NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Feb 7, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Tampa Bay Lightning

New York Rangers

New York Rangers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–1

New York Rangers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–1 at home. Jimmy Vesey (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Mikhail Sergachev (TBL) played 10:22, −12:34 down on his 22:56 season average over 33 games.

•Jimmy Vesey had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:51.
•Barclay Goodrow had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:35.
•Mikhail Sergachev (TBL) played 10:22, −12:34 down on his 22:56 season average over 33 games.

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

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Dallas Stars 5–4

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Dallas Stars 5–4 at home. William Nylander (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Marner and Matthews) scored 3 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 1:50 together.

•William Nylander had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:45.
•John Tavares had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:24.
•Evgenii Dadonov had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:16.

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Minnesota Wild edge Chicago Blackhawks 2–1

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 at CHI. Vinni Lettieri (MIN) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Hartman–Kaprizov skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Vinni Lettieri had 2 assists (2 points) in 8:54.
•New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Hartman–Kaprizov skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for CHI: Johnson–Entwistle–Reichel skated 9:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: John Tavares for TOR vs DAL, 71.6 mph. Full game report →

John Tavares (TOR vs DAL): Off the faceoff, 0 passes, 71.6 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
William Nylander TOR	vs DAL	2	1	3	4	0	0	18:45	—
John Tavares TOR	vs DAL	1	2	3	1	4	1	16:24	—
Jimmy Vesey NYR	vs TBL	2	0	2	2	0	0	12:51	—
Evgenii Dadonov DAL	at TOR	2	0	2	2	0	0	13:16	—
Auston Matthews TOR	vs DAL	1	1	2	5	1	2	22:20	—
Barclay Goodrow NYR	vs TBL	0	2	2	0	1	4	14:35	—
Vinni Lettieri MIN	at CHI	0	2	2	0	1	1	8:54	—
Jake McCabe TOR	vs DAL	0	0	0	2	6	4	19:50	—
Jani Hakanpää DAL	at TOR	0	0	0	2	5	3	17:02	—
Jake Middleton MIN	at CHI	0	0	0	0	5	3	23:34	—

Line changes

New look for TBL: Glendening–Barré-Boulet–Chaffee skated 6:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TBL: Stamkos–Cirelli–Hagel skated 5:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Hartman–Kaprizov skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CHI: Johnson–Entwistle–Reichel skated 9:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CHI: Sanford–Donato–Katchouk skated 7:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Duhaime–Lettieri–Lucchini skated 6:48 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Scott Wedgewood DAL	at TOR	L	31	5	.839
Ilya Samsonov TOR	vs DAL	W	31	4	.871
Petr Mrazek CHI	vs MIN	L	25	2	.920
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at NYR	L	23	2	.913
Filip Gustavsson MIN	at CHI	W	21	1	.952
Jonathan Quick NYR	vs TBL	W	18	1	.944

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.