NHL Recaps: Friday, Jan 19, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final

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Detroit Red Wings

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes beat Detroit Red Wings 4–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat Detroit Red Wings 4–2 at home. Martin Necas (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for CAR: Noesen–Necas–Drury skated 14:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Andrei Svechnikov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:40.
•Martin Necas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:52.
•Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:27.

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Final

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New Jersey Devils

Columbus Blue Jackets

New Jersey Devils beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1

New Jersey Devils beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1 at CBJ. Nathan Bastian (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CBJ: Jenner–Roslovic–Fantilli skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for CBJ: Jenner–Roslovic–Fantilli skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Damon Severson (CBJ) played 11:41, −9:36 down on his 21:17 season average over 66 games.
•Nathan Bastian (NJD) played 14:58, +4:54 up on his 10:04 season average over 53 games.

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Minnesota Wild beat Florida Panthers 6–4

Minnesota Wild beat Florida Panthers 6–4 at FLA. Aaron Ekblad (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 3A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy and Faber) scored 4 power-play goals on 20 attempts in 6:15 together.

•Aaron Ekblad had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 20:28.
•MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy and Faber) scored 4 power-play goals on 20 attempts in 6:15 together.
•Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:35.

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Chicago Blackhawks edge New York Islanders 4–3 (OT)

Chicago Blackhawks beat New York Islanders 4–3 in overtime at home. Jason Dickinson (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Jason Dickinson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:51.
•Boris Katchouk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:43.
•Joey Anderson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:46.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Ryan Hartman for MIN @ FLA, 74.8 mph. Full game report →

Ryan Hartman (MIN @ FLA): Forecheck turnover, 3 passes, 74.8 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Aaron Ekblad FLA	vs MIN	1	3	4	2	1	1	20:28	—
Kirill Kaprizov MIN	at FLA	2	1	3	3	2	0	20:35	—
Brock Faber MIN	at FLA	1	2	3	2	2	0	25:33	—
Jason Dickinson CHI	vs NYI	1	2	3	1	4	0	17:51	—
Ryan Hartman MIN	at FLA	2	0	2	3	0	3	21:16	—
Mats Zuccarello MIN	at FLA	1	1	2	6	0	2	18:16	—
Martin Necas CAR	vs DET	1	1	2	6	0	0	18:52	—
Kyle Palmieri NYI	at CHI	1	1	2	5	2	0	18:54	—
Anton Lundell FLA	vs MIN	1	1	2	5	0	1	20:09	—
Andrei Svechnikov CAR	vs DET	1	1	2	3	4	0	16:40	—
Sebastian Aho CAR	vs DET	1	1	2	3	0	1	17:27	—
Boris Katchouk CHI	vs NYI	1	1	2	2	2	4	15:43	—

Line changes

New look for CAR: Noesen–Necas–Drury skated 14:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Roslovic–Fantilli skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CBJ: Marchenko–Voronkov–Johnson skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (68.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	vs NJD	L	33	4	.879
Vitek Vanecek NJD	at CBJ	W	30	1	.967
Petr Mrazek CHI	vs NYI	W	30	3	.900
Alex Lyon DET	at CAR	L	29	3	.897
Filip Gustavsson MIN	at FLA	W	24	3	.875
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at CHI	O	24	4	.833
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs MIN	—	15	4	.733
Antti Raanta CAR	vs DET	W	12	2	.833
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	at FLA	—	11	1	.909
Anthony Stolarz FLA	vs MIN	L	10	1	.900

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