NHL Recaps: Friday, Mar 11, 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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Vegas Golden Knights

2

Pittsburgh Penguins

5

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at home. Jeff Carter (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:52 together.

• •Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:13.
• •Jeff Carter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:47.
• •Jonathan Marchessault had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:29.

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Final / SO

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Minnesota Wild

2

Columbus Blue Jackets

3

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Minnesota Wild 3–2 (SO)

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Minnesota Wild 3–2 in a shootout at home. Mats Zuccarello (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +5 against a season average of 32.5; the win.

• •Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:23.
• •Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +5 against a season average of 32.5; the win.
• •New look for MIN: Bjugstad–Duhaime–Dewar skated 5:42 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Final

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Winnipeg Jets

2

New York Islanders

5

New York Islanders beat Winnipeg Jets 5–2

New York Islanders beat Winnipeg Jets 5–2 at home. Josh Bailey (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NYI's first power-play unit (Lee, Nelson, Pageau, Beauvillier and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:06 together.

• •Josh Bailey had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:11.
• •Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:26.
• •Anthony Beauvillier had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:13.

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Final / OT

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Washington Capitals

4

Vancouver Canucks

3

Washington Capitals edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat Vancouver Canucks 4–3 in overtime at VAN. Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

• •Evgeny Kuznetsov had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 15:54.
• •Quinn Hughes had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 25:32.
• •Bo Horvat had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:50.

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