NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Jan 17, 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

Detroit Red Wings

Florida Panthers

Detroit Red Wings edge Florida Panthers 3–2 (OT)

Detroit Red Wings beat Florida Panthers 3–2 in overtime at FLA. Michael Rasmussen (DET) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for FLA: Reinhart–Luostarinen–Lundell skated 10:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Michael Rasmussen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:58.
•Olli Maatta had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:42.
•New look for FLA: Reinhart–Luostarinen–Lundell skated 10:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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

Montreal Canadiens edge New Jersey Devils 3–2

Montreal Canadiens beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 at NJD. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Meier, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:05 together.

•Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:57.
•Sean Monahan had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:15.
•NJD's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Meier, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:05 together.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Alexander Holtz for NJD vs MTL, 80.9 mph. Full game report →

Alexander Holtz (NJD vs MTL): Forecheck turnover, 2 passes, 80.9 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Michael Rasmussen DET	at FLA	1	1	2	4	1	0	12:58	—
Cole Caufield MTL	at NJD	1	1	2	2	1	0	18:57	—
Olli Maatta DET	at FLA	0	2	2	3	1	2	17:42	—
Sean Monahan MTL	at NJD	0	2	2	2	0	0	16:15	—
Jeff Petry DET	at FLA	0	0	0	1	2	9	20:30	—
Moritz Seider DET	at FLA	0	0	0	0	6	2	22:26	—

Line changes

New look for FLA: Reinhart–Luostarinen–Lundell skated 10:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DET: Compher–Fabbri–DeBrincat skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (17.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DET: Sprong–Kostin–Veleno skated 4:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NJD: Meier–McLeod–Mercer skated 13:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NJD: Toffoli–Bratt–Hischier skated 12:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (79.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Alex Lyon DET	at FLA	W	34	2	.941
Samuel Montembeault MTL	at NJD	W	30	2	.933
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs DET	O	29	3	.897
Nico Daws NJD	vs MTL	L	25	3	.880

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