NHL Recaps: Sunday, May 8, 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 5–2

Boston Bruins beat Carolina Hurricanes 5–2 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 3A.

•Brad Marchand had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 22:45.
•Patrice Bergeron had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:09.
•David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:51.

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St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at home. David Perron (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Schenn skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•David Perron had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:14.
•Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:23.
•Jordan Kyrou had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:42.

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Tampa Bay Lightning rout Toronto Maple Leafs 7–3

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Toronto Maple Leafs 7–3 at home. Ross Colton (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Ross Colton had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:09.
•William Nylander had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:38.
•Brandon Hagel had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:52.

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Los Angeles Kings rout Edmonton Oilers 4–0

Los Angeles Kings beat Edmonton Oilers 4–0 at home. Carl Grundstrom (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Mike Smith (EDM) faced 45 shots and stopped 42 (.933), +10 against a season average of 35.0; the loss.

•Carl Grundstrom had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 11:45.
•Trevor Moore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:32.
•Troy Stecher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:48.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brad Marchand BOS	vs CAR	2	3	5	5	1	0	22:45	—
David Perron STL	vs MIN	2	1	3	4	2	0	19:14	—
Carl Grundstrom LAK	vs EDM	2	1	3	4	2	0	11:45	—
Patrice Bergeron BOS	vs CAR	1	2	3	5	2	0	19:09	—
Ryan O'Reilly STL	vs MIN	1	2	3	5	0	0	19:23	—
Ross Colton TBL	vs TOR	2	0	2	5	5	0	16:09	—
Jordan Kyrou STL	vs MIN	2	0	2	5	1	0	17:42	—
William Nylander TOR	at TBL	2	0	2	3	1	0	16:38	—
David Pastrnak BOS	vs CAR	1	1	2	6	4	0	21:51	—
Jake DeBrusk BOS	vs CAR	1	1	2	5	0	1	16:49	—
Troy Stecher LAK	vs EDM	1	1	2	4	0	0	16:48	—
Trevor Moore LAK	vs EDM	1	1	2	3	2	1	15:32	—

Line changes

New look for STL: Perron–O'Reilly–Schenn skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Kopitar–Kempe–Iafallo skated 12:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.4% 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	L	45	3	.933
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	at STL	L	33	4	.879
Jonathan Quick LAK	vs EDM	W	31	0	.1000
Jordan Binnington STL	vs MIN	W	30	2	.933
Antti Raanta CAR	at BOS	L	27	4	.852
Jeremy Swayman BOS	vs CAR	W	26	2	.923
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs TOR	W	25	3	.880
Jack Campbell TOR	at TBL	L	16	5	.688
Erik Kallgren TOR	at TBL	—	10	0	.1000

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