NHL Recaps: Monday, Oct 25, 2021

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

Game recaps

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres rout Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1 at home. Victor Olofsson (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Craig Anderson (BUF) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +6 against a season average of 30.5; the win.

•Victor Olofsson had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:00.
•Robert Hagg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:14.
•Tage Thompson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:35.

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Washington Capitals beat Ottawa Senators 7–5

Washington Capitals beat Ottawa Senators 7–5 at OTT. Drake Batherson (OTT) led the scoring with 3G 1A. WSH won it by committee.

•Drake Batherson had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 4 shots in 20:20.
•T.J. Oshie had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:27.
•Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:34.

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Florida Panthers beat Arizona Coyotes 5–3

Florida Panthers beat Arizona Coyotes 5–3 at home. Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. FLA's first power-play unit (Hornqvist, Huberdeau, Barkov, Ekblad and Bennett) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:20 together.

•Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:09.
•Brandon Montour had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:09.
•Sam Bennett had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:32.

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Calgary Flames rout New York Rangers 5–1

Calgary Flames beat New York Rangers 5–1 at NYR. Andrew Mangiapane (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for NYR: Strome–Goodrow–Panarin skated 12:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Andrew Mangiapane had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:36.
•Blake Coleman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 17:32.
•Mikael Backlund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:08.

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Carolina Hurricanes beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 at home. Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for CAR: Teravainen–Aho–Svechnikov skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:45.
•Jaccob Slavin had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:25.
•New look for CAR: Teravainen–Aho–Svechnikov skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Dallas Stars

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Dallas Stars 4–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Dallas Stars 4–1 at home. Gregory Hofmann (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for CBJ: Kuraly–Texier–Robinson skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Gregory Hofmann had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:21.
•Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:28.
•Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:34.

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St. Louis Blues beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0

St. Louis Blues beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0 at home. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Sean Walker (LAK) played 5:56, −14:56 down on his 20:52 season average over 5 games.

•Vladimir Tarasenko had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:21.
•Sean Walker (LAK) played 5:56, −14:56 down on his 20:52 season average over 5 games.
•New look for LAK: Danault–Iafallo–Kaliyev skated 10:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% 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
Drake Batherson OTT	vs WSH	3	1	4	4	3	0	20:20	—
T.J. Oshie WSH	at OTT	3	0	3	3	1	1	16:27	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	at OTT	2	0	2	6	3	1	19:34	—
Vladimir Tarasenko STL	vs LAK	2	0	2	6	1	0	15:21	—
Andrew Mangiapane CGY	at NYR	2	0	2	3	1	1	15:36	—
Victor Olofsson BUF	vs TBL	2	0	2	3	0	1	16:00	—
Blake Coleman CGY	at NYR	1	1	2	8	3	1	17:32	—
Mikael Backlund CGY	at NYR	1	1	2	4	1	0	16:08	—
Josh Norris OTT	vs WSH	1	1	2	3	3	0	21:56	—
Andrei Svechnikov CAR	vs TOR	1	1	2	3	3	0	16:45	—
Robert Hagg BUF	vs TBL	1	1	2	2	1	3	19:14	—
Jonathan Huberdeau FLA	vs ARI	1	1	2	2	1	0	17:09	—

Line changes

New look for TBL: Perry–Colton–Barré-Boulet skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for FLA: Reinhart–Marchment–Luostarinen skated 12:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYR: Strome–Goodrow–Panarin skated 12:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CAR: Teravainen–Aho–Svechnikov skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CBJ: Kuraly–Texier–Robinson skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Seguin–Faksa–Raffl skated 6:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Danault–Iafallo–Kaliyev skated 10:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Kempe–Grundstrom–Vilardi skated 6:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% 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 Samsonov WSH	at OTT	W	37	5	.865
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs CGY	L	37	5	.865
Craig Anderson BUF	vs TBL	W	36	1	.972
Jack Campbell TOR	at CAR	L	35	3	.914
Jonathan Quick LAK	at STL	L	34	2	.941
Ville Husso STL	vs LAK	W	34	0	.1000
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	vs DAL	W	32	1	.969
Karel Vejmelka ARI	at FLA	L	29	3	.897
Jacob Markstrom CGY	at NYR	W	29	1	.966
Frederik Andersen CAR	vs TOR	W	25	1	.960
Braden Holtby DAL	at CBJ	L	25	3	.880
Brian Elliott TBL	at BUF	L	23	3	.870
Spencer Knight FLA	vs ARI	W	21	3	.857
Anton Forsberg OTT	vs WSH	—	16	4	.750
Filip Gustavsson OTT	vs WSH	L	15	3	.800
Carter Hutton ARI	at FLA	—	11	1	.909

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