NHL Recaps: Saturday, Mar 5, 2022

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

Game recaps

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St. Louis Blues

New York Islanders

New York Islanders edge St. Louis Blues 2–1

New York Islanders beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 at home. Oliver Wahlstrom (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NYI's first power-play unit (Parise, Nelson, Pageau, Beauvillier and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:34 together.

•NYI's first power-play unit (Parise, Nelson, Pageau, Beauvillier and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:34 together.
•New look for STL: O'Reilly–Saad–Sundqvist skated 6:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for NYI: Bailey–Nelson–Beauvillier skated 10:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Philadelphia Flyers edge Chicago Blackhawks 4–3

Philadelphia Flyers beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 at home. Cam Atkinson (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for PHI: Giroux–Laughton–Konecny skated 11:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Cam Atkinson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:42.
•Joel Farabee had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:19.
•Dylan Strome had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:45.

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Arizona Coyotes beat Ottawa Senators 8–5

Arizona Coyotes beat Ottawa Senators 8–5 at home. Nick Schmaltz (ARI) led the scoring with 2G 5A.

•Nick Schmaltz had two goals and 5 assists (7 points) on 5 shots in 20:19.
•Clayton Keller had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 22:03.
•Shayne Gostisbehere had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 20:12.

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Florida Panthers rout Detroit Red Wings 6–2

Florida Panthers beat Detroit Red Wings 6–2 at home. Aleksander Barkov (FLA) led the scoring with 0G 3A.

•Aleksander Barkov had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:07.
•Anton Lundell had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 17:05.
•Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:12.

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Vancouver Canucks beat Toronto Maple Leafs 6–4

Vancouver Canucks beat Toronto Maple Leafs 6–4 at TOR. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VAN won it by committee.

•Auston Matthews had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 22:17.
•Brock Boeser had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:09.
•J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:12.

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Washington Capitals beat Seattle Kraken 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Seattle Kraken 5–2 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:13 together.

•Alex Ovechkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:04.
•Conor Sheary had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:23.
•Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:43.

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Boston Bruins

Columbus Blue Jackets

Boston Bruins edge Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 (SO)

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 in a shootout at CBJ. Jakub Voracek (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:38 together.

•Jakub Voracek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:23.
•Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:54.
•Patrik Laine had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:04.

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Montreal Canadiens beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2 at EDM. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Perreault, Wideman, Anderson, Suzuki and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:00 together.

•Nick Suzuki had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:22.
•Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:18.
•Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:48.

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Nashville Predators rout San Jose Sharks 8–0

Nashville Predators beat San Jose Sharks 8–0 at SJS. Michael McCarron (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 2A.

•Michael McCarron had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 11:16.
•Roman Josi had 4 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 21:44.
•Matt Luff had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 10:08.

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Calgary Flames edge Colorado Avalanche 4–3 (OT)

Calgary Flames beat Colorado Avalanche 4–3 in overtime at COL. Elias Lindholm (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Elias Lindholm had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:39.
•Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:05.
•Matthew Tkachuk had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:03.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nick Schmaltz ARI	vs OTT	2	5	7	5	0	0	20:19	—
Clayton Keller ARI	vs OTT	2	2	4	4	0	0	22:03	—
Michael McCarron NSH	at SJS	2	2	4	2	0	1	11:16	—
Shayne Gostisbehere ARI	vs OTT	1	3	4	1	0	2	20:12	—
Roman Josi NSH	at SJS	0	4	4	7	0	0	21:44	—
Cam Atkinson PHI	vs CHI	2	1	3	3	0	0	18:42	—
Elias Lindholm CGY	at COL	2	1	3	2	1	1	21:39	—
Matt Luff NSH	at SJS	2	1	3	2	2	0	10:08	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	vs SEA	1	2	3	4	2	0	15:04	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	at COL	1	2	3	3	0	1	20:05	—
Nick Suzuki MTL	at EDM	1	2	3	3	1	0	22:22	—
Thomas Chabot OTT	at ARI	0	3	3	3	3	1	27:05	—

Line changes

New look for STL: O'Reilly–Saad–Sundqvist skated 6:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYI: Bailey–Nelson–Beauvillier skated 10:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for STL: Tarasenko–Buchnevich–Barbashev skated 4:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYI: Palmieri–Pageau–Bellows skated 9:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: Giroux–Laughton–Konecny skated 11:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: Brassard–Atkinson–Farabee skated 8:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SEA: Eberle–Jarnkrok–McCann skated 10:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Scott Wedgewood ARI	vs OTT	W	46	5	.891
Thatcher Demko VAN	at TOR	W	38	4	.895
Dan Vladar CGY	at COL	W	36	3	.917
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	vs BOS	O	32	4	.875
Ilya Sorokin NYI	vs STL	W	31	1	.968
Vitek Vanecek WSH	vs SEA	W	31	2	.935
Matt Murray OTT	at ARI	L	31	8	.742
Samuel Montembeault MTL	at EDM	W	30	2	.933
Martin Jones PHI	vs CHI	W	29	3	.897
Jack Campbell TOR	vs VAN	L	28	5	.821
Mike Smith EDM	vs MTL	L	28	4	.857
Alex Stalock SJS	vs NSH	L	28	6	.786
Kevin Lankinen CHI	at PHI	L	27	4	.852
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs DET	W	25	2	.920
Chris Driedger SEA	at WSH	L	24	4	.833
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at CBJ	W	24	4	.833
Thomas Greiss DET	at FLA	L	23	5	.783
Pavel Francouz COL	vs CGY	O	22	1	.955
Jordan Binnington STL	at NYI	L	20	2	.900
Juuse Saros NSH	at SJS	W	20	0	.1000
Alex Nedeljkovic DET	at FLA	—	16	1	.938
Darcy Kuemper COL	vs CGY	—	15	3	.800
Zach Sawchenko SJS	vs NSH	—	8	2	.750

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