at MIN	W	35	0	.1000
Carey Price MTL	at TOR	L	33	4	.879
Ilya Sorokin NYI	vs PIT	W	30	1	.967
Tristan Jarry PIT	at NYI	L	26	4	.846
Jack Campbell TOR	vs MTL	W	23	1	.957
Cam Talbot MIN	vs VGK	L	17	3	.824
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at TBL	L	14	5	.643
Chris Driedger FLA	at TBL	—	12	1	.917

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.