NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Feb 9, 2022

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Detroit Red Wings

Philadelphia Flyers

Detroit Red Wings beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–3

Detroit Red Wings beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–3 at PHI. Dylan Larkin (DET) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Dylan Larkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:38.
•Lucas Raymond had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:14.
•Pius Suter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:41.

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

Dallas Stars edge Nashville Predators 4–3

Dallas Stars beat Nashville Predators 4–3 at home. Jason Robertson (DAL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Eeli Tolvanen (NSH) played 6:42, −6:49 down on his 13:31 season average over 74 games.

•Jason Robertson had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:41.
•Roope Hintz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:41.
•John Klingberg had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:49.

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Edmonton Oilers 4–1

Chicago Blackhawks beat Edmonton Oilers 4–1 at EDM. Alex DeBrincat (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CHI's first power-play unit (Kane, Jones, Strome, DeBrincat and Hagel) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:23 together.

•Alex DeBrincat had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:00.
•Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:36.
•Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:22.

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

Calgary Flames rout Vegas Golden Knights 6–0

Calgary Flames beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–0 at home. Mikael Backlund (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for VGK: Dadonov–Pacioretty–Stephenson skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Mikael Backlund had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 17:56.
•Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:45.
•Andrew Mangiapane had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:53.

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

Arizona Coyotes beat Seattle Kraken 5–2

Arizona Coyotes beat Seattle Kraken 5–2 at SEA. Nick Schmaltz (ARI) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Nick Schmaltz had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:34.
•Alex Galchenyuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:53.
•Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:25.

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

New York Islanders beat Vancouver Canucks 6–3

New York Islanders beat Vancouver Canucks 6–3 at VAN. Casey Cizikas (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NYI: Bailey–Nelson–Johnston skated 9:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Anders Lee had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:22.
•Casey Cizikas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:13.
•Cal Clutterbuck had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:57.

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

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Mikael Backlund CGY	vs VGK	1	3	4	4	1	0	17:56	—
Alex DeBrincat CHI	at EDM	1	2	3	4	0	0	16:00	—
Matthew Tkachuk CGY	vs VGK	1	2	3	2	0	0	17:45	—
Jason Robertson DAL	vs NSH	2	0	2	5	1	1	20:41	—
Andrew Mangiapane CGY	vs VGK	2	0	2	4	0	1	15:53	—
Nick Schmaltz ARI	at SEA	2	0	2	4	0	0	17:34	—
Dylan Strome CHI	at EDM	1	1	2	5	0	0	16:22	—
Lucas Raymond DET	at PHI	1	1	2	3	1	0	16:14	—
Casey Cizikas NYI	at VAN	1	1	2	3	0	0	13:13	—
Dylan Larkin DET	at PHI	1	1	2	3	0	0	18:38	—
Kirby Dach CHI	at EDM	1	1	2	3	0	0	15:54	—
Alex Galchenyuk ARI	at SEA	1	1	2	2	1	0	15:53	—

Line changes

New look for VGK: Dadonov–Pacioretty–Stephenson skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYI: Bailey–Nelson–Johnston skated 9:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Marc-Andre Fleury CHI	at EDM	W	41	1	.976
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at VAN	W	37	3	.919
Karel Vejmelka ARI	at SEA	W	36	2	.944
Robin Lehner VGK	at CGY	L	33	6	.818
Carter Hart PHI	vs DET	L	33	5	.848
Mike Smith EDM	vs CHI	L	30	4	.867
Jacob Markstrom CGY	vs VGK	W	28	0	.1000
Juuse Saros NSH	at DAL	L	27	4	.852
Philipp Grubauer SEA	vs ARI	L	25	3	.880
Alex Nedeljkovic DET	at PHI	W	24	3	.875
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs NSH	W	23	3	.870
Thatcher Demko VAN	vs NYI	—	15	1	.933
Jaroslav Halak VAN	vs NYI	L	12	5	.583

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.