NHL Recaps: Friday, Mar 24, 2023

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

Game recaps

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New York Islanders

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets edge New York Islanders 5–4 (OT)

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New York Islanders 5–4 in overtime at home. Brock Nelson (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CBJ won it by committee.

•Brock Nelson had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:27.
•Boone Jenner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:39.
•Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:10.

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Buffalo Sabres edge New Jersey Devils 5–4

Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 5–4 at home. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BUF won it by committee.

•Alex Tuch had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:09.
•Jack Hughes had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:08.
•Dylan Cozens had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:25.

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Colorado Avalanche beat Arizona Coyotes 3–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Arizona Coyotes 3–1 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 2:47 together.

•Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 25:14.
•Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 23:50.
•Valeri Nichushkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:37.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jack Hughes NJD	at BUF	2	1	3	4	0	0	20:08	—
Alex Tuch BUF	vs NJD	2	1	3	2	0	2	20:09	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs ARI	1	2	3	4	3	0	23:50	—
Cale Makar COL	vs ARI	1	2	3	2	0	0	25:14	—
Brock Nelson NYI	at CBJ	2	0	2	6	0	0	16:27	—
Johnny Gaudreau CBJ	vs NYI	1	1	2	3	0	0	21:10	—
Boone Jenner CBJ	vs NYI	1	1	2	2	2	0	21:39	—
Kevin Bahl NJD	at BUF	1	1	2	2	2	0	16:07	—
Dylan Cozens BUF	vs NJD	1	1	2	2	0	1	15:25	—
Kyle Palmieri NYI	at CBJ	1	1	2	1	0	0	16:21	—
Jack Quinn BUF	vs NJD	1	1	2	1	0	0	16:10	—
Valeri Nichushkin COL	vs ARI	0	2	2	4	2	0	18:37	—

Line changes

New look for COL: MacKinnon–Nichushkin–Rantanen skated 12:53 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Michael Hutchinson CBJ	vs NYI	W	38	4	.895
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	vs NJD	W	31	4	.871
Karel Vejmelka ARI	at COL	L	30	3	.900
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at CBJ	O	27	5	.815
Vitek Vanecek NJD	at BUF	L	19	2	.895
Alexandar Georgiev COL	vs ARI	W	18	1	.944
Akira Schmid NJD	at BUF	—	7	3	.571

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