NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Mar 2, 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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Buffalo Sabres

Toronto Maple Leafs

Buffalo Sabres rout Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 at TOR. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BUF: Okposo–Mittelstadt–Cozens skated 12:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:50.
•Dylan Cozens had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:56.
•New look for BUF: Okposo–Mittelstadt–Cozens skated 12:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New York Rangers beat St. Louis Blues 5–3

New York Rangers beat St. Louis Blues 5–3 at home. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Artemi Panarin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:08.
•Adam Fox had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 24:15.
•David Perron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:34.

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Dallas Stars edge Los Angeles Kings 4–3

Dallas Stars beat Los Angeles Kings 4–3 at home. Arthur Kaliyev (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. DAL's first power-play unit (Suter, Radulov, Benn, Seguin and Gurianov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:16 together.

•Arthur Kaliyev had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:00.
•Ryan Suter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:22.
•DAL's first power-play unit (Suter, Radulov, Benn, Seguin and Gurianov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:16 together.

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Seattle Kraken edge Nashville Predators 4–3

Seattle Kraken beat Nashville Predators 4–3 at home. Matt Duchene (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:47 together.

•Matt Duchene had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:04.
•Colin Blackwell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:04.
•Yanni Gourde had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:18.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Artemi Panarin NYR	vs STL	1	2	3	2	0	0	22:08	—
Adam Fox NYR	vs STL	0	3	3	2	1	2	24:15	—
Matt Duchene NSH	at SEA	2	0	2	4	0	1	21:04	—
Arthur Kaliyev LAK	at DAL	2	0	2	3	2	0	11:00	—
Jeff Skinner BUF	at TOR	1	1	2	6	0	0	17:50	—
Ryan Suter DAL	vs LAK	1	1	2	4	2	2	25:22	—
David Perron STL	at NYR	1	1	2	4	1	0	16:34	—
Colin Blackwell SEA	vs NSH	1	1	2	3	3	1	16:04	—
Ryan Strome NYR	vs STL	1	1	2	3	1	0	19:16	—
Ryan O'Reilly STL	at NYR	1	1	2	3	0	0	17:48	—
Yanni Gourde SEA	vs NSH	1	1	2	3	0	0	19:18	—
Roman Josi NSH	at SEA	0	2	2	2	1	5	26:18	—

Line changes

New look for BUF: Okposo–Mittelstadt–Cozens skated 12:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BUF: Olofsson–Asplund–Krebs skated 8:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Cal Petersen LAK	at DAL	L	43	4	.907
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs STL	W	32	3	.906
Petr Mrazek TOR	vs BUF	L	31	5	.839
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs LAK	W	31	3	.903
Juuse Saros NSH	at SEA	L	31	4	.871
Craig Anderson BUF	at TOR	W	30	1	.967
Ville Husso STL	at NYR	L	28	4	.857
Chris Driedger SEA	vs NSH	W	22	3	.864

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