NHL Recaps: Friday, May 6, 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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Carolina Hurricanes

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–2

Boston Bruins beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:55 together.

•Brad Marchand had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:45.
•Charlie Coyle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:11.
•David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:38.

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Toronto Maple Leafs beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 at TBL. Pierre Engvall (TOR) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for TOR: Tavares–Nylander–Kase skated 6:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Pierre Engvall had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:09.
•Ilya Mikheyev had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:24.
•Ondrej Palat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:01.

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Minnesota Wild rout St. Louis Blues 5–1

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 5–1 at STL. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for STL: Bozak–Joshua–Toropchenko skated 6:34 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:36.
•Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:07.
•Marcus Foligno had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:52.

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Edmonton Oilers rout Los Angeles Kings 8–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 8–2 at LAK. Evander Kane (EDM) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

•Evander Kane had a hat trick (3 points) on 9 shots in 18:21.
•Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:55.
•Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 15:52.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Evander Kane EDM	at LAK	3	0	3	9	8	0	18:21	—
Zach Hyman EDM	at LAK	2	1	3	6	1	0	15:52	—
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM	at LAK	2	1	3	5	2	0	17:55	—
Brad Marchand BOS	vs CAR	1	2	3	1	1	2	19:45	—
Cody Ceci EDM	at LAK	0	3	3	2	2	2	22:08	—
Pierre Engvall TOR	at TBL	0	3	3	2	3	0	15:09	—
Ilya Mikheyev TOR	at TBL	2	0	2	6	5	0	16:24	—
David Pastrnak BOS	vs CAR	1	1	2	5	4	1	17:38	—
Anze Kopitar LAK	vs EDM	1	1	2	5	3	1	19:38	—
Ondrej Palat TBL	vs TOR	1	1	2	4	5	1	15:01	—
Kirill Kaprizov MIN	at STL	1	1	2	4	1	0	17:07	—
Joel Eriksson Ek MIN	at STL	1	1	2	3	3	1	17:36	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Foligno–Wagner–Lazar skated 7:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TOR: Tavares–Nylander–Kase skated 6:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for STL: Bozak–Joshua–Toropchenko skated 6:34 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Mike Smith EDM	at LAK	W	46	2	.957
Jack Campbell TOR	at TBL	W	34	2	.941
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs TOR	L	34	3	.912
Ville Husso STL	vs MIN	L	32	4	.875
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	at STL	W	30	1	.967
Pyotr Kochetkov CAR	at BOS	L	28	4	.857
Jeremy Swayman BOS	vs CAR	W	27	2	.926
Cal Petersen LAK	vs EDM	—	20	4	.800
Jonathan Quick LAK	vs EDM	L	17	4	.765

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