NHL Recaps: Friday, Oct 29, 2021

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

Game recaps

Final / OT

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Florida Panthers

Detroit Red Wings

Florida Panthers edge Detroit Red Wings 3–2 (OT)

Florida Panthers beat Detroit Red Wings 3–2 in overtime at DET. Aleksander Barkov (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MacKenzie Weegar (FLA) played 28:41, +5:23 up on his 23:18 season average over 79 games.

•Aleksander Barkov had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:13.
•MacKenzie Weegar (FLA) played 28:41, +5:23 up on his 23:18 season average over 79 games.
•Sam Gagner (DET) played 18:54, +5:21 up on his 13:33 season average over 80 games.

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Final

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Columbus Blue Jackets

New York Rangers

New York Rangers rout Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0

New York Rangers beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0 at home. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 3A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:40 together.

•Adam Fox had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 24:07.
•Artemi Panarin had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:00.
•Chris Kreider had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 16:56.

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Washington Capitals beat Arizona Coyotes 2–0

Washington Capitals beat Arizona Coyotes 2–0 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson and Sheary) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 6:40 together.

•Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:43.
•John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:24.
•Evgeny Kuznetsov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:36.

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Carolina Hurricanes beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–3

Carolina Hurricanes beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–3 at home. Tony DeAngelo (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CAR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Teravainen, DeAngelo, Aho and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:01 together.

•Tony DeAngelo had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 12:25.
•Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:49.
•Erik Gustafsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:52.

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Vegas Golden Knights edge Anaheim Ducks 5–4 (SO)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Anaheim Ducks 5–4 in a shootout at home. Nicolas Hague (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Adam Henrique had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:05.
•Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:11.
•Nicolas Hague had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:07.

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Ottawa Senators beat Dallas Stars 4–1

Ottawa Senators beat Dallas Stars 4–1 at DAL. Josh Norris (OTT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. DAL's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Radulov, Klingberg, Hintz and Robertson) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:42 together.

•Josh Norris had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:40.
•Drake Batherson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:22.
•Tim Stützle had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:38.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Tony DeAngelo CAR	vs CHI	1	2	3	3	0	1	12:25	—
Adam Fox NYR	vs CBJ	0	3	3	2	1	2	24:07	—
Artemi Panarin NYR	vs CBJ	0	3	3	2	0	0	21:00	—
Chris Kreider NYR	vs CBJ	2	0	2	7	1	0	16:56	—
Aleksander Barkov FLA	at DET	2	0	2	3	1	0	25:13	—
Josh Norris OTT	at DAL	2	0	2	2	2	0	17:40	—
Nicolas Hague VGK	vs ANA	1	1	2	6	0	1	19:07	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	vs ARI	1	1	2	5	0	1	24:43	—
Adam Henrique ANA	at VGK	1	1	2	4	1	0	20:05	—
John Carlson WSH	vs ARI	1	1	2	3	0	2	22:24	—
Chandler Stephenson VGK	vs ANA	1	1	2	2	5	2	20:11	—
Trevor Zegras ANA	at VGK	1	1	2	2	2	1	20:03	—

Line changes

New look for NYR: Strome–Panarin–Kakko skated 11:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ARI: Ladd–Larsson–Jaskin skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
John Gibson ANA	at VGK	O	42	4	.905
Filip Gustavsson OTT	at DAL	W	39	1	.974
Robin Lehner VGK	vs ANA	W	38	4	.895
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	at NYR	L	37	4	.892
Kevin Lankinen CHI	at CAR	L	35	6	.829
Alex Nedeljkovic DET	vs FLA	O	33	3	.909
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs CBJ	W	31	0	.1000
Karel Vejmelka ARI	at WSH	L	31	1	.968
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at DET	W	30	2	.933
Antti Raanta CAR	vs CHI	W	26	3	.885
Braden Holtby DAL	vs OTT	L	24	4	.833
Ilya Samsonov WSH	vs ARI	W	16	0	.1000

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