NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Jan 11, 2022

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

Tampa Bay Lightning rout Buffalo Sabres 6–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Buffalo Sabres 6–1 at BUF. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

•Nikita Kucherov had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 18:48.
•Steven Stamkos had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:26.
•Alex Killorn had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:48.

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Florida Panthers beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2

Florida Panthers beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2 at home. Sam Reinhart (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Sam Reinhart had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:04.
•Aaron Ekblad had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:11.
•Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:21.

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Chicago Blackhawks

Columbus Blue Jackets

Chicago Blackhawks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2

Chicago Blackhawks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2 at CBJ. Alex DeBrincat (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Riley Stillman (CHI) played 21:49, +6:53 up on his 14:56 season average over 51 games.

•Alex DeBrincat had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:28.
•Gustav Nyquist had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:59.
•Riley Stillman had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:49.

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Nashville Predators edge Colorado Avalanche 5–4 (OT)

Nashville Predators beat Colorado Avalanche 5–4 in overtime at home. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NSH won it by committee.

•Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 25:46.
•Roman Josi had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 29:44.
•Luke Kunin had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:49.

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Toronto Maple Leafs edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 (SO)

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 in a shootout at VGK. Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Dadonov, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson and Kolesar) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:36 together.

•VGK's first power-play unit (Dadonov, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson and Kolesar) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:36 together.
•New look for TOR: Bunting–Kase–Matthews skated 13:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 32:30, +7:57 up on his 24:33 season average over 79 games.

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Pittsburgh Penguins beat Anaheim Ducks 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Anaheim Ducks 4–1 at ANA. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Guentzel and Rodrigues) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:11 together.

•Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:21.
•Jeff Carter had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:48.
•Kasperi Kapanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:56.

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San Jose Sharks edge Detroit Red Wings 3–2 (OT)

San Jose Sharks beat Detroit Red Wings 3–2 in overtime at home. Brent Burns (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. DET's first power-play unit (Bertuzzi, Fabbri, Hronek, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:58 together.

•Brent Burns had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 27:12.
•Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:36.
•Filip Hronek had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:23.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at BUF	3	0	3	7	0	0	18:48	—
Evgeni Malkin PIT	at ANA	2	1	3	4	0	0	17:21	—
Sam Reinhart FLA	vs VAN	2	1	3	2	0	0	18:04	—
Cale Makar COL	at NSH	1	2	3	5	0	1	25:46	—
Aaron Ekblad FLA	vs VAN	1	2	3	3	0	5	21:11	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	at BUF	1	2	3	2	0	0	16:26	—
Roman Josi NSH	vs COL	0	3	3	3	0	0	29:44	—
Brent Burns SJS	vs DET	0	3	3	2	0	2	27:12	—
Alex Killorn TBL	at BUF	0	3	3	2	1	0	17:48	—
Luke Kunin NSH	vs COL	2	0	2	6	3	2	16:49	—
Matt Duchene NSH	vs COL	2	0	2	6	1	3	23:30	—
Alex DeBrincat CHI	at CBJ	2	0	2	4	1	0	19:28	—

Line changes

New look for TOR: Bunting–Kase–Matthews skated 13:22 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 PIT: Carter–Malkin–Kapanen skated 12:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs VAN	W	44	2	.955
Juuse Saros NSH	vs COL	W	44	4	.909
Alex Nedeljkovic DET	at SJS	O	40	3	.925
Jack Campbell TOR	at VGK	W	34	3	.912
Anthony Stolarz ANA	vs PIT	L	33	3	.909
Darcy Kuemper COL	at NSH	O	32	5	.844
Malcolm Subban BUF	vs TBL	—	27	4	.852
Thatcher Demko VAN	at FLA	L	26	5	.808
Marc-Andre Fleury CHI	at CBJ	W	26	2	.923
Tristan Jarry PIT	at ANA	W	26	1	.962
Joonas Korpisalo CBJ	vs CHI	L	19	3	.842
Adin Hill SJS	vs DET	W	19	2	.895
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at BUF	W	18	1	.944
Robin Lehner VGK	vs TOR	O	18	3	.833
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	vs TBL	L	9	2	.778

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