NHL Recaps: Monday, Oct 31, 2022

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

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Detroit Red Wings

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres rout Detroit Red Wings 8–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Detroit Red Wings 8–3 at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 3G 3A. Alex Nedeljkovic (DET) faced 46 shots and stopped 38 (.826), +15 against a season average of 31.1; the loss.

•Tage Thompson had a hat trick and 3 assists (6 points) on 9 shots in 17:06.
•Jeff Skinner had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:55.
•Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:57.

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Carolina Hurricanes edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (SO)

Carolina Hurricanes beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in a shootout at home. Martin Necas (CAR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. CAR's first power-play unit (Burns, Noesen, Aho, Necas and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 16 attempts in 6:22 together.

•Martin Necas had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:34.
•CAR's first power-play unit (Burns, Noesen, Aho, Necas and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 16 attempts in 6:22 together.
•Conor Sheary (WSH) played 21:02, +5:20 up on his 15:42 season average over 81 games.

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Los Angeles Kings rout St. Louis Blues 5–1

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 5–1 at STL. Kevin Fiala (LAK) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for STL: Barbashev–Brown–Neighbours skated 4:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Kevin Fiala had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:04.
•Carl Grundstrom had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:51.
•Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:19.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Tage Thompson BUF	vs DET	3	3	6	9	0	0	17:06	—
Jeff Skinner BUF	vs DET	1	2	3	4	0	0	15:55	—
Kevin Fiala LAK	at STL	0	3	3	3	0	0	15:04	—
Carl Grundstrom LAK	at STL	2	0	2	4	3	0	14:51	—
Rasmus Dahlin BUF	vs DET	1	1	2	3	2	0	25:57	—
Gabriel Vilardi LAK	at STL	1	1	2	2	0	0	17:19	—
Martin Necas CAR	vs WSH	0	2	2	4	0	0	19:34	—
Kyle Okposo BUF	vs DET	0	2	2	3	0	0	14:17	—
Nick Jensen WSH	at CAR	0	1	1	1	4	5	26:02	—
Nic Dowd WSH	at CAR	0	0	0	0	6	2	14:36	—

Line changes

New look for STL: Barbashev–Brown–Neighbours skated 4:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Alex Nedeljkovic DET	at BUF	L	46	8	.826
Darcy Kuemper WSH	at CAR	O	35	2	.943
Jonathan Quick LAK	at STL	W	28	1	.964
Frederik Andersen CAR	vs WSH	W	20	2	.900
Jordan Binnington STL	vs LAK	L	19	5	.737
Eric Comrie BUF	vs DET	W	18	3	.833
Thomas Greiss STL	vs LAK	—	11	0	.1000

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