NHL Recaps: Thursday, Apr 20, 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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Tampa Bay Lightning

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs rout Tampa Bay Lightning 7–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Tampa Bay Lightning 7–2 at home. Morgan Rielly (TOR) led the scoring with 0G 4A.

•John Tavares had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:00.
•Morgan Rielly had 4 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 20:04.
•Mitch Marner had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:05.

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New York Rangers rout New Jersey Devils 5–1

New York Rangers beat New Jersey Devils 5–1 at NJD. Patrick Kane (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kane, Kreider, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 2 power-play goals on 14 attempts in 5:38 together.

•Patrick Kane had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:56.
•Chris Kreider had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:52.
•Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:35.

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Colorado Avalanche edge Seattle Kraken 3–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 3–2 at home. Artturi Lehkonen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for COL: Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Rodrigues skated 10:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (88.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:15.
•Devon Toews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:05.
•Yanni Gourde had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:00.

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Vegas Golden Knights beat Winnipeg Jets 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Winnipeg Jets 5–2 at home. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Mark Stone had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:47.
•Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:35.
•William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:43.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Morgan Rielly TOR	vs TBL	0	4	4	2	2	2	20:04	—
John Tavares TOR	vs TBL	3	0	3	6	1	0	17:00	—
Mark Stone VGK	vs WPG	2	1	3	5	4	0	17:47	—
Mitch Marner TOR	vs TBL	2	1	3	3	0	1	18:05	—
Patrick Kane NYR	at NJD	1	2	3	5	0	0	17:56	—
Chris Kreider NYR	at NJD	2	0	2	5	0	0	19:52	—
Artturi Lehkonen COL	vs SEA	1	1	2	4	6	2	19:15	—
Chandler Stephenson VGK	vs WPG	1	1	2	4	1	0	16:35	—
William Karlsson VGK	vs WPG	1	1	2	3	2	1	18:43	—
Devon Toews COL	vs SEA	1	1	2	3	2	0	22:05	—
William Nylander TOR	vs TBL	1	1	2	2	0	0	15:37	—
Auston Matthews TOR	vs TBL	0	2	2	3	1	1	16:52	—

Line changes

New look for NJD: Bastian–McLeod–Sharangovich skated 4:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Rodrigues skated 10:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (88.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Philipp Grubauer SEA	at COL	L	41	3	.927
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at VGK	L	39	5	.872
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at TOR	L	37	7	.811
Laurent Brossoit VGK	vs WPG	W	33	2	.939
Vitek Vanecek NJD	vs NYR	L	30	5	.833
Alexandar Georgiev COL	vs SEA	W	29	2	.931
Igor Shesterkin NYR	at NJD	W	24	1	.958
Ilya Samsonov TOR	vs TBL	W	22	2	.909

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