NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022

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

Game recaps

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Montreal Canadiens

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins rout Montreal Canadiens 5–1

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 5–1 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 3G 0A. John Moore (BOS) played 9:09, −9:49 down on his 18:58 season average over 6 games.

•Brad Marchand had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:40.
•Curtis Lazar had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 13:10.
•Patrice Bergeron had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:55.

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Dallas Stars beat Seattle Kraken 5–2

Dallas Stars beat Seattle Kraken 5–2 at home. Joe Pavelski (DAL) led the scoring with 2G 3A. SEA's first power-play unit (Giordano, Eberle, Johansson, Jarnkrok and McCann) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:15 together.

•Joe Pavelski had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 4 shots in 16:34.
•Roope Hintz had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:23.
•Jared McCann had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:42.

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Arizona Coyotes edge Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1

Arizona Coyotes beat Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 at home. Ryan Dzingel (ARI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Karel Vejmelka (ARI) faced 46 shots and stopped 45 (.978), +14 against a season average of 32.1; the win.

•Ryan Dzingel had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:11.
•Karel Vejmelka (ARI) faced 46 shots and stopped 45 (.978), +14 against a season average of 32.1; the win.
•Nick Schmaltz (ARI) played 11:39, −6:42 down on his 18:21 season average over 62 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Joe Pavelski DAL	vs SEA	2	3	5	4	1	1	16:34	—
Brad Marchand BOS	vs MTL	3	0	3	5	1	0	18:40	—
Curtis Lazar BOS	vs MTL	2	1	3	3	3	0	13:10	—
Roope Hintz DAL	vs SEA	1	2	3	3	0	0	18:23	—
Ryan Dzingel ARI	vs TOR	2	0	2	2	1	0	12:11	—
Jared McCann SEA	at DAL	1	1	2	4	2	1	19:42	—
Jason Robertson DAL	vs SEA	1	1	2	3	0	0	15:57	—
Patrice Bergeron BOS	vs MTL	0	2	2	5	1	0	15:55	—
William Nylander TOR	at ARI	0	0	0	8	0	0	19:51	—
Jamie Oleksiak SEA	at DAL	0	0	0	1	5	4	21:15	—
Vladislav Kolyachonok ARI	vs TOR	0	0	0	0	7	1	12:01	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Coyle–DeBrusk–Steen skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ARI: Dzingel–Galchenyuk–Schmaltz skated 4:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Karel Vejmelka ARI	vs TOR	W	46	1	.978
Samuel Montembeault MTL	at BOS	—	34	3	.912
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs SEA	W	25	2	.920
Linus Ullmark BOS	vs MTL	W	25	1	.960
Philipp Grubauer SEA	at DAL	L	24	4	.833
Petr Mrazek TOR	at ARI	L	18	2	.889
Jake Allen MTL	at BOS	L	7	2	.714

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