NHL Recaps: Sunday, Oct 15, 2023

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Tampa Bay Lightning

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2

Ottawa Senators beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 at home. Brady Tkachuk (OTT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for TBL: Cirelli–Eyssimont–Jeannot skated 11:53 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Brady Tkachuk had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 7 shots in 18:36.
•Tanner Jeannot had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:40.
•Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:49.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Anaheim Ducks beat Carolina Hurricanes 6–3

Anaheim Ducks beat Carolina Hurricanes 6–3 at home. Frank Vatrano (ANA) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

•Frank Vatrano had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 20:50.
•Teuvo Teravainen had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:47.
•Cam Fowler had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:30.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Teuvo Teravainen for CAR @ ANA, 75.6 mph. Full game report →

Teuvo Teravainen (CAR @ ANA): Rush, carried in, 1 pass, 75.6 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Frank Vatrano ANA	vs CAR	3	0	3	6	2	4	20:50	—
Brady Tkachuk OTT	vs TBL	2	1	3	7	1	1	18:36	—
Teuvo Teravainen CAR	at ANA	2	0	2	3	1	0	17:47	—
Vladimir Tarasenko OTT	vs TBL	1	1	2	4	2	0	15:49	—
Tanner Jeannot TBL	at OTT	1	1	2	1	4	0	16:40	—
Cam Fowler ANA	vs CAR	1	1	2	1	1	0	23:30	—
Mason McTavish ANA	vs CAR	0	2	2	2	0	1	17:37	—
Ryan Strome ANA	vs CAR	0	2	2	1	1	2	18:37	—
Tim Stützle OTT	vs TBL	1	0	1	8	1	1	22:02	—

Line changes

New look for TBL: Cirelli–Eyssimont–Jeannot skated 11:53 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TBL: Kucherov–Point–Hagel skated 11:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Matt Tomkins TBL	at OTT	L	37	4	.892
Lukas Dostal ANA	vs CAR	W	35	3	.914
Joonas Korpisalo OTT	vs TBL	W	24	2	.917
Antti Raanta CAR	at ANA	L	23	4	.826

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.