NHL Recaps: Sunday, Jan 29, 2023

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Boston Bruins

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes beat Boston Bruins 4–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Boston Bruins 4–1 at home. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BOS: Foligno–Coyle–Frederic skated 8:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for BOS: Foligno–Coyle–Frederic skated 8:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Linus Ullmark (BOS) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +5 against a season average of 29.7; the loss.
•Brent Burns (CAR) played 19:35, −3:41 down on his 23:16 season average over 81 games.

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Toronto Maple Leafs rout Washington Capitals 5–1

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Washington Capitals 5–1 at home. Michael Bunting (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Bunting and Marner) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:59 together.

•Michael Bunting had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:56.
•John Tavares had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:19.
•TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Bunting and Marner) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:59 together.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Michael Bunting TOR	vs WSH	1	1	2	5	1	0	17:56	—
John Tavares TOR	vs WSH	0	2	2	1	2	3	18:19	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Foligno–Coyle–Frederic skated 8:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TOR: Simmonds–Aston-Reese–Holmberg skated 6:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Linus Ullmark BOS	at CAR	L	35	3	.914
Frederik Andersen CAR	vs BOS	W	25	1	.960
Ilya Samsonov TOR	vs WSH	W	24	1	.958
Darcy Kuemper WSH	at TOR	L	20	4	.800
Charlie Lindgren WSH	at TOR	—	7	1	.857

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.