NHL Recaps: Thursday, Feb 16, 2023

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

Game recaps

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Florida Panthers

Washington Capitals

Florida Panthers beat Washington Capitals 6–3

Florida Panthers beat Washington Capitals 6–3 at WSH. Anton Lundell (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Oshie, Backstrom, Johansson, Gustafsson and Strome) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:30 together.

•Anton Lundell had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:27.
•Erik Gustafsson had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:52.
•Carter Verhaeghe had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:22.

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Carolina Hurricanes rout Montreal Canadiens 6–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat Montreal Canadiens 6–2 at home. Seth Jarvis (CAR) led the scoring with 3G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Hoffman, Armia, Matheson, Suzuki and Harvey-Pinard) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:23 together.

•Seth Jarvis had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:33.
•Andrei Svechnikov had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:43.
•Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:52.

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Winnipeg Jets

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Winnipeg Jets 3–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Winnipeg Jets 3–1 at home. Patrik Laine (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Gaudreau, Jenner, Laine, Boqvist and Marchenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 5:47 together.

•Patrik Laine had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:45.
•CBJ's first power-play unit (Gaudreau, Jenner, Laine, Boqvist and Marchenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 5:47 together.
•WPG's first power-play unit (Wheeler, Scheifele, Morrissey, Connor and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:52 together.

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Boston Bruins rout Nashville Predators 5–0

Boston Bruins beat Nashville Predators 5–0 at NSH. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NSH: Novak–Parssinen–Smith skated 8:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:13.
•Hampus Lindholm had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:12.
•Nick Foligno had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:26.

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St. Louis Blues beat New Jersey Devils 4–2

St. Louis Blues beat New Jersey Devils 4–2 at home. Jordan Kyrou (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Schenn, Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:26 together.

•Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:42.
•Jordan Kyrou had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:58.
•Robert Thomas had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:25.

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Detroit Red Wings beat Calgary Flames 5–2

Detroit Red Wings beat Calgary Flames 5–2 at CGY. Tyler Bertuzzi (DET) led the scoring with 1G 2A. DET's first power-play unit (Perron, Bertuzzi, Larkin, Fabbri and Seider) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:16 together.

•Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:58.
•Dylan Larkin had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:45.
•Dominik Kubalik had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:33.

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Seattle Kraken rout Philadelphia Flyers 6–2

Seattle Kraken beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–2 at home. Yanni Gourde (SEA) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Yanni Gourde had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:02.
•Travis Konecny had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:40.
•Justin Schultz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:30.

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Vegas Golden Knights edge San Jose Sharks 2–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 2–1 at home. William Carrier (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for SJS: Hertl–Labanc–Meier skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for SJS: Hertl–Labanc–Meier skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jacob MacDonald (SJS) played 21:02, +9:09 up on his 11:53 season average over 57 games.
•Kaapo Kahkonen (SJS) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +7 against a season average of 31.1; the loss.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Seth Jarvis CAR	vs MTL	3	0	3	3	0	1	17:33	—
Yanni Gourde SEA	vs PHI	2	1	3	5	0	1	17:02	—
Tyler Bertuzzi DET	at CGY	1	2	3	2	3	1	14:58	—
Anton Lundell FLA	at WSH	1	2	3	1	0	0	18:27	—
Andrei Svechnikov CAR	vs MTL	0	3	3	4	2	0	18:43	—
Dylan Larkin DET	at CGY	0	3	3	3	0	1	17:45	—
Erik Gustafsson WSH	vs FLA	0	3	3	2	2	1	22:52	—
Dominik Kubalik DET	at CGY	2	0	2	4	0	0	13:33	—
Travis Konecny PHI	at SEA	2	0	2	3	1	1	17:40	—
Jordan Kyrou STL	vs NJD	1	1	2	4	0	0	18:58	—
Brayden Schenn STL	vs NJD	1	1	2	3	4	0	17:42	—
Patrik Laine CBJ	vs WPG	1	1	2	3	0	1	18:45	—

Line changes

New look for WPG: Wheeler–Scheifele–Perfetti skated 12:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NSH: Novak–Parssinen–Smith skated 8:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NSH: Niederreiter–Glass–Tomasino skated 7:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Hertl–Labanc–Meier skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Bonino–Gregor–Sturm skated 5:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% 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 CAR	L	41	6	.854
Joonas Korpisalo CBJ	vs WPG	W	38	1	.974
Kaapo Kahkonen SJS	at VGK	L	38	2	.947
Jordan Binnington STL	vs NJD	W	36	2	.944
Mackenzie Blackwood NJD	at STL	L	35	4	.886
Magnus Hellberg DET	at CGY	W	35	2	.943
Darcy Kuemper WSH	vs FLA	L	34	4	.882
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at WSH	W	32	3	.906
Juuse Saros NSH	vs BOS	L	30	5	.833
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at NSH	W	28	0	.1000
Adin Hill VGK	vs SJS	W	26	1	.962
Dan Vladar CGY	vs DET	L	24	5	.792
David Rittich WPG	at CBJ	L	23	2	.913
Antti Raanta CAR	vs MTL	W	22	2	.909
Philipp Grubauer SEA	vs PHI	W	19	2	.895
Carter Hart PHI	at SEA	L	19	4	.789
Samuel Ersson PHI	at SEA	—	11	2	.818

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