NHL Recaps: Friday, Dec 30, 2022

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Nashville Predators

Anaheim Ducks

Nashville Predators rout Anaheim Ducks 6–1

Nashville Predators beat Anaheim Ducks 6–1 at ANA. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. John Gibson (ANA) faced 43 shots and stopped 37 (.860), +6 against a season average of 37.4; the loss.

•Filip Forsberg had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:35.
•Colton Sissons had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:09.
•Juuso Parssinen had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:03.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 at PIT. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Tatar, Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:40 together.

•Jack Hughes had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:22.
•Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:20.
•Dawson Mercer had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:21.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Carolina Hurricanes rout Florida Panthers 4–0

Carolina Hurricanes beat Florida Panthers 4–0 at home. Jesperi Kotkaniemi (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CAR's first power-play unit (Burns, Noesen, Aho, Necas and Svechnikov) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 3:53 together.

•Jesperi Kotkaniemi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:03.
•Brent Burns had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:33.
•Seth Jarvis had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 10:54.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Edmonton Oilers rout Seattle Kraken 7–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Seattle Kraken 7–2 at SEA. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 4A.

•Connor McDavid had a goal and 4 assists (5 points) on 3 shots in 16:01.
•Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had 4 assists (4 points) in 19:07.
•Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:48.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Connor McDavid EDM	at SEA	1	4	5	3	0	2	16:01	—
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM	at SEA	0	4	4	0	0	1	19:07	—
Zach Hyman EDM	at SEA	2	1	3	2	1	0	14:48	—
Filip Forsberg NSH	at ANA	1	2	3	1	0	0	16:35	—
Jack Hughes NJD	at PIT	2	0	2	6	1	0	20:22	—
Klim Kostin EDM	at SEA	2	0	2	4	2	0	12:23	—
Dougie Hamilton NJD	at PIT	1	1	2	6	1	1	18:20	—
Darnell Nurse EDM	at SEA	1	1	2	4	2	1	23:40	—
Jesperi Kotkaniemi CAR	vs FLA	1	1	2	4	1	0	14:03	—
Colton Sissons NSH	at ANA	1	1	2	2	0	1	15:09	—
Seth Jarvis CAR	vs FLA	0	2	2	3	0	3	10:54	—
Dawson Mercer NJD	at PIT	0	2	2	1	1	1	19:21	—

Line changes

New look for NSH: Forsberg–Sissons–Parssinen skated 11:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
John Gibson ANA	vs NSH	L	43	6	.860
Stuart Skinner EDM	at SEA	W	38	2	.947
Spencer Knight FLA	at CAR	L	34	4	.882
Juuse Saros NSH	at ANA	W	27	1	.963
Tristan Jarry PIT	vs NJD	L	27	3	.889
Vitek Vanecek NJD	at PIT	W	27	2	.926
Martin Jones SEA	vs EDM	—	27	4	.852
Antti Raanta CAR	vs FLA	W	19	0	.1000
Philipp Grubauer SEA	vs EDM	L	5	3	.400

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.