NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Apr 27, 2022

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

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Montreal Canadiens

New York Rangers

Montreal Canadiens edge New York Rangers 4–3

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 4–3 at NYR. Jeff Petry (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for NYR: Strome–Goodrow–Vatrano skated 12:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Jeff Petry had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:52.
•Barclay Goodrow had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:28.
•Christian Dvorak had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:18.

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Winnipeg Jets rout Philadelphia Flyers 4–0

Winnipeg Jets beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–0 at home. Kyle Connor (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 2A. WPG's first power-play unit (Stastny, Morrissey, Ehlers, Connor and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:40 together.

•Kyle Connor had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:28.
•Blake Wheeler had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:26.
•Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:12.

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Chicago Blackhawks edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 (SO)

Chicago Blackhawks beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 in a shootout at home. Chandler Stephenson (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Kevin Lankinen (CHI) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +10 against a season average of 30.4; the win.

•Chandler Stephenson had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:50.
•Taylor Raddysh had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 16:09.
•Sam Lafferty had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:22.

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Arizona Coyotes edge Dallas Stars 4–3 (OT)

Arizona Coyotes beat Dallas Stars 4–3 in overtime at DAL. Barrett Hayton (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. ARI's first power-play unit (Kessel, Boyd, Gostisbehere, Schmaltz and Hayton) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:17 together.

•Barrett Hayton had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:49.
•Shayne Gostisbehere had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:15.
•Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:39.

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Los Angeles Kings beat Seattle Kraken 5–3

Los Angeles Kings beat Seattle Kraken 5–3 at SEA. Gabriel Vilardi (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Jonathan Quick (LAK) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +12 against a season average of 27.9; the win.

•Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:58.
•Andreas Athanasiou had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:24.
•Jordan Eberle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:37.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Kyle Connor WPG	vs PHI	1	2	3	4	0	0	20:28	—
Barrett Hayton ARI	at DAL	1	2	3	3	1	1	18:49	—
Gabriel Vilardi LAK	at SEA	1	2	3	3	0	0	14:58	—
Chandler Stephenson VGK	at CHI	0	3	3	1	1	1	20:50	—
Taylor Raddysh CHI	vs VGK	2	0	2	8	0	1	16:09	—
Jeff Petry MTL	at NYR	2	0	2	3	0	1	21:52	—
Andreas Athanasiou LAK	at SEA	1	1	2	3	0	2	16:24	—
Tyler Seguin DAL	vs ARI	1	1	2	3	0	0	17:39	—
Blake Wheeler WPG	vs PHI	1	1	2	3	0	0	17:26	—
Shayne Gostisbehere ARI	at DAL	1	1	2	2	2	3	21:15	—
Ryan Donato SEA	vs LAK	1	1	2	2	1	1	18:22	—
Nikolaj Ehlers WPG	vs PHI	1	1	2	2	0	0	16:12	—

Line changes

New look for NYR: Strome–Goodrow–Vatrano skated 12:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: van Riemsdyk–Laughton–Konecny skated 9:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Logan Thompson VGK	at CHI	O	40	3	.925
Kevin Lankinen CHI	vs VGK	W	40	3	.925
Jonathan Quick LAK	at SEA	W	40	3	.925
Scott Wedgewood DAL	vs ARI	O	37	4	.892
Eric Comrie WPG	vs PHI	W	35	0	.1000
Harri Sateri ARI	at DAL	W	29	3	.897
Samuel Montembeault MTL	at NYR	W	27	3	.889
Philipp Grubauer SEA	vs LAK	L	27	4	.852
Felix Sandstrom PHI	at WPG	L	26	3	.885
Alexandar Georgiev NYR	vs MTL	L	23	4	.826

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