NHL Recaps: Friday, Jan 7, 2022

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Calgary Flames

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes beat Calgary Flames 6–3

Carolina Hurricanes beat Calgary Flames 6–3 at home. Brady Skjei (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Brady Skjei had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:20.
•Andrei Svechnikov had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:14.
•Blake Coleman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:49.

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St. Louis Blues rout Washington Capitals 5–1

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 5–1 at home. Pavel Buchnevich (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for STL: Schenn–Kyrou–Thomas skated 10:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Pavel Buchnevich had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:41.
•Robert Thomas had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:02.
•Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:18.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Pavel Buchnevich STL	vs WSH	2	1	3	3	2	0	18:41	—
Brady Skjei CAR	vs CGY	1	2	3	2	1	2	19:20	—
Andrei Svechnikov CAR	vs CGY	2	0	2	6	3	0	15:14	—
Blake Coleman CGY	at CAR	1	1	2	5	2	1	16:49	—
Matthew Tkachuk CGY	at CAR	1	1	2	3	0	0	14:52	—
Steven Lorentz CAR	vs CGY	0	2	2	2	0	0	10:42	—
Ryan O'Reilly STL	vs WSH	0	2	2	1	1	0	17:18	—
Robert Thomas STL	vs WSH	0	2	2	0	0	1	18:02	—

Line changes

New look for STL: Schenn–Kyrou–Thomas skated 10:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for STL: O'Reilly–Buchnevich–Barbashev skated 10:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Frederik Andersen CAR	vs CGY	W	39	3	.923
Dan Vladar CGY	at CAR	L	37	6	.838
Ville Husso STL	vs WSH	W	27	1	.963
Ilya Samsonov WSH	at STL	L	16	4	.750
Zach Fucale WSH	at STL	—	7	0	.1000

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.