NHL Recaps: Sunday, Feb 13, 2022

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

Game recaps

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Ottawa Senators

Washington Capitals

Ottawa Senators beat Washington Capitals 4–1

Ottawa Senators beat Washington Capitals 4–1 at WSH. Brady Tkachuk (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov and Wilson) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:42 together.

•Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:06.
•Connor Brown had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:41.
•Chris Tierney had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:57.

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Buffalo Sabres beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3 at MTL. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 4G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Krebs) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:47 together.

•Jeff Skinner had 4 goals and an assist (5 points) on 6 shots in 17:32.
•Alex Tuch had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:45.
•BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Krebs) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:47 together.

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Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–2 at NJD. Mike Matheson (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Zacha–Sharangovich–Hughes skated 10:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Brian Boyle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:42.
•Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:59.
•Mike Matheson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:58.

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Colorado Avalanche rout Dallas Stars 4–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Dallas Stars 4–0 at DAL. Gabriel Landeskog (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for COL: Landeskog–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 13:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Gabriel Landeskog had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:48.
•Cale Makar had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:58.
•New look for COL: Landeskog–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 13:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jeff Skinner BUF	at MTL	4	1	5	6	0	0	17:32	—
Alex Tuch BUF	at MTL	0	3	3	5	0	1	19:45	—
Gabriel Landeskog COL	at DAL	2	0	2	3	1	1	17:48	—
Brady Tkachuk OTT	at WSH	1	1	2	5	7	0	19:06	—
Mike Matheson PIT	at NJD	1	1	2	4	1	0	16:58	—
Brian Boyle PIT	at NJD	1	1	2	2	2	0	10:42	—
Bryan Rust PIT	at NJD	1	1	2	2	0	1	17:59	—
Connor Brown OTT	at WSH	1	1	2	1	0	2	25:41	—
Sidney Crosby PIT	at NJD	0	2	2	4	1	0	21:08	—
Cale Makar COL	at DAL	0	2	2	2	1	1	24:58	—
Chris Tierney OTT	at WSH	0	2	2	0	0	0	13:57	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	vs OTT	0	1	1	4	10	1	20:15	—

Line changes

New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Backstrom–Sheary skated 12:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MTL: Toffoli–Suzuki–Caufield skated 12:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BUF: Okposo–Eakin–Asplund skated 11:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NJD: Zacha–Sharangovich–Hughes skated 10:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Landeskog–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 13:22 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 COL: Kadri–Burakovsky–Nichushkin skated 11:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Compher–O'Connor–Newhook skated 10:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Anton Forsberg OTT	at WSH	W	34	1	.971
Jon Gillies NJD	vs PIT	L	34	3	.912
Craig Anderson BUF	at MTL	W	32	3	.906
Samuel Montembeault MTL	vs BUF	L	32	5	.844
Tristan Jarry PIT	at NJD	W	30	2	.933
Braden Holtby DAL	vs COL	L	29	3	.897
Ilya Samsonov WSH	vs OTT	L	26	4	.846
Darcy Kuemper COL	at DAL	W	23	0	.1000

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