NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Jun 8, 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

Tampa Bay Lightning

Carolina Hurricanes

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Carolina Hurricanes 2–0

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Carolina Hurricanes 2–0 at CAR. Brayden Point (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:03 together.

•TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:03 together.
•New look for CAR: Niederreiter–Trocheck–Necas skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jake Bean (CAR) played 6:41, −8:30 down on his 15:11 season average over 10 games.

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 in overtime at COL. Alex Tuch (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for COL: Saad–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 15:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for COL: Saad–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 15:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for COL: Landeskog–Compher–Nichushkin skated 15:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Joonas Donskoi (COL) played 8:10, −7:06 down on his 15:16 season average over 9 games.

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

Top performers

Player	Game	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Alex Pietrangelo VGK	at COL	1	1	7	2	4	23:51	—
Jordan Staal CAR	vs TBL	0	0	1	7	1	18:02	—
Brayden McNabb VGK	at COL	0	0	1	6	2	16:13	—
Gabriel Landeskog COL	vs VGK	0	0	1	8	0	20:38	—
Mikhail Sergachev TBL	at CAR	0	0	0	4	5	24:29	—

Line changes

New look for CAR: Niederreiter–Trocheck–Necas skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CAR: Staal–Fast–McGinn skated 7:55 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Saad–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 15:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Landeskog–Compher–Nichushkin skated 15:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Burakovsky–Jost–O'Connor skated 10:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Donskoi–Bellemare–Newhook skated 6:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Marc-Andre Fleury VGK	at COL	W	30	2	.933
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at CAR	W	29	0	.1000
Alex Nedeljkovic CAR	vs TBL	L	25	2	.920
Philipp Grubauer COL	vs VGK	L	25	3	.880

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