NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Feb 8, 2023

2 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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Vancouver Canucks

New York Rangers

New York Rangers edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3

New York Rangers beat Vancouver Canucks 4–3 at home. K'Andre Miller (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for VAN: Boeser–Beauvillier–Pettersson skated 10:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•K'Andre Miller had 3 assists (3 points) in 23:10.
•Jacob Trouba had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:12.
•Quinn Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:14.

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Dallas Stars beat Minnesota Wild 4–1

Dallas Stars beat Minnesota Wild 4–1 at home. Roope Hintz (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Addison and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:27 together.

•Roope Hintz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:47.
•Jason Robertson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:36.
•MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Addison and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:27 together.

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

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	TOI	PP
K'Andre Miller NYR	vs VAN	0	3	3	0	4	23:10	—
Roope Hintz DAL	vs MIN	1	1	2	3	0	16:47	—
Jason Robertson DAL	vs MIN	0	2	2	3	0	18:36	—
Jacob Trouba NYR	vs VAN	0	2	2	1	3	21:12	—
Quinn Hughes VAN	at NYR	0	2	2	0	0	21:14	—

Line changes

New look for VAN: Boeser–Beauvillier–Pettersson skated 10:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Joshua–Dries–Kuzmenko skated 4:08 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Hartman–Kaprizov skated 13:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (76.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Gaudreau–Steel–Boldy skated 10:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (26.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs MIN	W	39	1	.974
Filip Gustavsson MIN	at DAL	L	36	3	.917
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs VAN	W	25	3	.880
Spencer Martin VAN	at NYR	L	21	4	.810

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