NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Mar 1, 2022

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

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Ottawa Senators

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Ottawa Senators 5–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Ottawa Senators 5–2 at home. Brayden Point (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for OTT: Sanford–White–Tkachuk skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Brayden Point had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 16:17.
•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:34.
•New look for OTT: Sanford–White–Tkachuk skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Edmonton Oilers beat Philadelphia Flyers 3–0

Edmonton Oilers beat Philadelphia Flyers 3–0 at PHI. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 1A. EDM's first power-play unit (Kane, Hyman, Nurse, Draisaitl and McDavid) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 5:42 together.

•Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 23:53.
•Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:30.
•EDM's first power-play unit (Kane, Hyman, Nurse, Draisaitl and McDavid) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 5:42 together.

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New Jersey Devils

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets edge New Jersey Devils 4–3

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 at home. Patrik Laine (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Voracek, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Domi and Laine) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:32 together.

•Boone Jenner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:24.
•Patrik Laine had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:53.
•Jakub Voracek had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:30.

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Detroit Red Wings edge Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 (OT)

Detroit Red Wings beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 in overtime at home. Lucas Raymond (DET) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CAR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Teravainen, Slavin, Aho and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:36 together.

•CAR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Teravainen, Slavin, Aho and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:36 together.
•New look for DET: Namestnikov–Larkin–Raymond skated 11:53 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Antti Raanta (CAR) faced 41 shots and stopped 37 (.902), +16 against a season average of 25.2; the overtime loss.

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Calgary Flames rout Minnesota Wild 5–1

Calgary Flames beat Minnesota Wild 5–1 at MIN. Mikael Backlund (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Andrew Mangiapane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:51.
•Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:06.
•Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:44.

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Winnipeg Jets rout Montreal Canadiens 8–4

Winnipeg Jets beat Montreal Canadiens 8–4 at home. Josh Anderson (MTL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. WPG won it by committee.

•Josh Anderson had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:39.
•Mark Scheifele had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:28.
•Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 19:07.

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Colorado Avalanche beat New York Islanders 5–3

Colorado Avalanche beat New York Islanders 5–3 at home. Devon Toews (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Devon Toews had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 24:25.
•Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:38.
•Jean-Gabriel Pageau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:47.

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Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 3–1 at home. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for SJS: Dzingel–Hertl–Barabanov skated 7:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Reilly Smith had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:56.
•Jonathan Marchessault had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:24.
•William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:21.

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Anaheim Ducks edge Boston Bruins 4–3

Anaheim Ducks beat Boston Bruins 4–3 at home. Ryan Getzlaf (ANA) led the scoring with 0G 3A.

•Ryan Getzlaf had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:11.
•Brandon Carlo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:14.
•Nick Foligno had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 10:58.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brayden Point TBL	vs OTT	1	3	4	4	4	0	16:17	—
Josh Anderson MTL	at WPG	3	0	3	4	0	1	17:39	—
Mark Scheifele WPG	vs MTL	2	1	3	2	2	1	18:28	—
Pierre-Luc Dubois WPG	vs MTL	1	2	3	6	0	0	19:07	—
Devon Toews COL	vs NYI	1	2	3	5	0	1	24:25	—
Kyle Connor WPG	vs MTL	0	3	3	3	0	0	19:53	—
Ryan Getzlaf ANA	vs BOS	0	3	3	1	1	0	21:11	—
Reilly Smith VGK	vs SJS	2	0	2	4	0	0	15:56	—
Connor McDavid EDM	at PHI	1	1	2	7	1	1	23:53	—
Brandon Carlo BOS	at ANA	1	1	2	5	1	1	21:14	—
Andre Burakovsky COL	vs NYI	1	1	2	5	0	1	18:38	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	at PHI	1	1	2	5	0	0	23:30	—

Line changes

New look for OTT: Sanford–White–Tkachuk skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for OTT: Ennis–Brown–Paul skated 7:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DET: Namestnikov–Larkin–Raymond skated 11:53 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CAR: Lorentz–Kotkaniemi–Jarvis skated 5:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Dzingel–Hertl–Barabanov skated 7:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Couture–Meier–Reedy skated 6:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at COL	L	42	4	.905
Antti Raanta CAR	at DET	O	41	4	.902
Mikko Koskinen EDM	at PHI	W	39	0	.1000
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs MTL	W	35	4	.886
John Gibson ANA	vs BOS	W	34	3	.912
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	vs NJD	W	33	3	.909
Jacob Markstrom CGY	at MIN	W	33	1	.970
Carter Hart PHI	vs EDM	L	31	2	.935
Nico Daws NJD	at CBJ	L	31	4	.871
Darcy Kuemper COL	vs NYI	W	31	3	.903
Alex Nedeljkovic DET	vs CAR	W	30	3	.900
Linus Ullmark BOS	at ANA	L	28	4	.857
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs OTT	W	27	2	.926
Cam Talbot MIN	vs CGY	L	26	4	.846
Samuel Montembeault MTL	at WPG	L	23	7	.696
Matt Murray OTT	at TBL	L	22	5	.773
Zach Sawchenko SJS	at VGK	L	20	2	.900
Robin Lehner VGK	vs SJS	W	17	1	.941
James Reimer SJS	at VGK	—	11	1	.909
Andrew Hammond MTL	at WPG	—	7	1	.857

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