NHL Recaps: Monday, Apr 4, 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

Columbus Blue Jackets

Boston Bruins edge Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 in overtime at CBJ. Jake DeBrusk (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CBJ: Kuraly–Bjorkstrand–Danforth skated 8:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Jake DeBrusk had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:11.
•Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:43.
•Jakub Voracek had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:25.

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Toronto Maple Leafs rout Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 at TBL. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 3G 1A. Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) faced 39 shots and stopped 33 (.846), +9 against a season average of 29.7; the loss.

•Auston Matthews had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 7 shots in 17:46.
•Mitch Marner had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:38.
•Michael Bunting had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:38.

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St. Louis Blues rout Arizona Coyotes 5–1

St. Louis Blues beat Arizona Coyotes 5–1 at home. Pavel Buchnevich (STL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Leddy and Tarasenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:27 together.

•Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:17.
•Vladimir Tarasenko had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:55.
•David Perron had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:58.

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Calgary Flames edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2

Calgary Flames beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 at LAK. Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Sean Durzi (LAK) played 26:41, +7:12 up on his 19:29 season average over 63 games.

•Johnny Gaudreau had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:54.
•Adrian Kempe had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 21:16.
•Anze Kopitar had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:17.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Auston Matthews TOR	at TBL	3	1	4	7	1	1	17:46	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	at LAK	2	1	3	3	1	0	16:54	—
Mitch Marner TOR	at TBL	1	2	3	3	4	1	17:38	—
Pavel Buchnevich STL	vs ARI	1	2	3	3	0	0	17:17	—
Adrian Kempe LAK	vs CGY	2	0	2	7	3	1	21:16	—
Jake DeBrusk BOS	at CBJ	2	0	2	6	0	0	15:11	—
Vladimir Tarasenko STL	vs ARI	2	0	2	3	1	1	14:55	—
Michael Bunting TOR	at TBL	0	2	2	4	0	0	17:38	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	vs TOR	0	2	2	3	0	0	16:52	—
Anze Kopitar LAK	vs CGY	0	2	2	2	0	1	24:17	—
Jakub Voracek CBJ	vs BOS	0	2	2	2	0	0	16:25	—
Robert Thomas STL	vs ARI	0	2	2	2	0	0	17:41	—

Line changes

New look for CBJ: Kuraly–Bjorkstrand–Danforth skated 8:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs TOR	L	39	6	.846
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	vs BOS	O	37	3	.919
Jack Campbell TOR	at TBL	W	34	2	.941
Cal Petersen LAK	vs CGY	L	33	3	.909
Ivan Prosvetov ARI	at STL	L	29	5	.828
Jacob Markstrom CGY	at LAK	W	29	2	.931
Linus Ullmark BOS	at CBJ	W	22	2	.909
Ville Husso STL	vs ARI	W	22	1	.955

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