NHL Recaps: Thursday, May 12, 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. Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 20:33, −5:13 down on his 25:46 season average over 5 games.

•Andrei Svechnikov had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:34.
•Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:15.
•Charlie Coyle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:46.

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Tampa Bay Lightning edge Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 (OT)

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 in overtime at home. John Tavares (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Brayden Point (TBL) played 27:33, +9:53 up on his 17:40 season average over 8 games.

•John Tavares had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:05.
•Brayden Point had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 27:33.
•William Nylander had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:46.

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St. Louis Blues rout Minnesota Wild 5–1

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 5–1 at home. Colton Parayko (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko and Perunovich) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 6:36 together.

•Colton Parayko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:04.
•David Perron had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:04.
•STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Tarasenko and Perunovich) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 6:36 together.

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Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2 at LAK. Evander Kane (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Danault, Kempe, Durzi and Kaliyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:05 together.

•Evander Kane had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:24.
•Connor McDavid had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 24:02.
•Cody Ceci had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:06.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Evander Kane EDM	at LAK	2	1	3	6	4	0	17:24	—
Connor McDavid EDM	at LAK	1	2	3	6	2	1	24:02	—
John Tavares TOR	at TBL	2	0	2	3	4	2	23:05	—
Andrei Svechnikov CAR	at BOS	2	0	2	2	3	2	17:34	—
Charlie Coyle BOS	vs CAR	1	1	2	3	4	1	15:46	—
Brad Marchand BOS	vs CAR	1	1	2	3	1	0	18:15	—
Colton Parayko STL	vs MIN	1	1	2	2	0	4	23:04	—
Brayden Point TBL	vs TOR	1	1	2	1	3	3	27:33	—
William Nylander TOR	at TBL	0	2	2	2	0	1	21:46	—
David Perron STL	vs MIN	0	2	2	2	0	0	22:04	—
Cody Ceci EDM	at LAK	0	2	2	1	0	1	23:06	—
Tomas Nosek BOS	vs CAR	0	2	2	1	0	0	14:59	—

Line changes

New look for MIN: Jost–Duhaime–Dewar skated 4:27 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for STL: Saad–Barbashev–Kyrou skated 4:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jonathan Quick LAK	vs EDM	L	36	3	.917
Jack Campbell TOR	at TBL	L	35	4	.886
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs TOR	W	33	3	.909
Antti Raanta CAR	at BOS	L	33	4	.879
Mike Smith EDM	at LAK	W	32	2	.938
Cam Talbot MIN	at STL	L	26	4	.846
Jordan Binnington STL	vs MIN	W	26	1	.962
Jeremy Swayman BOS	vs CAR	W	25	2	.920

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