NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Mar 15, 2023

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

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Buffalo Sabres

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4 (SO)

Washington Capitals beat Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in a shootout at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +7 against a season average of 31.9; the overtime loss.

•Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:32.
•T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:54.
•Dylan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:43.

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Colorado Avalanche edge Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 (SO)

Colorado Avalanche beat Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 in a shootout at TOR. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 6:42 together.

•COL's first power-play unit (Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 6:42 together.
•New look for TOR: Jarnkrok–Marner–Matthews skated 11:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Mitch Marner (TOR) played 29:10, +7:59 up on his 21:11 season average over 79 games.

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Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 8–5

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 8–5 at STL. Pavel Buchnevich (STL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. MIN won it by committee.

•Pavel Buchnevich had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:47.
•Ryan Hartman had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:37.
•Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:33.

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New York Islanders beat Anaheim Ducks 6–3

New York Islanders beat Anaheim Ducks 6–3 at ANA. Kyle Palmieri (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

•Kyle Palmieri had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 17:40.
•Brock Nelson had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:17.
•Kevin Shattenkirk had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:09.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Kyle Palmieri NYI	at ANA	1	3	4	2	1	0	17:40	—
Pavel Buchnevich STL	vs MIN	3	0	3	4	1	0	21:47	—
Ryan Hartman MIN	at STL	2	1	3	5	0	1	17:37	—
Joel Eriksson Ek MIN	at STL	1	2	3	6	1	0	17:33	—
Torey Krug STL	vs MIN	0	3	3	1	0	2	19:13	—
Brock Nelson NYI	at ANA	2	0	2	6	0	0	17:17	—
Jakub Vrana STL	vs MIN	2	0	2	5	0	0	14:14	—
Kevin Shattenkirk ANA	vs NYI	2	0	2	4	2	3	24:09	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	vs BUF	1	1	2	5	1	0	19:32	—
Ryan Reaves MIN	at STL	1	1	2	3	3	0	9:15	—
Zach Parise NYI	at ANA	1	1	2	3	2	0	14:21	—
Pierre Engvall NYI	at ANA	1	1	2	3	0	0	15:58	—

Line changes

New look for TOR: Jarnkrok–Marner–Matthews skated 11:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Compher–Nichushkin–Malgin skated 8:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	at WSH	O	39	4	.897
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	at STL	W	36	5	.861
John Gibson ANA	vs NYI	L	33	6	.818
Ilya Samsonov TOR	vs COL	O	29	1	.966
Charlie Lindgren WSH	vs BUF	W	27	4	.852
Jordan Binnington STL	vs MIN	—	24	5	.792
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at ANA	W	23	3	.870
Alexandar Georgiev COL	at TOR	W	18	1	.944
Thomas Greiss STL	vs MIN	L	11	3	.727

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