NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Feb 14, 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

Florida Panthers

Pittsburgh Penguins

Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at PIT. Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Marcus Pettersson (PIT) played 16:40, −6:05 down on his 22:45 season average over 81 games.

•Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:48.
•Anton Lundell had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:05.
•Evan Rodrigues had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:48.

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Winnipeg Jets edge San Jose Sharks 1–0

Winnipeg Jets beat San Jose Sharks 1–0 at home. Morgan Barron (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for SJS: Granlund–Duclair–Zetterlund skated 12:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (32% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for SJS: Granlund–Duclair–Zetterlund skated 12:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (32% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for SJS: Kunin–Barabanov–Eklund skated 10:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Kaapo Kahkonen (SJS) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +8 against a season average of 30.8; the loss.

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Minnesota Wild beat Arizona Coyotes 3–1

Minnesota Wild beat Arizona Coyotes 3–1 at ARI. Matt Boldy (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 17 attempts in 5:47 together.

•Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:08.
•Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:43.
•MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy and Faber) scored 1 power-play goal on 17 attempts in 5:47 together.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: John Ludvig for PIT vs FLA, 81.3 mph. Full game report →

John Ludvig (PIT vs FLA): Odd-man rush, carried in, 2-on-1 at the blue line, 1 pass, 81.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Matthew Tkachuk FLA	at PIT	1	2	3	2	4	2	17:48	—
Anton Lundell FLA	at PIT	2	0	2	2	1	2	15:05	—
Matt Boldy MIN	at ARI	1	1	2	4	2	1	20:43	—
Joel Eriksson Ek MIN	at ARI	1	1	2	3	4	1	24:08	—
Evan Rodrigues FLA	at PIT	0	2	2	2	0	0	13:48	—
Kirill Kaprizov MIN	at ARI	0	1	1	8	2	1	23:36	—
Brock Faber MIN	at ARI	0	0	0	5	2	6	29:09	—

Line changes

New look for SJS: Granlund–Duclair–Zetterlund skated 12:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (32% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Kunin–Barabanov–Eklund skated 10:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Kaapo Kahkonen SJS	at WPG	L	39	1	.974
Connor Ingram ARI	vs MIN	L	30	2	.933
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at PIT	W	27	2	.926
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	at ARI	W	26	1	.962
Tristan Jarry PIT	vs FLA	L	23	5	.783
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs SJS	W	17	0	.1000
Karel Vejmelka ARI	vs MIN	—	13	1	.923

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.