NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Feb 2, 2022

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

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Seattle Kraken

New York Islanders

Seattle Kraken beat New York Islanders 3–0

Seattle Kraken beat New York Islanders 3–0 at NYI. Mason Appleton (SEA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Ryan Pulock (NYI) played 16:55, −4:18 down on his 21:13 season average over 55 games.

•Jared McCann had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:58.
•Mason Appleton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:04.
•Ryan Pulock (NYI) played 16:55, −4:18 down on his 21:13 season average over 55 games.

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Edmonton Oilers beat Washington Capitals 5–3

Edmonton Oilers beat Washington Capitals 5–3 at WSH. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:17.
•Evander Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:51.
•Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:40.

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Los Angeles Kings beat Detroit Red Wings 5–3

Los Angeles Kings beat Detroit Red Wings 5–3 at DET. Phillip Danault (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Alex Nedeljkovic (DET) faced 43 shots and stopped 40 (.930), +13 against a season average of 30.4; the loss.

•Phillip Danault had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:53.
•Viktor Arvidsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 18:43.
•Austin Strand had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:47.

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Minnesota Wild rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–0

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–0 at CHI. Mats Zuccarello (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Brodin, Hartman, Gaudreau, Fiala and Greenway) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:08 together.

•Frederick Gaudreau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:10.
•Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:34.
•Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:24.

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Calgary Flames beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

Calgary Flames beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2 at ARI. Chris Tanev (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 3A. Karel Vejmelka (ARI) faced 50 shots and stopped 46 (.920), +18 against a season average of 32.1; the loss.

•Chris Tanev had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 21:08.
•Blake Coleman had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:49.
•Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:05.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Chris Tanev CGY	at ARI	1	3	4	2	2	1	21:08	—
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM	at WSH	2	1	3	4	0	0	16:17	—
Blake Coleman CGY	at ARI	2	1	3	3	3	1	14:49	—
Phillip Danault LAK	at DET	2	0	2	5	0	0	17:53	—
Viktor Arvidsson LAK	at DET	1	1	2	7	0	1	18:43	—
Evander Kane EDM	at WSH	1	1	2	3	7	0	16:51	—
Mats Zuccarello MIN	at CHI	1	1	2	3	0	2	18:24	—
Mason Appleton SEA	at NYI	1	1	2	3	0	1	14:04	—
Kevin Fiala MIN	at CHI	1	1	2	3	0	0	17:34	—
Clayton Keller ARI	vs CGY	1	1	2	3	0	0	20:05	—
Frederick Gaudreau MIN	at CHI	1	1	2	2	0	3	15:10	—
Jared McCann SEA	at NYI	1	1	2	2	0	1	15:58	—

Line changes

New look for CHI: Kane–Strome–DeBrincat skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.3% 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 CGY	L	50	4	.920
Alex Nedeljkovic DET	vs LAK	L	43	3	.930
Semyon Varlamov NYI	vs SEA	L	30	2	.933
Marc-Andre Fleury CHI	vs MIN	L	30	5	.833
Cam Talbot MIN	at CHI	W	30	0	.1000
Jacob Markstrom CGY	at ARI	W	28	2	.929
Mikko Koskinen EDM	at WSH	W	27	3	.889
Jonathan Quick LAK	at DET	W	25	3	.880
Pheonix Copley WSH	vs EDM	L	22	1	.955
Philipp Grubauer SEA	at NYI	W	19	0	.1000
Collin Delia CHI	vs MIN	—	5	0	.1000
Ilya Samsonov WSH	vs EDM	—	4	3	.250

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