NHL Recaps: Friday, Feb 9, 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

Pittsburgh Penguins

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2

Minnesota Wild beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 at home. Jonas Brodin (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy and Faber) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:11 together.

•Jonas Brodin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:40.
•Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:01.
•Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:56.

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

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

New York Rangers beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 in overtime at CHI. Chris Kreider (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for CHI: Foligno–Johnson–Kurashev skated 13:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Chris Kreider had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 18:48.
•Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:10.
•Philipp Kurashev had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:34.

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

Edmonton Oilers beat Anaheim Ducks 5–3

Edmonton Oilers beat Anaheim Ducks 5–3 at ANA. Evander Kane (EDM) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

•Evander Kane had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 17:29.
•Connor McDavid had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:18.
•Ryan Strome had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:57.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Reilly Smith for PIT @ MIN, 66.3 mph. Full game report →

Reilly Smith (PIT @ MIN): Odd-man rush, carried in, 3-on-2 at the blue line, 0 passes, 66.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Evander Kane EDM	at ANA	3	0	3	7	1	0	17:29	—
Connor McDavid EDM	at ANA	0	3	3	3	3	0	20:18	—
Ryan Strome ANA	vs EDM	2	0	2	5	0	1	16:57	—
Chris Kreider NYR	at CHI	1	1	2	7	0	0	18:48	—
Jonas Brodin MIN	vs PIT	1	1	2	5	0	3	22:40	—
Matt Boldy MIN	vs PIT	1	1	2	5	1	0	18:56	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	at ANA	1	1	2	4	1	0	20:08	—
Kirill Kaprizov MIN	vs PIT	1	1	2	2	0	1	21:01	—
Cam Fowler ANA	vs EDM	1	1	2	1	0	0	24:42	—
Frank Vatrano ANA	vs EDM	0	2	2	4	4	1	17:50	—
Philipp Kurashev CHI	vs NYR	0	2	2	3	0	0	21:34	—
Adam Henrique ANA	vs EDM	0	2	2	2	1	1	18:20	—

Line changes

New look for CHI: Foligno–Johnson–Kurashev skated 13:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CHI: Katchouk–Raddysh–Entwistle skated 9:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	vs PIT	W	36	2	.944
Petr Mrazek CHI	vs NYR	O	35	4	.886
Igor Shesterkin NYR	at CHI	W	31	3	.903
Alex Nedeljkovic PIT	at MIN	L	30	3	.900
Calvin Pickard EDM	at ANA	W	27	3	.889
John Gibson ANA	vs EDM	—	21	2	.905
Lukas Dostal ANA	vs EDM	L	10	2	.800

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.