NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Jan 4, 2023

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

Game recaps

Final

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New Jersey Devils

Detroit Red Wings

New Jersey Devils rout Detroit Red Wings 5–1

New Jersey Devils beat Detroit Red Wings 5–1 at DET. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Alexander Holtz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:21.
•Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:58.
•Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:51.

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Minnesota Wild rout Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1

Minnesota Wild beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1 at home. Calen Addison (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Addison and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:13 together.

•Calen Addison had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:10.
•Kirill Kaprizov had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:10.
•Matt Boldy had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:20.

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Anaheim Ducks beat Dallas Stars 2–0

Anaheim Ducks beat Dallas Stars 2–0 at home. Mason McTavish (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. ANA's first power-play unit (Henrique, Fowler, Terry, Zegras and McTavish) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:25 together.

•Mason McTavish had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:20.
•ANA's first power-play unit (Henrique, Fowler, Terry, Zegras and McTavish) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:25 together.
•New look for ANA: Strome–Vatrano–Zegras skated 12:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Calen Addison MIN	vs TBL	1	2	3	2	0	1	15:10	—
Kirill Kaprizov MIN	vs TBL	2	0	2	6	1	0	17:10	—
Jack Hughes NJD	at DET	1	1	2	6	0	0	18:51	—
Mason McTavish ANA	vs DAL	1	1	2	4	0	3	16:20	—
Nico Hischier NJD	at DET	1	1	2	2	1	1	14:29	—
Alexander Holtz NJD	at DET	1	1	2	2	0	0	13:21	—
Dougie Hamilton NJD	at DET	1	1	2	1	0	0	18:58	—
Miles Wood NJD	at DET	0	2	2	5	2	1	15:02	—
Matt Boldy MIN	vs TBL	0	2	2	4	0	0	16:20	—

Line changes

New look for ANA: Strome–Vatrano–Zegras skated 12:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Henrique–Terry–McTavish skated 11:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Filip Gustavsson MIN	vs TBL	W	35	1	.971
John Gibson ANA	vs DAL	W	35	0	.1000
Vitek Vanecek NJD	at DET	W	33	1	.970
Brian Elliott TBL	at MIN	L	32	4	.875
Ville Husso DET	vs NJD	L	27	5	.815
Scott Wedgewood DAL	at ANA	L	27	2	.926

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