NHL Recaps: Monday, Mar 21, 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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Boston Bruins

Montreal Canadiens

Boston Bruins edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime at MTL. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Jake Allen (MTL) faced 46 shots and stopped 43 (.935), +14 against a season average of 32.1; the overtime loss.

•Brad Marchand had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 21:10.
•Connor Clifton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:15.
•Erik Haula had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:20.

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Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 at home. Ryan Hartman (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Ben Hutton (VGK) played 22:57, +7:37 up on his 15:20 season average over 57 games.

•Ben Hutton (VGK) played 22:57, +7:37 up on his 15:20 season average over 57 games.
•Dylan Coghlan (VGK) played 21:35, +7:31 up on his 14:04 season average over 58 games.
•Logan Thompson (VGK) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +5 against a season average of 29.9; the loss.

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Colorado Avalanche edge Edmonton Oilers 3–2 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat Edmonton Oilers 3–2 in overtime at home. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 20 attempts in 6:12 together.

•Mikko Rantanen had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:03.
•Kailer Yamamoto had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:48.
•Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 24:37.

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Nashville Predators beat Anaheim Ducks 6–3

Nashville Predators beat Anaheim Ducks 6–3 at ANA. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 3A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 3 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 3:50 together.

•Filip Forsberg had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 16:35.
•Matt Duchene had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:11.
•Derek Grant had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:33.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Filip Forsberg NSH	at ANA	2	3	5	5	0	1	16:35	—
Matt Duchene NSH	at ANA	2	1	3	3	0	0	16:11	—
Brad Marchand BOS	at MTL	2	0	2	8	0	0	21:10	—
Derek Grant ANA	vs NSH	2	0	2	5	2	0	19:33	—
Mikko Rantanen COL	vs EDM	2	0	2	5	1	0	22:03	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs EDM	1	1	2	7	2	1	24:37	—
Roman Josi NSH	at ANA	1	1	2	5	0	3	27:53	—
Connor Clifton BOS	at MTL	1	1	2	4	0	1	16:15	—
Kailer Yamamoto EDM	at COL	1	1	2	2	1	2	20:48	—
Ryan Johansen NSH	at ANA	1	1	2	1	0	0	15:33	—
Cale Makar COL	vs EDM	0	2	2	2	1	4	30:02	—
Kevin Shattenkirk ANA	vs NSH	0	2	2	2	1	0	22:18	—

Line changes

New look for MTL: Armia–Drouin–Dvorak skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Deslauriers–Jost–Duhaime skated 7:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Howden–Leschyshyn–Rondbjerg skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jake Allen MTL	vs BOS	O	46	3	.935
Logan Thompson VGK	at MIN	L	35	2	.943
Mike Smith EDM	at COL	O	31	3	.903
John Gibson ANA	vs NSH	L	30	5	.833
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at MTL	W	28	2	.929
Cam Talbot MIN	vs VGK	W	28	0	.1000
Juuse Saros NSH	at ANA	W	28	3	.893
Darcy Kuemper COL	vs EDM	W	25	2	.920
David Rittich NSH	at ANA	—	1	0	.1000

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