NHL Recaps: Friday, Apr 8, 2022

5 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

2

Tampa Bay Lightning

1

Boston Bruins edge Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 in overtime at TBL. Jake DeBrusk (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +7 against a season average of 29.7; the overtime loss.

• •Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:48.
• •Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +7 against a season average of 29.7; the overtime loss.
• •New look for BOS: Haula–Hall–McLaughlin skated 5:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Buffalo Sabres

3

Florida Panthers

4

Florida Panthers edge Buffalo Sabres 4–3

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 4–3 at home. Claude Giroux (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. FLA's first power-play unit (Giroux, Huberdeau, Duclair, Barkov and Reinhart) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:10 together.

• •Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:21.
• •Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:59.
• •Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:38.

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Final

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New York Islanders

2

Carolina Hurricanes

1

New York Islanders edge Carolina Hurricanes 2–1

New York Islanders beat Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 at CAR. Kyle Palmieri (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Oliver Wahlstrom (NYI) played 6:41, −5:27 down on his 12:08 season average over 72 games.

• •Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:29.
• •Oliver Wahlstrom (NYI) played 6:41, −5:27 down on his 12:08 season average over 72 games.
• •Ethan Bear (CAR) played 10:58, −5:12 down on his 16:10 season average over 57 games.

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Final / OT

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Minnesota Wild

3

St. Louis Blues

4

St. Louis Blues edge Minnesota Wild 4–3 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 4–3 in overtime at home. Robert Thomas (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Faulk, Tarasenko, Buchnevich, Barbashev and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:02 together.

• •Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:19.
• •Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:42.
• •STL's first power-play unit (Faulk, Tarasenko, Buchnevich, Barbashev and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:02 together.

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Final / OT

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Colorado Avalanche

5

Winnipeg Jets

4

Colorado Avalanche edge Winnipeg Jets 5–4 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat Winnipeg Jets 5–4 in overtime at WPG. Nikolaj Ehlers (WPG) led the scoring with 2G 1A. COL won it by committee.

• •Mark Scheifele had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:01.
• •Nikolaj Ehlers had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 9 shots in 17:00.
• •Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:41.

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