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NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Feb 21, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final
Full report
Buffalo Sabres
3
Montreal Canadiens
2

Buffalo Sabres edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at MTL. Joshua Roy (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:48 together.

  • •Joshua Roy had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:27.
  • •BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:48 together.
  • •New look for MTL: Gallagher–Armia–Evans skated 8:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →
Final
Full report
Philadelphia Flyers
3
Chicago Blackhawks
1

Philadelphia Flyers beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–1

Philadelphia Flyers beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 at CHI. Travis Konecny (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CHI: Donato–Entwistle–Johnson skated 4:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  • •New look for CHI: Donato–Entwistle–Johnson skated 4:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
  • •New look for CHI: Johnson–Beauvillier–Raddysh skated 10:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (32.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
  • •Joel Farabee (PHI) played 19:56, +3:48 up on his 16:08 season average over 81 games.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Brad Marchand for BOS @ EDM, 74.2 mph. Full game report →

Brad Marchand (BOS @ EDM): Odd-man rush, carried in, 3-on-2 at the blue line, 1 pass, 74.2 mph shot.

Top performers

PlayerGameGAPSOGHitsBlkTOIPP
Troy Terry ANAvs CBJ12372017:24—
Boone Jenner CBJat ANA12321020:03—
Johnny Gaudreau CBJat ANA12320017:48—
Mitch Marner TORat ARI03322018:43—
Pavel Mintyukov ANAvs CBJ03311019:15—
Mason Lohrei BOSat EDM03300423:32—
William Nylander TORat ARI20270019:46—
Warren Foegele EDMvs BOS20251018:54—
Sean Kuraly CBJat ANA20247016:20—
Auston Matthews TORat ARI20241019:34—
Mason McTavish ANAvs CBJ20231018:13—
Zach Werenski CBJat ANA20220124:25—

Line changes

  • New look for MTL: Gallagher–Armia–Evans skated 8:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for MTL: Anderson–Newhook–Roy skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (88.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for MTL: Pearson–Gignac–Ylonen skated 7:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (17.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for CHI: Donato–Entwistle–Johnson skated 4:24 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 CHI: Johnson–Beauvillier–Raddysh skated 10:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (32.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

GoalieGameDecSAGASV%
Jeremy Swayman BOSat EDMW425.881
Karel Vejmelka ARIvs TORL366.833
Stuart Skinner EDMvs BOSO366.833
Arvid Soderblom CHIvs PHIL333.909
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUFat MTLW312.935
Daniil Tarasov CBJat ANAW292.931
John Gibson ANAvs CBJL266.769
Ilya Samsonov TORat ARIW263.885
Samuel Montembeault MTLvs BUFL233.870
Samuel Ersson PHIat CHIW221.955
Elvis Merzlikins CBJat ANA—22.000

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.