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NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Jun 2, 2021

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

Game recaps

Final
PlayoffsFull report
Montreal Canadiens
5
Winnipeg Jets
3

Montreal Canadiens beat Winnipeg Jets 5–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Winnipeg Jets 5–3 at WPG. Eric Staal (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Dylan DeMelo (WPG) played 0:29, −25:32 down on his 26:01 season average over 4 games.

  • •Eric Staal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:02.
  • •Jeff Petry had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:49.
  • •Joel Edmundson had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:44.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →
Final / OT
PlayoffsFull report
Vegas Golden Knights
2
Colorado Avalanche
3

Colorado Avalanche edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in overtime at home. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 7:25 together.

  • •Samuel Girard had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:02.
  • •Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:53.
  • •COL's first power-play unit (Donskoi, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 7:25 together.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

PlayerGameGAPSOGHitsBlkTOIPP
Eric Staal MTLat WPG11210013:02—
Joel Edmundson MTLat WPG02252324:44—
Shea Theodore VGKat COL02231222:53—
Jeff Petry MTLat WPG02212225:49—
Samuel Girard COLvs VGK02201222:02—

Line changes

  • New look for WPG: Copp–Ehlers–Dubois skated 10:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

GoalieGameDecSAGASV%
Philipp Grubauer COLvs VGKW412.951
Connor Hellebuyck WPGvs MTLL324.875
Carey Price MTLat WPGW303.900
Marc-Andre Fleury VGKat COLL253.880

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.