NHL Recaps: Monday, Feb 26, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Ottawa Senators

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals beat Ottawa Senators 6–3

Washington Capitals beat Ottawa Senators 6–3 at home. Brady Tkachuk (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. WSH won it by committee.

•Aliaksei Protas had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:01.
•Brady Tkachuk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:32.
•Shane Pinto had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:12.

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New York Islanders edge Dallas Stars 3–2 (OT)

New York Islanders beat Dallas Stars 3–2 in overtime at DAL. Ryan Pulock (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NYI: Cizikas–Engvall–Holmstrom skated 10:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Logan Stankoven had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:08.
•Ryan Pulock had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:59.
•New look for NYI: Cizikas–Engvall–Holmstrom skated 10:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2 at home. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 1A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:17 together.

•Evan Bouchard had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:27.
•Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:05.
•Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:49.

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Seattle Kraken edge Boston Bruins 4–3 (SO)

Seattle Kraken beat Boston Bruins 4–3 in a shootout at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for SEA: Schwartz–Bjorkstrand–Wennberg skated 12:23 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•David Pastrnak had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:09.
•New look for SEA: Schwartz–Bjorkstrand–Wennberg skated 12:23 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Vince Dunn (SEA) played 28:31, +5:31 up on his 23:00 season average over 58 games.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Ryan Pulock for NYI @ DAL, 73.4 mph. Full game report →

Ryan Pulock (NYI @ DAL): Rush, carried in, 2 passes, 73.4 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
David Pastrnak BOS	at SEA	2	1	3	4	0	0	20:09	—
Brady Tkachuk OTT	at WSH	1	2	3	3	4	1	16:32	—
Aliaksei Protas WSH	vs OTT	1	2	3	2	1	2	16:01	—
Shane Pinto OTT	at WSH	1	2	3	1	1	0	16:12	—
Hendrix Lapierre WSH	vs OTT	2	0	2	2	0	1	11:02	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	vs LAK	1	1	2	5	1	0	20:05	—
Evan Bouchard EDM	vs LAK	1	1	2	3	2	2	21:27	—
Ryan Pulock NYI	at DAL	1	1	2	2	2	5	20:59	—
Logan Stankoven DAL	vs NYI	1	1	2	2	5	2	15:08	—
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM	vs LAK	1	1	2	2	2	1	18:49	—
Beck Malenstyn WSH	vs OTT	1	1	2	2	1	1	15:08	—
Connor McDavid EDM	vs LAK	0	2	2	3	2	0	20:25	—

Line changes

New look for NYI: Cizikas–Engvall–Holmstrom skated 10:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SEA: Schwartz–Bjorkstrand–Wennberg skated 12:23 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 BOS: van Riemsdyk–Brazeau–Boqvist skated 4:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 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%
Stuart Skinner EDM	vs LAK	W	40	2	.950
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at DAL	W	32	2	.938
Philipp Grubauer SEA	vs BOS	W	32	3	.906
David Rittich LAK	at EDM	L	31	4	.871
Scott Wedgewood DAL	vs NYI	O	28	3	.893
Linus Ullmark BOS	at SEA	O	27	3	.889
Darcy Kuemper WSH	vs OTT	W	21	3	.857
Anton Forsberg OTT	at WSH	L	10	4	.600
Joonas Korpisalo OTT	at WSH	—	10	2	.800

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