NHL Recaps: Saturday, Jun 5, 2021

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

Game recaps

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Carolina Hurricanes

4

Tampa Bay Lightning

6

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Carolina Hurricanes 6–4

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Carolina Hurricanes 6–4 at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

• •Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 20:12.
• •Steven Stamkos had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 13:43.
• •Brayden Point had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:14.

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Boston Bruins

1

New York Islanders

4

New York Islanders beat Boston Bruins 4–1

New York Islanders beat Boston Bruins 4–1 at home. Mathew Barzal (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:56 together.

• •Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:29.
• •BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:56 together.
• •Matt Martin (NYI) played 8:41, −3:25 down on his 12:06 season average over 18 games.

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