NHL Recaps: Sunday, Dec 18, 2022

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

Game recaps

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Ottawa Senators

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild beat Ottawa Senators 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat Ottawa Senators 4–2 at home. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Mark Kastelic (OTT) played 13:53, +5:04 up on his 8:49 season average over 64 games.

•Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:52.
•Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:30.
•Sam Steel had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:19.

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Carolina Hurricanes edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 at home. Brady Skjei (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:58 together.

•Brady Skjei had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:53.
•Derek Stepan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 7:22.
•Jordan Staal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:16.

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New York Rangers rout Chicago Blackhawks 7–1

New York Rangers beat Chicago Blackhawks 7–1 at CHI. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Artemi Panarin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:42.
•Adam Fox had 3 assists (3 points) in 20:32.
•Filip Chytil had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 4:48.

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Seattle Kraken edge Winnipeg Jets 3–2

Seattle Kraken beat Winnipeg Jets 3–2 at home. Pierre-Luc Dubois (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WPG's first power-play unit (Scheifele, Morrissey, Connor, Dubois and Perfetti) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 2:26 together.

•Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:41.
•Josh Morrissey had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:20.
•WPG's first power-play unit (Scheifele, Morrissey, Connor, Dubois and Perfetti) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 2:26 together.

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Calgary Flames beat San Jose Sharks 5–2

Calgary Flames beat San Jose Sharks 5–2 at SJS. Elias Lindholm (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Elias Lindholm had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:07.
•Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:07.
•Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:55.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Elias Lindholm CGY	at SJS	2	1	3	3	2	0	21:07	—
Kirill Kaprizov MIN	vs OTT	1	2	3	4	0	1	17:52	—
Artemi Panarin NYR	at CHI	1	2	3	4	1	0	17:42	—
Adam Fox NYR	at CHI	0	3	3	0	0	2	20:32	—
Tomas Hertl SJS	vs CGY	1	1	2	5	4	0	19:07	—
Kaapo Kakko NYR	at CHI	1	1	2	3	0	1	13:44	—
Brady Skjei CAR	vs PIT	1	1	2	3	0	0	23:53	—
Jordan Staal CAR	vs PIT	1	1	2	2	3	0	18:16	—
Vincent Trocheck NYR	at CHI	1	1	2	2	2	0	20:03	—
Filip Chytil NYR	at CHI	1	1	2	2	0	1	4:48	—
Pierre-Luc Dubois WPG	at SEA	1	1	2	1	1	1	18:41	—
Mats Zuccarello MIN	vs OTT	1	1	2	1	0	0	17:30	—

Line changes

New look for MIN: Hartman–Gaudreau–Boldy skated 6:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SEA: Schwartz–Bjorkstrand–Wennberg skated 13:23 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SEA: Gourde–Burakovsky–Donato skated 7:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (90% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
David Rittich WPG	at SEA	L	34	3	.912
Igor Shesterkin NYR	at CHI	W	30	1	.967
Casey DeSmith PIT	at CAR	L	29	3	.897
Filip Gustavsson MIN	vs OTT	W	28	2	.929
Arvid Soderblom CHI	vs NYR	L	26	7	.731
Jacob Markstrom CGY	at SJS	W	26	2	.923
Pyotr Kochetkov CAR	vs PIT	W	25	2	.920
Kaapo Kahkonen SJS	vs CGY	L	25	5	.800
Anton Forsberg OTT	at MIN	L	22	3	.864
Philipp Grubauer SEA	vs WPG	W	17	2	.882

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