NHL Recaps: Monday, Mar 7, 2022

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

Game recaps

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Los Angeles Kings

Boston Bruins

Los Angeles Kings edge Boston Bruins 3–2 (OT)

Los Angeles Kings beat Boston Bruins 3–2 in overtime at BOS. Craig Smith (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Mikey Anderson (LAK) played 6:04, −14:18 down on his 20:22 season average over 56 games.

•Craig Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:30.
•Charlie Coyle had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:22.
•Mikey Anderson (LAK) played 6:04, −14:18 down on his 20:22 season average over 56 games.

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Florida Panthers rout Buffalo Sabres 6–1

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 6–1 at BUF. Aleksander Barkov (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. FLA's first power-play unit (Huberdeau, Duclair, Barkov, Ekblad and Reinhart) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:39 together.

•Aleksander Barkov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:22.
•Mason Marchment had 3 assists (3 points) in 13:16.
•Anthony Duclair had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:19.

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Toronto Maple Leafs

Columbus Blue Jackets

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 at CBJ. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 18:20.
•Michael Bunting had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:37.
•Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:38.

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Colorado Avalanche edge New York Islanders 5–4

Colorado Avalanche beat New York Islanders 5–4 at NYI. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Anders Lee had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:18.
•Cale Makar had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 8 shots in 25:50.
•Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 9 shots in 20:20.

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Calgary Flames beat Edmonton Oilers 3–1

Calgary Flames beat Edmonton Oilers 3–1 at home. Tyler Toffoli (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CGY's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Andersson and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:08 together.

•Tyler Toffoli had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:55.
•Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:21.
•CGY's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Andersson and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:08 together.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Cale Makar COL	at NYI	2	1	3	8	0	2	25:50	—
Anders Lee NYI	vs COL	2	1	3	3	1	1	17:18	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	at NYI	1	2	3	9	0	0	20:20	—
Aleksander Barkov FLA	at BUF	1	2	3	1	0	0	18:22	—
Mason Marchment FLA	at BUF	0	3	3	0	0	0	13:16	—
Tyler Toffoli CGY	vs EDM	2	0	2	2	0	0	13:55	—
Auston Matthews TOR	at CBJ	1	1	2	7	1	1	18:20	—
Craig Smith BOS	vs LAK	1	1	2	4	1	1	13:30	—
Michael Bunting TOR	at CBJ	1	1	2	4	1	0	14:37	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	vs EDM	1	1	2	3	1	0	17:21	—
Brandon Montour FLA	at BUF	1	1	2	3	0	1	19:04	—
Mitch Marner TOR	at CBJ	1	1	2	2	1	2	20:38	—

Line changes

New look for LAK: Danault–Athanasiou–Moore skated 13:53 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Kopitar–Kempe–Kaliyev skated 7:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (29.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CGY: Lewis–Backlund–Coleman skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (11.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Semyon Varlamov NYI	vs COL	L	49	5	.898
Pavel Francouz COL	at NYI	W	36	4	.889
Petr Mrazek TOR	at CBJ	W	35	4	.886
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	vs TOR	L	33	5	.848
Cal Petersen LAK	at BOS	W	32	2	.938
Craig Anderson BUF	vs FLA	L	31	6	.806
Spencer Knight FLA	at BUF	W	30	1	.967
Mikko Koskinen EDM	at CGY	L	29	3	.897
Jacob Markstrom CGY	vs EDM	W	28	1	.964
Linus Ullmark BOS	vs LAK	O	28	3	.893

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