NHL Recaps: Sunday, Jan 15, 2023

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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Montreal Canadiens

New York Rangers

Montreal Canadiens edge New York Rangers 2–1

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 2–1 at NYR. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Drouin, Dvorak, Suzuki, Dach and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:30 together.

•Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:40.
•MTL's first power-play unit (Drouin, Dvorak, Suzuki, Dach and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:30 together.
•New look for MTL: Armia–Suzuki–Caufield skated 12:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Vancouver Canucks edge Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 (SO)

Vancouver Canucks beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 in a shootout at CAR. Jaccob Slavin (CAR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for VAN: Boeser–Pettersson–Mikheyev skated 13:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Andrei Kuzmenko had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:07.
•Jaccob Slavin had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:10.
•New look for VAN: Boeser–Pettersson–Mikheyev skated 13:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Winnipeg Jets edge Arizona Coyotes 2–1

Winnipeg Jets beat Arizona Coyotes 2–1 at home. Pierre-Luc Dubois (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 0A. WPG's first power-play unit (Scheifele, Morrissey, Ehlers, Connor and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:55 together.

•WPG's first power-play unit (Scheifele, Morrissey, Ehlers, Connor and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:55 together.
•Joshua Brown (ARI) played 8:00, −7:53 down on his 15:53 season average over 67 games.
•Clayton Keller (ARI) played 25:42, +5:01 up on his 20:41 season average over 81 games.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Cole Caufield MTL	at NYR	1	1	2	6	0	0	16:40	—
Jaccob Slavin CAR	vs VAN	0	2	2	3	0	2	24:10	—
Andrei Kuzmenko VAN	at CAR	0	2	2	1	0	0	14:07	—
Artemi Panarin NYR	vs MTL	1	0	1	7	0	0	20:33	—
Luke Schenn VAN	at CAR	0	0	0	0	7	1	18:21	—

Line changes

New look for MTL: Armia–Suzuki–Caufield skated 12:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MTL: Hoffman–Anderson–Dach skated 9:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (13.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYR: Brodzinski–Blais–Leschyshyn skated 6:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Boeser–Pettersson–Mikheyev skated 13:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WPG: Maenalanen–Stenlund–Jonsson-Fjallby skated 4:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Samuel Montembeault MTL	at NYR	W	39	1	.974
Collin Delia VAN	at CAR	W	32	3	.906
Pyotr Kochetkov CAR	vs VAN	O	32	3	.906
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs MTL	L	31	2	.935
Karel Vejmelka ARI	at WPG	L	24	2	.917
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs ARI	W	21	1	.952

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