NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Mar 23, 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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New Jersey Devils

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs edge New Jersey Devils 3–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 at home. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Severson, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:15 together.

•Nico Hischier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:46.
•NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Severson, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:15 together.
•New look for NJD: Greer–Bastian–McLeod skated 4:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Buffalo Sabres edge Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 (SO)

Buffalo Sabres beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in a shootout at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:56 together.

•Tage Thompson had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:43.
•Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:29.
•Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:53.

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Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 3–1 at COL. J.T. Miller (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:49 together.

•J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:31.
•Tanner Pearson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:57.
•COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:49 together.

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Chicago Blackhawks beat Anaheim Ducks 4–2

Chicago Blackhawks beat Anaheim Ducks 4–2 at ANA. Patrick Kane (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CHI's first power-play unit (Kane, Jones, Strome, DeBrincat and Raddysh) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 1:47 together.

•Patrick Kane had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:42.
•Sam Carrick had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:27.
•Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:28.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Patrick Kane CHI	at ANA	1	2	3	2	0	0	20:42	—
Tage Thompson BUF	vs PIT	2	0	2	5	0	1	18:43	—
Sam Carrick ANA	vs CHI	2	0	2	2	1	0	13:27	—
Sidney Crosby PIT	at BUF	1	1	2	3	0	1	20:53	—
Alex DeBrincat CHI	at ANA	1	1	2	3	0	0	21:28	—
Dylan Strome CHI	at ANA	1	1	2	2	0	0	21:23	—
J.T. Miller VAN	at COL	1	1	2	1	1	1	22:31	—
Nico Hischier NJD	at TOR	1	1	2	1	1	0	22:46	—
Evgeni Malkin PIT	at BUF	1	1	2	1	0	0	20:29	—
Bryan Rust PIT	at BUF	0	2	2	4	0	0	20:49	—
Tanner Pearson VAN	at COL	0	2	2	1	1	1	15:57	—

Line changes

New look for NJD: Greer–Bastian–McLeod skated 4:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: O'Connor–Sturm–Newhook skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Casey DeSmith PIT	at BUF	O	33	3	.909
Jaroslav Halak VAN	at COL	W	33	1	.970
Nico Daws NJD	at TOR	L	31	3	.903
Kevin Lankinen CHI	at ANA	W	29	2	.931
John Gibson ANA	vs CHI	L	27	3	.889
Craig Anderson BUF	vs PIT	W	26	3	.885
Darcy Kuemper COL	vs VAN	L	26	2	.923
Petr Mrazek TOR	vs NJD	W	22	2	.909

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