NHL Recaps: Sunday, May 22, 2022

3 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

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning rout Florida Panthers 5–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers 5–1 at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 3A. FLA's first power-play unit (Hornqvist, Huberdeau, Barkov, Ekblad and Reinhart) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 3:59 together.

•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 6 shots in 22:31.
•Steven Stamkos had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:57.
•FLA's first power-play unit (Hornqvist, Huberdeau, Barkov, Ekblad and Reinhart) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 3:59 together.

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New York Rangers beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1

New York Rangers beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:25 together.

•Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:50.
•NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:25 together.
•New look for NYR: Copp–Vatrano–Kakko skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Edmonton Oilers beat Calgary Flames 4–1

Edmonton Oilers beat Calgary Flames 4–1 at home. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 4A. Michael Stone (CGY) played 19:00, +6:43 up on his 12:17 season average over 8 games.

•Evander Kane had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 18:11.
•Leon Draisaitl had 4 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 21:37.
•Connor McDavid had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:28.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nikita Kucherov TBL	vs FLA	1	3	4	6	1	0	22:31	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	vs CGY	0	4	4	4	0	0	21:37	—
Evander Kane EDM	vs CGY	3	0	3	6	10	0	18:11	—
Connor McDavid EDM	vs CGY	0	3	3	3	3	0	20:28	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	vs FLA	2	0	2	4	4	0	18:57	—
Mika Zibanejad NYR	vs CAR	1	1	2	4	1	0	17:50	—
Zach Hyman EDM	vs CGY	1	0	1	7	2	2	23:03	—

Line changes

New look for FLA: Reinhart–Mamin–Luostarinen skated 7:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TBL: Killorn–Palat–Cirelli skated 6:45 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 NYR: Copp–Vatrano–Kakko skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYR: Kreider–Zibanejad–Chytil skated 6:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs CAR	W	44	1	.977
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs FLA	W	35	1	.971
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at TBL	L	34	3	.912
Jacob Markstrom CGY	at EDM	L	34	4	.882
Mike Smith EDM	vs CGY	W	33	1	.970
Antti Raanta CAR	at NYR	L	32	2	.938
Dan Vladar CGY	at EDM	—	7	0	.1000

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