NHL Recaps: Thursday, Oct 14, 2021

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

Game recaps

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Montreal Canadiens

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres rout Montreal Canadiens 5–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Montreal Canadiens 5–1 at home. Victor Olofsson (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Victor Olofsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:29.
•Zemgus Girgensons had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:16.
•Colin Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:28.

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Ottawa Senators edge Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2

Ottawa Senators beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 at home. William Nylander (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TOR's first power-play unit (Spezza, Tavares, Rielly, Nylander and Marner) scored 2 power-play goals on 17 attempts in 3:57 together.

•Jason Spezza had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:19.
•Tyler Ennis had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:15.
•William Nylander had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:28.

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Florida Panthers edge Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 (OT)

Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 in overtime at home. Aaron Ekblad (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Aaron Ekblad had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 27:56.
•Carter Verhaeghe had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:57.
•Jeff Carter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 22:25.

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Dallas Stars edge New York Rangers 3–2 (OT)

Dallas Stars beat New York Rangers 3–2 in overtime at NYR. Miro Heiskanen (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. John Klingberg (DAL) played 10:21, −12:01 down on his 22:22 season average over 73 games.

•Miro Heiskanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 26:28.
•John Klingberg (DAL) played 10:21, −12:01 down on his 22:22 season average over 73 games.
•Jacob Peterson (DAL) played 16:35, +5:36 up on his 10:59 season average over 64 games.

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Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Islanders 6–3

Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Islanders 6–3 at home. Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. CAR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Teravainen, DeAngelo, Aho and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 5:05 together.

•Andrei Svechnikov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:06.
•Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:03.
•Kyle Palmieri had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:10.

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Arizona Coyotes

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets rout Arizona Coyotes 8–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Arizona Coyotes 8–2 at home. Oliver Bjorkstrand (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 2A.

•Oliver Bjorkstrand had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 12:58.
•Max Domi had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 13:52.
•Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:43.

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Tampa Bay Lightning edge Detroit Red Wings 7–6 (OT)

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Detroit Red Wings 7–6 in overtime at DET. Tyler Bertuzzi (DET) led the scoring with 4G 0A. TBL won it by committee.

•Tyler Bertuzzi had 4 goals (4 points) on 4 shots in 21:43.
•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 8 shots in 24:43.
•Victor Hedman had 4 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 25:51.

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Seattle Kraken edge Nashville Predators 4–3

Seattle Kraken beat Nashville Predators 4–3 at NSH. Mikael Granlund (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. SEA won it by committee.

•Mikael Granlund had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:47.
•Brandon Tanev had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:33.
•Alexander Wennberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:09.

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Los Angeles Kings rout Vegas Golden Knights 6–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–2 at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 3G 2A.

•Anze Kopitar had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 7 shots in 18:12.
•Drew Doughty had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 23:49.
•Dustin Brown had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:10.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Anze Kopitar LAK	vs VGK	3	2	5	7	1	1	18:12	—
Tyler Bertuzzi DET	vs TBL	4	0	4	4	2	1	21:43	—
Oliver Bjorkstrand CBJ	vs ARI	2	2	4	3	0	0	12:58	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at DET	1	3	4	8	0	1	24:43	—
Drew Doughty LAK	vs VGK	1	3	4	2	1	0	23:49	—
Victor Hedman TBL	at DET	0	4	4	5	2	0	25:51	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	at DET	2	1	3	5	1	1	18:14	—
Andrei Svechnikov CAR	vs NYI	2	1	3	4	0	0	20:06	—
Max Domi CBJ	vs ARI	1	2	3	3	0	0	13:52	—
Mikael Granlund NSH	vs SEA	1	2	3	2	0	0	18:47	—
Aaron Ekblad FLA	vs PIT	2	0	2	6	3	3	27:56	—
Ondrej Palat TBL	at DET	2	0	2	4	0	0	15:40	—

Line changes

New look for NYR: Goodrow–Gauthier–Chytil skated 7:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Anton Forsberg OTT	vs TOR	W	48	2	.958
Alex Nedeljkovic DET	vs TBL	O	48	7	.854
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs PIT	W	47	4	.915
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at CAR	L	40	5	.875
Casey DeSmith PIT	at FLA	O	39	5	.872
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	vs ARI	W	38	2	.947
Samuel Montembeault MTL	at BUF	L	36	5	.861
Craig Anderson BUF	vs MTL	W	31	1	.968
Robin Lehner VGK	at LAK	L	31	4	.871
Philipp Grubauer SEA	at NSH	W	30	3	.900
Frederik Andersen CAR	vs NYI	W	28	3	.893
Braden Holtby DAL	at NYR	—	27	2	.926
Petr Mrazek TOR	at OTT	L	26	3	.885
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at DET	W	26	6	.769
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs DAL	O	26	3	.885
Carter Hutton ARI	at CBJ	L	26	8	.692
Juuse Saros NSH	vs SEA	L	25	3	.880
Cal Petersen LAK	vs VGK	W	25	2	.920
Laurent Brossoit VGK	at LAK	—	16	2	.875
Jack Campbell TOR	at OTT	—	10	0	.1000
Anton Khudobin DAL	at NYR	W	6	0	.1000

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