NHL Recaps: Wednesday, May 26, 2021

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

Game recaps

Final

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Pittsburgh Penguins

New York Islanders

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 at home. Brock Nelson (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Brock Nelson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:21.
•Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:10.
•Jason Zucker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:15.

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Tampa Bay Lightning rout Florida Panthers 4–0

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers 4–0 at home. Steven Stamkos (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:30 together.

•Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:42.
•Erik Cernak had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:02.
•Nikita Kucherov had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:49.

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Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 at home. Kevin Fiala (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Alec Martinez (VGK) played 13:18, −9:45 down on his 23:03 season average over 18 games.

•Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:12.
•Jared Spurgeon had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:38.
•Alec Martinez (VGK) played 13:18, −9:45 down on his 23:03 season average over 18 games.

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Winnipeg Jets at Edmonton Oilers

Scheduled.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brock Nelson NYI	vs PIT	2	1	3	4	3	0	19:21	—
Anthony Beauvillier NYI	vs PIT	1	2	3	2	1	2	19:10	—
Jason Zucker PIT	at NYI	1	1	2	4	5	1	15:15	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	vs FLA	1	1	2	3	3	2	15:42	—
Kevin Fiala MIN	vs VGK	1	1	2	2	1	0	15:12	—
Josh Bailey NYI	vs PIT	0	2	2	3	0	2	20:54	—
Jean-Gabriel Pageau NYI	vs PIT	0	2	2	2	3	2	15:24	—
Jared Spurgeon MIN	vs VGK	0	2	2	2	0	5	24:38	—
Evgeni Malkin PIT	at NYI	0	2	2	2	3	0	20:59	—
Erik Cernak TBL	vs FLA	0	2	2	0	0	1	21:02	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	vs FLA	0	2	2	0	0	0	19:49	—
MacKenzie Weegar FLA	at TBL	0	0	0	3	2	6	25:56	—

Line changes

New look for TBL: Coleman–Goodrow–Gourde skated 12:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Carrier–Brown–Kolesar skated 8:23 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Janmark–Roy–Glass skated 12:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Ilya Sorokin NYI	vs PIT	W	37	3	.919
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs FLA	W	29	0	.1000
Tristan Jarry PIT	at NYI	L	24	5	.792
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at MIN	L	24	3	.875
Spencer Knight FLA	at TBL	L	23	3	.870
Cam Talbot MIN	vs VGK	W	23	0	.1000

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