NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Mar 29, 2022

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

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Toronto Maple Leafs

Boston Bruins

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 6–4

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 6–4 at BOS. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TOR won it by committee.

•Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:17.
•David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:13.
•Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:55.

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Tampa Bay Lightning edge Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 (OT)

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 in overtime at home. Steven Stamkos (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Steven Stamkos had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:45.
•Nikita Kucherov had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:07.
•Brayden Point had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:23.

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Florida Panthers beat Montreal Canadiens 7–4

Florida Panthers beat Montreal Canadiens 7–4 at home. Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Jonathan Huberdeau had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 7 shots in 22:23.
•Ryan Lomberg had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:41.
•Sam Bennett had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:36.

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New York Rangers edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 at PIT. Chris Kreider (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zibanejad, Copp, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:06 together.

•Chris Kreider had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:47.
•Artemi Panarin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:08.
•Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) in 26:35.

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New York Islanders

Columbus Blue Jackets

New York Islanders edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3

New York Islanders beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 at CBJ. Vladislav Gavrikov (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NYI won it by committee.

•Vladislav Gavrikov had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 25:24.
•Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:48.
•Anders Lee had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:50.

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Nashville Predators beat Ottawa Senators 4–1

Nashville Predators beat Ottawa Senators 4–1 at home. Mattias Ekholm (NSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A. OTT's first power-play unit (Norris, Brannstrom, Batherson, Tkachuk and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 6:22 together.

•Mattias Ekholm had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 24:13.
•Michael McCarron had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:03.
•Alexandre Carrier had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:43.

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Minnesota Wild beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1

Minnesota Wild beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 at home. Frederick Gaudreau (MIN) led the scoring with 0G 2A. MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:23 together.

•Frederick Gaudreau had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:19.
•Joel Eriksson Ek had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:10.
•MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:23 together.

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Colorado Avalanche edge Calgary Flames 2–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Calgary Flames 2–1 at CGY. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 4:00 together.

•Valeri Nichushkin had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:25.
•Devon Toews had 2 assists (2 points) in 25:41.
•COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 4:00 together.

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Dallas Stars edge Anaheim Ducks 3–2

Dallas Stars beat Anaheim Ducks 3–2 at ANA. Derek Grant (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Milano–Mayhew skated 14:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (39.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Derek Grant had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:46.
•Trevor Zegras had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:05.
•New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Milano–Mayhew skated 14:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (39.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jonathan Huberdeau FLA	vs MTL	2	1	3	7	0	0	22:23	—
Ryan Lomberg FLA	vs MTL	2	1	3	3	2	0	14:41	—
Sam Bennett FLA	vs MTL	1	2	3	5	0	0	17:36	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	vs CAR	1	2	3	2	1	0	21:45	—
Mattias Ekholm NSH	vs OTT	0	3	3	4	2	3	24:13	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	vs CAR	0	3	3	1	1	0	21:07	—
Vladislav Gavrikov CBJ	vs NYI	2	0	2	5	0	3	25:24	—
Valeri Nichushkin COL	at CGY	2	0	2	4	3	0	22:25	—
Michael McCarron NSH	vs OTT	2	0	2	3	2	1	13:03	—
Aleksander Barkov FLA	vs MTL	1	1	2	7	1	0	19:53	—
David Pastrnak BOS	vs TOR	1	1	2	5	3	0	21:13	—
Brayden Point TBL	vs CAR	1	1	2	4	5	0	20:23	—

Line changes

New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Milano–Mayhew skated 14:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (39.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Carrick–Lettieri–Comtois skated 5:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% 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	at FLA	L	45	6	.867
Semyon Varlamov NYI	at CBJ	W	45	3	.933
Darcy Kuemper COL	at CGY	W	45	1	.978
Juuse Saros NSH	vs OTT	W	37	1	.973
Martin Jones PHI	at MIN	L	37	4	.892
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	vs PHI	W	33	1	.970
Antti Raanta CAR	at TBL	O	32	4	.875
John Gibson ANA	vs DAL	L	32	3	.906
Anton Forsberg OTT	at NSH	L	31	3	.903
Jacob Markstrom CGY	vs COL	L	30	2	.933
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	vs NYI	L	29	4	.862
Jake Oettinger DAL	at ANA	W	28	2	.929
Erik Kallgren TOR	at BOS	W	26	3	.885
Tristan Jarry PIT	vs NYR	L	26	3	.885
Jeremy Swayman BOS	vs TOR	L	25	6	.760
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs MTL	W	24	4	.833
Igor Shesterkin NYR	at PIT	W	24	2	.917
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs CAR	W	19	3	.842
Linus Ullmark BOS	vs TOR	—	7	0	.1000
Petr Mrazek TOR	at BOS	—	4	1	.750

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