NHL Recaps: Monday, Apr 17, 2023

4 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

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes edge New York Islanders 2–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Islanders 2–1 at home. Brent Burns (CAR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. CAR's first power-play unit (Burns, Noesen, Aho, Necas and Jarvis) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:58 together.

•Brent Burns had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:03.
•Martin Necas had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:53.
•CAR's first power-play unit (Burns, Noesen, Aho, Necas and Jarvis) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:58 together.

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Boston Bruins beat Florida Panthers 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Florida Panthers 3–1 at home. Tyler Bertuzzi (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Eric Staal (FLA) played 19:06, +7:50 up on his 11:16 season average over 20 games.

•Tyler Bertuzzi had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:41.
•Eric Staal (FLA) played 19:06, +7:50 up on his 11:16 season average over 20 games.
•Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 21:49, −4:16 down on his 26:05 season average over 6 games.

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Minnesota Wild edge Dallas Stars 3–2 (OT)

Minnesota Wild beat Dallas Stars 3–2 in overtime at DAL. Sam Steel (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 53 shots and stopped 51 (.962), +23 against a season average of 30.2; the win.

•Sam Steel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:47.
•Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 53 shots and stopped 51 (.962), +23 against a season average of 30.2; the win.
•Jared Spurgeon (MIN) played 34:32, +12:30 up on his 22:02 season average over 5 games.

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Los Angeles Kings edge Edmonton Oilers 4–3 (OT)

Los Angeles Kings beat Edmonton Oilers 4–3 in overtime at EDM. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 3A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:15 together.

•Anze Kopitar had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 22:42.
•Adrian Kempe had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 21:59.
•Leon Draisaitl had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:32.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Anze Kopitar LAK	at EDM	1	3	4	3	1	1	22:42	—
Adrian Kempe LAK	at EDM	2	0	2	8	4	0	21:59	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	vs LAK	2	0	2	6	2	0	20:32	—
Sam Steel MIN	at DAL	1	1	2	3	3	1	25:47	—
Brent Burns CAR	vs NYI	0	2	2	6	3	0	22:03	—
Viktor Arvidsson LAK	at EDM	0	2	2	4	1	3	23:53	—
Tyler Bertuzzi BOS	vs FLA	0	2	2	3	2	2	18:41	—
Martin Necas CAR	vs NYI	0	2	2	3	2	2	18:53	—
Jason Robertson DAL	vs MIN	1	0	1	7	3	0	29:34	—
Ryan Pulock NYI	at CAR	1	0	1	2	9	2	22:44	—
Stefan Noesen CAR	vs NYI	1	0	1	2	6	3	17:16	—
Zach Hyman EDM	vs LAK	0	1	1	5	8	0	20:48	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Filip Gustavsson MIN	at DAL	W	53	2	.962
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs MIN	L	48	3	.938
Joonas Korpisalo LAK	at EDM	W	40	3	.925
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at CAR	L	37	2	.946
Stuart Skinner EDM	vs LAK	L	35	4	.886
Linus Ullmark BOS	vs FLA	W	32	1	.969
Alex Lyon FLA	at BOS	L	29	3	.897
Antti Raanta CAR	vs NYI	W	26	1	.962

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