NHL Recaps: Monday, Apr 3, 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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Vegas Golden Knights

Minnesota Wild

Vegas Golden Knights edge Minnesota Wild 4–3 (SO)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 4–3 in a shootout at MIN. Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN's first power-play unit (Johansson, Zuccarello, Klingberg, Eriksson Ek and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:41 together.

•Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:10.
•Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:12.
•William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:29.

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Dallas Stars rout Nashville Predators 5–1

Dallas Stars beat Nashville Predators 5–1 at home. Jason Robertson (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 3A. DAL's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Benn, Hintz, Robertson and Heiskanen) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:50 together.

•Jason Robertson had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 15:44.
•Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:12.
•Miro Heiskanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:27.

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Seattle Kraken rout Arizona Coyotes 8–1

Seattle Kraken beat Arizona Coyotes 8–1 at home. Jared McCann (SEA) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Jared McCann had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 18:16.
•Carson Soucy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:46.
•Morgan Geekie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:46.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jason Robertson DAL	vs NSH	1	3	4	4	0	1	15:44	—
Jared McCann SEA	vs ARI	2	0	2	7	1	1	18:16	—
Pavel Dorofeyev VGK	at MIN	2	0	2	2	0	1	16:10	—
Matt Boldy MIN	vs VGK	1	1	2	3	1	1	20:12	—
Ryan Donato SEA	vs ARI	1	1	2	3	1	0	11:02	—
Carson Soucy SEA	vs ARI	1	1	2	2	3	4	16:46	—
Morgan Geekie SEA	vs ARI	1	1	2	2	1	0	11:46	—
Joe Pavelski DAL	vs NSH	1	1	2	2	0	0	16:12	—
Vince Dunn SEA	vs ARI	0	2	2	3	0	0	21:35	—
Daniel Sprong SEA	vs ARI	0	2	2	3	0	0	15:01	—
Justin Schultz SEA	vs ARI	0	2	2	1	0	2	19:35	—
Miro Heiskanen DAL	vs NSH	0	2	2	1	0	1	21:27	—

Line changes

New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Hartman–Steel skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Glendening–Faksa–Olofsson skated 11:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Laurent Brossoit VGK	at MIN	W	33	3	.909
Ivan Prosvetov ARI	at SEA	L	32	8	.750
Scott Wedgewood DAL	vs NSH	W	27	1	.963
Filip Gustavsson MIN	vs VGK	O	26	3	.885
Juuse Saros NSH	at DAL	L	26	5	.808
Philipp Grubauer SEA	vs ARI	W	21	1	.952

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.