NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Jan 24, 2024

7 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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Arizona Coyotes

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers rout Arizona Coyotes 6–2

Florida Panthers beat Arizona Coyotes 6–2 at home. Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Matthew Tkachuk had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:18.
•Carter Verhaeghe had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:40.
•Anton Lundell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:49.

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Toronto Maple Leafs edge Winnipeg Jets 1–0 (OT)

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Winnipeg Jets 1–0 in overtime at home. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Josh Morrissey (WPG) played 7:17, −17:07 down on his 24:24 season average over 80 games.

•Josh Morrissey (WPG) played 7:17, −17:07 down on his 24:24 season average over 80 games.
•New look for TOR: Tavares–Nylander–Holmberg skated 8:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Nick Robertson (TOR) played 17:08, +5:52 up on his 11:16 season average over 55 games.

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Carolina Hurricanes edge Boston Bruins 3–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat Boston Bruins 3–2 at BOS. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CAR's first power-play unit (Burns, Teravainen, Bunting, Aho and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:05 together.

•Brad Marchand had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:22.
•Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:11.
•Sebastian Aho had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:02.

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Colorado Avalanche rout Washington Capitals 6–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Washington Capitals 6–2 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 4G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 2 attempts in 3:10 together.

•Nathan MacKinnon had 4 goals and an assist (5 points) on 8 shots in 20:29.
•Mikko Rantanen had a goal and 4 assists (5 points) on 3 shots in 20:49.
•Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 24:17.

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Seattle Kraken rout Chicago Blackhawks 6–2

Seattle Kraken beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–2 at home. Tomas Tatar (SEA) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Tomas Tatar had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:42.
•Jared McCann had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:03.
•Jordan Eberle had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:03.

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St. Louis Blues edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat Vancouver Canucks 4–3 in overtime at VAN. Pius Suter (VAN) led the scoring with 3G 0A. STL won it by committee.

•Pius Suter had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:29.
•Jake Neighbours had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:05.
•Brock Boeser had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:19.

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Buffalo Sabres beat Los Angeles Kings 5–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Los Angeles Kings 5–3 at LAK. JJ Peterka (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for BUF: Okposo–Skinner–Thompson skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•JJ Peterka had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:51.
•Jack Quinn had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 16:35.
•Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:34.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Dylan Cozens for BUF @ LAK, 77.0 mph. Full game report →

Dylan Cozens (BUF @ LAK): Rush, carried in, 0 passes, 77.0 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs WSH	4	1	5	8	0	1	20:29	—
Mikko Rantanen COL	vs WSH	1	4	5	3	0	4	20:49	—
Pius Suter VAN	vs STL	3	0	3	4	0	0	18:29	—
JJ Peterka BUF	at LAK	2	1	3	4	0	0	18:51	—
Matthew Tkachuk FLA	vs ARI	2	1	3	3	2	0	14:18	—
Jack Quinn BUF	at LAK	1	2	3	5	0	0	16:35	—
Cale Makar COL	vs WSH	1	2	3	1	0	2	24:17	—
Carter Verhaeghe FLA	vs ARI	0	3	3	2	0	0	15:40	—
Brad Marchand BOS	vs CAR	2	0	2	3	1	0	20:22	—
Dylan Strome WSH	at COL	2	0	2	3	0	1	16:16	—
Tomas Tatar SEA	vs CHI	2	0	2	2	0	0	15:42	—
Dylan Guenther ARI	at FLA	1	1	2	6	1	0	20:26	—

Line changes

New look for TOR: Tavares–Nylander–Holmberg skated 8:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BUF: Okposo–Skinner–Thompson skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Karel Vejmelka ARI	at FLA	L	42	6	.857
Devon Levi BUF	at LAK	W	40	3	.925
Cam Talbot LAK	vs BUF	L	37	5	.865
Joey Daccord SEA	vs CHI	W	34	2	.941
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs ARI	W	33	2	.939
Linus Ullmark BOS	vs CAR	L	33	3	.909
Ilya Samsonov TOR	vs WPG	W	32	0	.1000
Joel Hofer STL	at VAN	W	32	3	.906
Charlie Lindgren WSH	at COL	L	31	6	.806
Laurent Brossoit WPG	at TOR	O	30	1	.967
Spencer Martin CAR	at BOS	W	28	2	.929
Arvid Soderblom CHI	at SEA	L	28	6	.821
Alexandar Georgiev COL	vs WSH	W	25	2	.920
Casey DeSmith VAN	vs STL	O	18	4	.778

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