NHL Recaps: Thursday, May 5, 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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Pittsburgh Penguins

New York Rangers

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at home. Frank Vatrano (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 3:36 together.

•Artemi Panarin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:04.
•Frank Vatrano had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 13:26.
•Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:49.

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Florida Panthers rout Washington Capitals 5–1

Florida Panthers beat Washington Capitals 5–1 at home. Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:55 together.

•Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:09.
•Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:57.
•WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:55 together.

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Colorado Avalanche edge Nashville Predators 2–1 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat Nashville Predators 2–1 in overtime at home. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Connor Ingram (NSH) faced 51 shots and stopped 49 (.961), +11 against a season average of 40.3; the loss.

•Connor Ingram (NSH) faced 51 shots and stopped 49 (.961), +11 against a season average of 40.3; the loss.
•New look for COL: Landeskog–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 8:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for COL: Helm–O'Connor–Sturm skated 5:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Dallas Stars beat Calgary Flames 2–0

Dallas Stars beat Calgary Flames 2–0 at CGY. Joe Pavelski (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jason Robertson (DAL) played 15:04, −4:43 down on his 19:47 season average over 6 games.

•Jason Robertson (DAL) played 15:04, −4:43 down on his 19:47 season average over 6 games.
•Tyler Seguin (DAL) played 16:30, −3:54 down on his 20:24 season average over 6 games.
•Joe Pavelski (DAL) played 17:07, −3:18 down on his 20:25 season average over 6 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Frank Vatrano NYR	vs PIT	1	2	3	4	1	1	13:26	—
Artemi Panarin NYR	vs PIT	1	2	3	2	0	0	19:04	—
Sidney Crosby PIT	at NYR	1	1	2	6	0	1	19:49	—
Aleksander Barkov FLA	vs WSH	1	1	2	4	0	2	18:09	—
Carter Verhaeghe FLA	vs WSH	1	1	2	4	0	1	13:57	—
K'Andre Miller NYR	vs PIT	0	2	2	5	1	1	22:48	—
Cale Makar COL	vs NSH	1	0	1	12	0	0	31:06	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs NSH	1	0	1	8	4	0	23:15	—
Alexandre Carrier NSH	at COL	0	1	1	1	4	4	25:05	—
Valeri Nichushkin COL	vs NSH	0	0	0	7	5	0	19:21	—
Garnet Hathaway WSH	at FLA	0	0	0	2	9	3	13:35	—
Gabriel Landeskog COL	vs NSH	0	0	0	2	10	0	23:39	—

Line changes

New look for FLA: Hornqvist–Acciari–Luostarinen skated 7:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Landeskog–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 8:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Helm–O'Connor–Sturm skated 5:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Kadri–Lehkonen–Nichushkin skated 5:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (81.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NSH: Johansen–Kunin–Tolvanen skated 8:20 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (11.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Connor Ingram NSH	at COL	L	51	2	.961
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs PIT	W	41	2	.951
Louis Domingue PIT	at NYR	L	40	5	.875
Jake Oettinger DAL	at CGY	W	29	0	.1000
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs WSH	W	27	1	.963
Darcy Kuemper COL	vs NSH	W	26	1	.962
Jacob Markstrom CGY	vs DAL	L	22	1	.955
Vitek Vanecek WSH	at FLA	L	19	5	.737
Ilya Samsonov WSH	at FLA	—	17	0	.1000

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