NHL Recaps: Sunday, Oct 24, 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

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins edge San Jose Sharks 4–3

Boston Bruins beat San Jose Sharks 4–3 at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:19 together.

•Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:04.
•David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:31.
•Derek Forbort had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:31.

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Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at MIN. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 3A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 4:09 together.

•Roman Josi had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 24:08.
•Matt Duchene had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:52.
•Ryan Johansen had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:28.

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Detroit Red Wings beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–3

Detroit Red Wings beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–3 at CHI. Lucas Raymond (DET) led the scoring with 3G 1A.

•Lucas Raymond had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 4 shots in 16:50.
•Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:12.
•Dylan Larkin had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:16.

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New York Islanders beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–0

New York Islanders beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–0 at VGK. Josh Bailey (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Ilya Sorokin (NYI) faced 42 shots and stopped 42 (.1000), +10 against a season average of 31.6; the win.

•Josh Bailey had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:49.
•Ilya Sorokin (NYI) faced 42 shots and stopped 42 (.1000), +10 against a season average of 31.6; the win.
•New look for VGK: Dadonov–Kolesar–Roy skated 6:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Lucas Raymond DET	at CHI	3	1	4	4	0	0	16:50	—
Roman Josi NSH	at MIN	1	3	4	3	0	3	24:08	—
Tyler Bertuzzi DET	at CHI	1	2	3	4	1	0	15:12	—
Dylan Larkin DET	at CHI	0	3	3	3	1	0	17:16	—
Matt Duchene NSH	at MIN	0	3	3	3	0	0	19:52	—
Ryan Johansen NSH	at MIN	2	0	2	3	1	0	17:28	—
Filip Forsberg NSH	at MIN	1	1	2	3	1	1	16:37	—
David Pastrnak BOS	vs SJS	1	1	2	3	0	0	18:31	—
Derek Forbort BOS	vs SJS	1	1	2	2	0	3	20:31	—
Josh Bailey NYI	at VGK	1	1	2	1	0	1	16:49	—
Brad Marchand BOS	vs SJS	1	1	2	1	0	0	19:04	—
Patrice Bergeron BOS	vs SJS	0	2	2	5	0	1	19:23	—

Line changes

New look for VGK: Dadonov–Kolesar–Roy skated 6:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Stephenson–Janmark–Krebs skated 6:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at VGK	W	42	0	.1000
Marc-Andre Fleury CHI	vs DET	L	37	6	.838
Alex Nedeljkovic DET	at CHI	W	35	3	.914
Connor Ingram NSH	at MIN	W	35	2	.943
Kaapo Kahkonen MIN	vs NSH	L	29	5	.828
Linus Ullmark BOS	vs SJS	W	26	3	.885
Robin Lehner VGK	vs NYI	L	26	2	.923
James Reimer SJS	at BOS	—	20	0	.1000
Adin Hill SJS	at BOS	L	14	4	.714

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