NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Apr 19, 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 4–3 (OT)

Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Islanders 4–3 in overtime at home. Kyle Palmieri (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CAR won it by committee.

•Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:44.
•Jaccob Slavin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:11.
•Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:29.

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Florida Panthers beat Boston Bruins 6–3

Florida Panthers beat Boston Bruins 6–3 at BOS. Brandon Montour (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for FLA: Verhaeghe–Bennett–Tkachuk skated 7:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Brandon Montour had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:06.
•Matthew Tkachuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:49.
•Nick Cousins had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 9:23.

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Dallas Stars rout Minnesota Wild 7–3

Dallas Stars beat Minnesota Wild 7–3 at home. Roope Hintz (DAL) led the scoring with 3G 1A. DAL's first power-play unit (Benn, Seguin, Hintz, Robertson and Heiskanen) scored 3 power-play goals on 14 attempts in 6:11 together.

•Roope Hintz had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 4 shots in 16:47.
•Miro Heiskanen had 4 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 22:26.
•DAL's first power-play unit (Benn, Seguin, Hintz, Robertson and Heiskanen) scored 3 power-play goals on 14 attempts in 6:11 together.

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Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2 at home. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Evan Bouchard (EDM) played 17:54, −5:34 down on his 23:28 season average over 11 games.

•Leon Draisaitl had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:17.
•Evan Bouchard (EDM) played 17:54, −5:34 down on his 23:28 season average over 11 games.
•Joonas Korpisalo (LAK) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +2 against a season average of 33.8; the loss.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Roope Hintz DAL	vs MIN	3	1	4	4	0	1	16:47	—
Miro Heiskanen DAL	vs MIN	0	4	4	4	0	2	22:26	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	vs LAK	1	2	3	3	5	0	21:17	—
Evgenii Dadonov DAL	vs MIN	2	0	2	3	1	0	15:51	—
Brandon Montour FLA	at BOS	2	0	2	2	2	0	22:06	—
Kyle Palmieri NYI	at CAR	1	1	2	4	4	0	13:29	—
Jaccob Slavin CAR	vs NYI	1	1	2	3	0	2	19:11	—
Jamie Benn DAL	vs MIN	1	1	2	3	1	1	18:44	—
Brock Nelson NYI	at CAR	1	1	2	3	1	0	14:44	—
Brent Burns CAR	vs NYI	0	2	2	4	1	0	22:18	—
Jason Robertson DAL	vs MIN	0	2	2	4	1	0	16:46	—
Matthew Tkachuk FLA	at BOS	0	2	2	2	2	0	18:49	—

Line changes

New look for FLA: Verhaeghe–Bennett–Tkachuk skated 7:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for FLA: Barkov–Reinhart–Luostarinen skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for EDM: Bjugstad–Foegele–McLeod skated 6:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Grundstrom–Kupari–Kaliyev skated 4:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Alex Lyon FLA	at BOS	W	37	3	.919
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at CAR	L	36	4	.917
Joonas Korpisalo LAK	at EDM	L	36	3	.917
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	at DAL	L	31	7	.774
Linus Ullmark BOS	vs FLA	L	29	5	.828
Antti Raanta CAR	vs NYI	W	26	3	.885
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs MIN	W	26	3	.885
Stuart Skinner EDM	vs LAK	W	24	2	.917

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