NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Dec 6, 2023

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Dallas Stars

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers edge Dallas Stars 5–4

Florida Panthers beat Dallas Stars 5–4 at home. Evan Rodrigues (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 2A.

•Evan Rodrigues had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 16:52.
•Sam Reinhart had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:38.
•Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:42.

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Paul and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:31 together.

•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:19.
•Victor Hedman had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:04.
•TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Paul and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:31 together.

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 6–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 6–3 at STL. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 24:17.
•Jordan Kyrou had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:25.
•Keegan Kolesar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 10:10.

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

Edmonton Oilers rout Carolina Hurricanes 6–1

Edmonton Oilers beat Carolina Hurricanes 6–1 at home. Zach Hyman (EDM) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

•Zach Hyman had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 18:39.
•Connor McDavid had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:31.
•Mattias Janmark had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 12:30.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Nikita Kucherov for TBL vs PIT, 83.9 mph. Full game report →

Nikita Kucherov (TBL vs PIT): Off the faceoff, 2 passes, 83.9 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Evan Rodrigues FLA	vs DAL	2	2	4	2	2	0	16:52	—
Zach Hyman EDM	vs CAR	3	0	3	7	0	0	18:39	—
Sam Reinhart FLA	vs DAL	1	2	3	3	1	0	18:38	—
Connor McDavid EDM	vs CAR	0	3	3	2	3	2	18:31	—
Mattias Janmark EDM	vs CAR	0	3	3	1	1	1	12:30	—
Jack Eichel VGK	at STL	1	1	2	6	0	2	24:17	—
Keegan Kolesar VGK	at STL	1	1	2	4	0	1	10:10	—
Mason Marchment DAL	at FLA	1	1	2	3	4	0	14:49	—
Thomas Harley DAL	at FLA	1	1	2	3	1	2	18:47	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	vs PIT	1	1	2	3	1	0	21:19	—
Jordan Kyrou STL	vs VGK	1	1	2	3	0	0	16:25	—
Aleksander Barkov FLA	vs DAL	1	1	2	2	0	3	18:42	—

Line changes

New look for PIT: Crosby–Smith–Guentzel skated 7:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PIT: Malkin–Rust–O'Connor skated 4:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jordan Binnington STL	vs VGK	L	48	5	.896
Stuart Skinner EDM	vs CAR	W	39	1	.974
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs DAL	W	33	4	.879
Jake Oettinger DAL	at FLA	L	31	5	.839
Logan Thompson VGK	at STL	W	29	3	.897
Antti Raanta CAR	at EDM	—	28	3	.893
Tristan Jarry PIT	at TBL	L	27	3	.889
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs PIT	W	25	1	.960
Pyotr Kochetkov CAR	at EDM	L	6	3	.500

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.