NHL Recaps: Friday, Oct 22, 2021

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

Game recaps

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San Jose Sharks

5

Toronto Maple Leafs

3

San Jose Sharks beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3

San Jose Sharks beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 at TOR. Logan Couture (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Marc-Edouard Vlasic (SJS) played 11:46, −3:30 down on his 15:16 season average over 74 games.

• •Logan Couture had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:04.
• •Timo Meier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:35.
• •Marc-Edouard Vlasic (SJS) played 11:46, −3:30 down on his 15:16 season average over 74 games.

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Final

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Boston Bruins

4

Buffalo Sabres

1

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1 at BUF. Charlie Coyle (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for BOS: Smith–Haula–DeBrusk skated 6:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (11.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

• •Charlie Coyle had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:37.
• •Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:56.
• •Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:11.

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Final / OT

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Los Angeles Kings

2

Dallas Stars

3

Dallas Stars edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2 (OT)

Dallas Stars beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 in overtime at home. Miro Heiskanen (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. DAL's first power-play unit (Suter, Benn, Seguin, Gurianov and Heiskanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:53 together.

• •Miro Heiskanen had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 29:07.
• •Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:52.
• •DAL's first power-play unit (Suter, Benn, Seguin, Gurianov and Heiskanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:53 together.

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Edmonton Oilers

5

Vegas Golden Knights

3

Edmonton Oilers beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–3

Edmonton Oilers beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–3 at VGK. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Zach Whitecloud (VGK) played 8:16, −10:43 down on his 18:59 season average over 58 games.

• •Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 7 shots in 21:58.
• •Zach Hyman had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:39.
• •Nicolas Roy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:58.

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