NHL Recaps: Monday, May 9, 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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Florida Panthers

Washington Capitals

Florida Panthers edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (OT)

Florida Panthers beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime at WSH. Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:49 together.

•Carter Verhaeghe had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:31.
•T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:57.
•Aaron Ekblad had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 27:51.

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Pittsburgh Penguins rout New York Rangers 7–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 7–2 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:06 together.

•Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:29.
•Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 17:28.
•Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:28.

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Colorado Avalanche beat Nashville Predators 5–3

Colorado Avalanche beat Nashville Predators 5–3 at NSH. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Andre Burakovsky had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 14:00.
•Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 25:10.
•Yakov Trenin had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:31.

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Calgary Flames beat Dallas Stars 4–1

Calgary Flames beat Dallas Stars 4–1 at DAL. Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jake Oettinger (DAL) faced 53 shots and stopped 50 (.943), +12 against a season average of 40.7; the loss.

•Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:23.
•Jake Oettinger (DAL) faced 53 shots and stopped 50 (.943), +12 against a season average of 40.7; the loss.
•CGY's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Andersson and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:26 together.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Cale Makar COL	at NSH	1	2	3	4	1	1	25:10	—
Sidney Crosby PIT	vs NYR	1	2	3	2	0	0	17:29	—
Andre Burakovsky COL	at NSH	1	2	3	1	1	0	14:00	—
Carter Verhaeghe FLA	at WSH	2	0	2	5	3	0	17:31	—
Yakov Trenin NSH	vs COL	2	0	2	4	4	0	15:31	—
Jake Guentzel PIT	vs NYR	1	1	2	7	0	2	17:28	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	at DAL	1	1	2	6	0	0	17:23	—
T.J. Oshie WSH	vs FLA	1	1	2	1	6	1	20:57	—
Kris Letang PIT	vs NYR	0	2	2	3	3	3	23:28	—
Colton Sissons NSH	vs COL	0	2	2	2	4	0	14:45	—
Aaron Ekblad FLA	at WSH	0	2	2	2	1	2	27:51	—
J.T. Compher COL	at NSH	0	2	2	0	0	0	12:00	—

Line changes

New look for FLA: Huberdeau–Verhaeghe–Bennett skated 9:47 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Glendening–Faksa–Raffl skated 6:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs CGY	L	53	3	.943
Connor Ingram NSH	vs COL	L	37	4	.892
Jacob Markstrom CGY	at DAL	W	35	1	.971
Ilya Samsonov WSH	vs FLA	L	32	3	.906
Pavel Francouz COL	at NSH	W	31	3	.903
Igor Shesterkin NYR	at PIT	L	30	6	.800
Louis Domingue PIT	vs NYR	W	24	2	.917
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at WSH	W	16	2	.875
Alexandar Georgiev NYR	at PIT	—	11	1	.909

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