NHL Recaps: Sunday, Dec 3, 2023

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Chicago Blackhawks

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at home. Mats Zuccarello (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CHI's first power-play unit (Johnson, Jones, Raddysh, Kurashev and Bedard) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 3:30 together.

•Mats Zuccarello had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:42.
•Marco Rossi had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:10.
•Brock Faber had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:18.

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New York Rangers edge San Jose Sharks 6–5

New York Rangers beat San Jose Sharks 6–5 at home. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 3G 1A.

•Artemi Panarin had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 4 shots in 19:15.
•Anthony Duclair had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:08.
•Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:26.

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Final

Full report

Columbus Blue Jackets

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 3G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, van Riemsdyk, Pastrnak, Zacha and McAvoy) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 4:58 together.

•Brad Marchand had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:17.
•Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:30.
•BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, van Riemsdyk, Pastrnak, Zacha and McAvoy) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 4:58 together.

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Nashville Predators edge Buffalo Sabres 2–1

Nashville Predators beat Buffalo Sabres 2–1 at BUF. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +6 against a season average of 28.8; the win.

•Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +6 against a season average of 28.8; the win.
•New look for BUF: Okposo–Krebs–Rosen skated 5:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for BUF: Olofsson–Jost–Biro skated 5:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Los Angeles Kings beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Colorado Avalanche 4–1 at home. Quinton Byfield (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Alexandar Georgiev (COL) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +9 against a season average of 28.1; the loss.

•Quinton Byfield had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:53.
•Adrian Kempe had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:41.
•Alexandar Georgiev (COL) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +9 against a season average of 28.1; the loss.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Brad Marchand for BOS vs CBJ, 70.4 mph. Full game report →

Brad Marchand (BOS vs CBJ): Odd-man rush, carried in, 5-on-4 at the blue line, 3 passes, 70.4 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Artemi Panarin NYR	vs SJS	3	1	4	4	0	0	19:15	—
Brad Marchand BOS	vs CBJ	3	0	3	5	2	0	19:17	—
Mats Zuccarello MIN	vs CHI	1	2	3	3	0	1	15:42	—
Quinton Byfield LAK	vs COL	2	0	2	5	0	0	16:53	—
Marco Rossi MIN	vs CHI	2	0	2	4	0	0	15:10	—
Anthony Duclair SJS	at NYR	1	1	2	2	2	0	17:08	—
Mika Zibanejad NYR	vs SJS	1	1	2	1	0	1	17:26	—
Vincent Trocheck NYR	vs SJS	0	2	2	6	5	0	23:43	—
Charlie McAvoy BOS	vs CBJ	0	2	2	4	0	3	24:30	—
Jonny Brodzinski NYR	vs SJS	0	2	2	3	0	1	11:56	—
Jacob Trouba NYR	vs SJS	0	2	2	2	1	1	21:43	—
Brock Faber MIN	vs CHI	0	2	2	2	0	0	22:18	—

Line changes

New look for BUF: Okposo–Krebs–Rosen skated 5:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BUF: Olofsson–Jost–Biro skated 5:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NSH: Jankowski–McCarron–Tomasino skated 8:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Alexandar Georgiev COL	at LAK	L	37	3	.919
Mackenzie Blackwood SJS	at NYR	L	36	6	.833
Juuse Saros NSH	at BUF	W	35	1	.971
Petr Mrazek CHI	at MIN	L	34	4	.882
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	vs CHI	W	29	1	.966
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	vs NSH	L	29	2	.931
Jonathan Quick NYR	vs SJS	W	28	5	.821
Spencer Martin CBJ	at BOS	L	28	3	.893
Jeremy Swayman BOS	vs CBJ	W	25	1	.960
Cam Talbot LAK	vs COL	W	21	1	.952

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