NHL Recaps: Sunday, Apr 23, 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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Carolina Hurricanes

New York Islanders

Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Islanders 5–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Islanders 5–2 at NYI. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CAR's first power-play unit (Burns, Noesen, Aho, Necas and Jarvis) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:41 together.

•Sebastian Aho had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:02.
•Seth Jarvis had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:25.
•Mackenzie MacEachern had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:03.

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Boston Bruins rout Florida Panthers 6–2

Boston Bruins beat Florida Panthers 6–2 at FLA. Taylor Hall (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 2A.

•Taylor Hall had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 15:06.
•Jake DeBrusk had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:40.
•Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:41.

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Dallas Stars edge Minnesota Wild 3–2

Dallas Stars beat Minnesota Wild 3–2 at MIN. Roope Hintz (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. DAL's first power-play unit (Benn, Seguin, Hintz, Robertson and Heiskanen) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 2:50 together.

•Roope Hintz had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:42.
•Tyler Seguin had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:58.
•John Klingberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:25.

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Edmonton Oilers edge Los Angeles Kings 5–4 (OT)

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 5–4 in overtime at LAK. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Leon Draisaitl had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 28:09.
•Evan Bouchard had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 28:25.
•Connor McDavid had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 30:22.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Taylor Hall BOS	at FLA	2	2	4	4	0	1	15:06	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	at LAK	2	1	3	5	2	2	28:09	—
Evan Bouchard EDM	at LAK	1	2	3	4	0	3	28:25	—
Sebastian Aho CAR	at NYI	1	2	3	3	1	0	17:02	—
Roope Hintz DAL	at MIN	0	3	3	2	3	2	16:42	—
Connor McDavid EDM	at LAK	0	3	3	2	1	0	30:22	—
Tyler Seguin DAL	at MIN	2	0	2	6	2	0	15:58	—
Seth Jarvis CAR	at NYI	2	0	2	5	0	0	16:25	—
Jake DeBrusk BOS	at FLA	2	0	2	2	1	1	14:40	—
Matthew Tkachuk FLA	vs BOS	1	1	2	6	4	1	19:41	—
Tyler Bertuzzi BOS	at FLA	1	1	2	5	5	2	16:03	—
Zach Hyman EDM	at LAK	1	1	2	5	3	1	24:59	—

Line changes

New look for MIN: Johansson–Steel–Boldy skated 8:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Linus Ullmark BOS	at FLA	W	43	2	.953
Joonas Korpisalo LAK	vs EDM	L	42	5	.881
Jake Oettinger DAL	at MIN	W	34	2	.941
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs BOS	L	30	5	.833
Antti Raanta CAR	at NYI	W	29	2	.931
Ilya Sorokin NYI	vs CAR	L	29	5	.828
Jack Campbell EDM	at LAK	W	28	1	.964
Filip Gustavsson MIN	vs DAL	L	24	3	.875
Stuart Skinner EDM	at LAK	—	11	3	.727
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at FLA	—	1	0	.1000

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