NHL Recaps: Thursday, May 19, 2022

2 games: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Florida Panthers

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Florida Panthers 2–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers 2–1 at FLA. Eetu Luostarinen (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. TBL's first power-play unit (Perry, Stamkos, Hedman, Palat and Kucherov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:37 together.

•TBL's first power-play unit (Perry, Stamkos, Hedman, Palat and Kucherov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:37 together.
•New look for TBL: Killorn–Kucherov–Paul skated 8:53 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for TBL: Stamkos–Palat–Cirelli skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1 at COL. David Perron (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 1:57 together.

•David Perron had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:06.
•Pavel Buchnevich had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:49.
•COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 1:57 together.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
David Perron STL	at COL	2	0	2	5	1	0	20:06	—
Pavel Buchnevich STL	at COL	0	2	2	0	1	1	20:49	—
Ben Chiarot FLA	vs TBL	0	0	0	1	6	2	18:42	—
Erik Cernak TBL	at FLA	0	0	0	0	5	4	20:15	—
Niko Mikkola STL	at COL	0	0	0	0	5	3	15:00	—

Line changes

New look for TBL: Killorn–Kucherov–Paul skated 8:53 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TBL: Stamkos–Palat–Cirelli skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at FLA	W	36	1	.972
Darcy Kuemper COL	vs STL	L	31	3	.903
Jordan Binnington STL	at COL	W	31	1	.968
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs TBL	L	28	2	.929

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