NHL Recaps: Thursday, May 26, 2022

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

Game recaps

Final

PlayoffsFull report

New York Rangers

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Rangers 3–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Rangers 3–1 at home. Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CAR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Teravainen, DeAngelo, Aho and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:10 together.

•CAR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Teravainen, DeAngelo, Aho and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:10 together.
•NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:01 together.
•New look for CAR: Martinook–Domi–Kotkaniemi skated 6:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Edmonton Oilers edge Calgary Flames 5–4 (OT)

Edmonton Oilers beat Calgary Flames 5–4 in overtime at CGY. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 4A. New look for EDM: Hyman–Draisaitl–McDavid skated 15:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Leon Draisaitl had 4 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 25:48.
•Zach Hyman had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 23:38.
•Mikael Backlund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:30.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Leon Draisaitl EDM	at CGY	0	4	4	2	0	0	25:48	—
Zach Hyman EDM	at CGY	1	2	3	7	4	1	23:38	—
Mikael Backlund CGY	vs EDM	1	1	2	3	2	0	22:30	—
Blake Coleman CGY	vs EDM	0	2	2	2	7	1	20:35	—
Johnny Gaudreau CGY	vs EDM	1	0	1	8	0	0	21:16	—
Elias Lindholm CGY	vs EDM	0	0	0	7	3	0	21:19	—

Line changes

New look for CAR: Martinook–Domi–Kotkaniemi skated 6:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for EDM: Hyman–Draisaitl–McDavid skated 15:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Mike Smith EDM	at CGY	W	36	4	.889
Jacob Markstrom CGY	vs EDM	L	35	5	.857
Igor Shesterkin NYR	at CAR	L	34	3	.912
Antti Raanta CAR	vs NYR	W	17	1	.941

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.