NHL Recaps: Saturday, Apr 29, 2023

3 games: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final / OT

PlayoffsFull report

Toronto Maple Leafs

Tampa Bay Lightning

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 (OT)

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 in overtime at TBL. Steven Stamkos (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for TOR: Nylander–Matthews–Knies skated 7:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for TOR: Nylander–Matthews–Knies skated 7:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for TBL: Kucherov–Point–Hagel skated 8:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for TOR: O'Reilly–Bunting–Acciari skated 5:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New York Rangers beat New Jersey Devils 5–2

New York Rangers beat New Jersey Devils 5–2 at home. Chris Kreider (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Tarasenko, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:39 together.

•Chris Kreider had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:24.
•Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:00.
•Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:02.

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Edmonton Oilers edge Los Angeles Kings 5–4

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 5–4 at LAK. Klim Kostin (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Klim Kostin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 8:44.
•Kevin Fiala had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:35.
•Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 27:16.

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Vegas Golden Knights at Winnipeg Jets

Scheduled.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Klim Kostin EDM	at LAK	2	1	3	2	2	0	8:44	—
Kevin Fiala LAK	vs EDM	1	2	3	5	0	0	19:35	—
Chris Kreider NYR	vs NJD	1	2	3	2	1	0	16:24	—
Connor McDavid EDM	at LAK	1	1	2	3	0	2	27:16	—
Vladimir Tarasenko NYR	vs NJD	1	1	2	3	0	0	15:02	—
Mika Zibanejad NYR	vs NJD	1	1	2	2	2	1	17:00	—
Kailer Yamamoto EDM	at LAK	1	1	2	2	1	0	11:26	—
Viktor Arvidsson LAK	vs EDM	0	2	2	6	0	0	18:59	—
Adam Fox NYR	vs NJD	0	2	2	1	0	4	24:41	—
Evan Bouchard EDM	at LAK	0	2	2	0	2	1	24:01	—
Ryan McLeod EDM	at LAK	0	2	2	0	2	0	14:17	—
Vincent Desharnais EDM	at LAK	0	2	2	0	0	1	12:16	—

Line changes

New look for TOR: Nylander–Matthews–Knies skated 7:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TBL: Kucherov–Point–Hagel skated 8:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TOR: O'Reilly–Bunting–Acciari skated 5:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TBL: Killorn–Stamkos–Cirelli skated 6:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Stuart Skinner EDM	at LAK	W	44	4	.909
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs NJD	W	36	2	.944
Ilya Samsonov TOR	at TBL	W	32	1	.969
Akira Schmid NJD	at NYR	L	29	5	.828
Joonas Korpisalo LAK	vs EDM	L	26	5	.808
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs TOR	L	22	2	.909

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.