NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Mar 16, 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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Columbus Blue Jackets

Ottawa Senators

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Ottawa Senators 4–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Ottawa Senators 4–1 at OTT. Jack Roslovic (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Thomas Chabot (OTT) played 8:54, −17:35 down on his 26:29 season average over 58 games.

•Jack Roslovic had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:36.
•Patrik Laine had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:35.
•Zach Werenski had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:17.

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Minnesota Wild beat Boston Bruins 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat Boston Bruins 4–2 at home. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Coyle, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:43 together.

•Kirill Kaprizov had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:04.
•Ryan Hartman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:15.
•Jared Spurgeon had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:45.

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Calgary Flames beat New Jersey Devils 6–3

Calgary Flames beat New Jersey Devils 6–3 at home. Matthew Tkachuk (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for NJD: Tatar–Hischier–Mercer skated 11:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (28% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:23.
•Dillon Dube had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:08.
•Nico Hischier had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:53.

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Tampa Bay Lightning beat Seattle Kraken 4–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Seattle Kraken 4–1 at SEA. Steven Stamkos (TBL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:16 together.

•Steven Stamkos had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:36.
•Victor Hedman had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 24:23.
•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:00.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Matthew Tkachuk CGY	vs NJD	1	2	3	4	0	0	15:23	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	at SEA	0	3	3	2	0	2	18:36	—
Victor Hedman TBL	at SEA	2	0	2	7	0	1	24:23	—
Jack Roslovic CBJ	at OTT	2	0	2	6	0	0	17:36	—
Kirill Kaprizov MIN	vs BOS	2	0	2	4	1	1	16:04	—
Dillon Dube CGY	vs NJD	1	1	2	4	0	0	13:08	—
Ryan Hartman MIN	vs BOS	1	1	2	3	0	1	16:15	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at SEA	1	1	2	3	1	0	19:00	—
Patrik Laine CBJ	at OTT	0	2	2	5	0	0	16:35	—
Jared Spurgeon MIN	vs BOS	0	2	2	2	0	0	18:45	—
Brayden Point TBL	at SEA	0	2	2	2	0	0	16:11	—
Nico Hischier NJD	at CGY	0	2	2	1	0	3	19:53	—

Line changes

New look for NJD: Tatar–Hischier–Mercer skated 11:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (28% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CGY: Lucic–Ritchie–Dube skated 10:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Philipp Grubauer SEA	vs TBL	L	42	4	.905
Anton Forsberg OTT	vs CBJ	L	38	3	.921
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at MIN	L	33	3	.909
Jacob Markstrom CGY	vs NJD	W	33	3	.909
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	at OTT	W	31	1	.968
Cam Talbot MIN	vs BOS	W	26	2	.923
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at SEA	W	25	1	.960
Jon Gillies NJD	at CGY	—	20	1	.950
Nico Daws NJD	at CGY	L	19	4	.789

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