NHL Recaps: Friday, Dec 16, 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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Chicago Blackhawks

1

Minnesota Wild

4

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at home. Mats Zuccarello (MIN) led the scoring with 3G 1A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Jones, Domi and Raddysh) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:14 together.

• •Mats Zuccarello had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 4 shots in 18:00.
• •Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:43.
• •Sam Steel had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:35.

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St. Louis Blues

5

Calgary Flames

2

St. Louis Blues beat Calgary Flames 5–2

St. Louis Blues beat Calgary Flames 5–2 at CGY. Jordan Kyrou (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

• •Connor Mackey had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:05.
• •Jordan Kyrou had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:05.
• •Ivan Barbashev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:24.

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New York Islanders

4

Arizona Coyotes

5

Arizona Coyotes edge New York Islanders 5–4

Arizona Coyotes beat New York Islanders 5–4 at home. Nick Schmaltz (ARI) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Juuso Välimäki (ARI) played 9:04, −9:14 down on his 18:18 season average over 77 games.

• •Nick Schmaltz had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:06.
• •Clayton Keller had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:52.
• •Jakob Chychrun had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:43.

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