NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Jan 31, 2023

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

Game recaps

Final / OT

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Los Angeles Kings

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes edge Los Angeles Kings 5–4 (OT)

Carolina Hurricanes beat Los Angeles Kings 5–4 in overtime at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CAR won it by committee.

•Anze Kopitar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:29.
•Adrian Kempe had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:44.
•Brent Burns had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:34.

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Ottawa Senators edge Montreal Canadiens 5–4

Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Canadiens 5–4 at MTL. Tim Stützle (OTT) led the scoring with 2G 2A.

•Tim Stützle had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 19:46.
•Thomas Chabot had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 23:46.
•Rafael Harvey-Pinard had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:49.

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Final / OT

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Washington Capitals

Columbus Blue Jackets

Washington Capitals edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime at CBJ. Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for WSH: Oshie–Backstrom–Johansson skated 11:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Trevor van Riemsdyk had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:51.
•Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:05.
•Erik Gustafsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:34.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Tim Stützle OTT	at MTL	2	2	4	3	2	2	19:46	—
Anze Kopitar LAK	at CAR	1	2	3	1	3	2	19:29	—
Thomas Chabot OTT	at MTL	0	3	3	4	2	1	23:46	—
Rafael Harvey-Pinard MTL	vs OTT	2	0	2	5	2	1	18:49	—
Trevor van Riemsdyk WSH	at CBJ	2	0	2	3	0	5	19:51	—
Adrian Kempe LAK	at CAR	2	0	2	3	0	1	18:44	—
Mike Hoffman MTL	vs OTT	1	1	2	6	0	0	20:49	—
Brady Tkachuk OTT	at MTL	1	1	2	4	4	0	17:48	—
Brent Burns CAR	vs LAK	1	1	2	2	2	3	25:34	—
Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH	at CBJ	1	1	2	1	1	2	16:05	—
Nick Suzuki MTL	vs OTT	0	2	2	5	0	1	22:50	—
Erik Gustafsson WSH	at CBJ	0	2	2	5	0	0	19:34	—

Line changes

New look for WSH: Oshie–Backstrom–Johansson skated 11:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Sheary–Strome skated 5:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Joonas Korpisalo CBJ	vs WSH	O	34	4	.882
Charlie Lindgren WSH	at CBJ	W	34	3	.912
Anton Forsberg OTT	at MTL	W	32	4	.875
Pheonix Copley LAK	at CAR	O	30	5	.833
Jake Allen MTL	vs OTT	L	29	5	.828
Frederik Andersen CAR	vs LAK	W	21	4	.810

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