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NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Jan 3, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final / OT
Full report
Toronto Maple Leafs
2
Anaheim Ducks
1

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Anaheim Ducks 2–1 (OT)

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Anaheim Ducks 2–1 in overtime at ANA. Morgan Rielly (TOR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Lukas Dostal (ANA) faced 57 shots and stopped 55 (.965), +27 against a season average of 29.8; the overtime loss.

  • •Morgan Rielly had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:17.
  • •Lukas Dostal (ANA) faced 57 shots and stopped 55 (.965), +27 against a season average of 29.8; the overtime loss.
  • •TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Marner and Matthews) scored 1 power-play goal on 19 attempts in 5:51 together.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: John Carlson for WSH vs NJD, 75.8 mph. Full game report →

John Carlson (WSH vs NJD): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 75.8 mph shot.

Top performers

PlayerGameGAPSOGHitsBlkTOIPP
Nico Hischier NJDat WSH21331020:35—
Dawson Mercer NJDat WSH20230120:29—
Michael McLeod NJDat WSH20222013:36—
Evgeny Kuznetsov WSHvs NJD11221119:35—
Morgan Rielly TORat ANA02240326:17—
Erik Haula NJDat WSH02241020:42—
Alex Ovechkin WSHvs NJD02232021:15—
Alexander Holtz NJDat WSH02220013:55—
Auston Matthews TORat ANA101132125:11—
John Tavares TORat ANA10170019:40—
William Nylander TORat ANA01180023:53—
Mitch Marner TORat ANA01171025:15—

Line changes

  • New look for ANA: Henrique–Jones–Zegras skated 9:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for ANA: McGinn–Lundeström–Leason skated 8:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

GoalieGameDecSAGASV%
Lukas Dostal ANAvs TORO572.965
Hunter Shepard WSHvs NJDL286.786
Martin Jones TORat ANAW281.964
Nico Daws NJDat WSHW263.885

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.