NHL Recaps: Monday, Mar 4, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final

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Vegas Golden Knights

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–3

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–3 at home. Alex Nylander (CBJ) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for VGK: Karlsson–Stephenson–Amadio skated 14:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (59.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Alex Nylander had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:08.
•Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:16.
•Alexandre Texier had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:20.

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Florida Panthers beat New York Rangers 4–2

Florida Panthers beat New York Rangers 4–2 at NYR. Sam Reinhart (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:53 together.

•Sam Reinhart had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:20.
•Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:35.
•Gustav Forsling had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:09.

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St. Louis Blues edge Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 (SO)

St. Louis Blues beat Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 in a shootout at PHI. Kevin Hayes (STL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 42 shots and stopped 41 (.976), +11 against a season average of 31.3; the win.

•Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 42 shots and stopped 41 (.976), +11 against a season average of 31.3; the win.
•Scott Laughton (PHI) played 21:37, +6:02 up on his 15:35 season average over 81 games.
•Kasperi Kapanen (STL) played 9:41, −4:46 down on his 14:27 season average over 72 games.

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Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1

Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 at TOR. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for BOS: Pastrnak–Heinen–Zacha skated 11:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•David Pastrnak had 3 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 18:27.
•Pavel Zacha had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:46.
•Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:04.

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Colorado Avalanche rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–0 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:10 together.

•Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 6 shots in 21:19.
•Cale Makar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:05.
•Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:18.

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Seattle Kraken beat Calgary Flames 4–2

Seattle Kraken beat Calgary Flames 4–2 at CGY. Andrei Kuzmenko (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CGY's first power-play unit (Kadri, Huberdeau, Weegar, Sharangovich and Kuzmenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 3:26 together.

•Andrei Kuzmenko had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 16:29.
•Jared McCann had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:03.
•Nazem Kadri had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:39.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Andrei Kuzmenko for CGY vs SEA, 78.1 mph. Full game report →

Andrei Kuzmenko (CGY vs SEA): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 78.1 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs CHI	2	2	4	6	1	1	21:19	—
Alex Nylander CBJ	vs VGK	3	0	3	4	0	1	16:08	—
David Pastrnak BOS	at TOR	0	3	3	7	0	0	18:27	—
Andrei Kuzmenko CGY	vs SEA	2	0	2	7	0	0	16:29	—
Sam Reinhart FLA	at NYR	2	0	2	4	1	1	19:20	—
Pavel Zacha BOS	at TOR	2	0	2	4	2	0	17:46	—
Cale Makar COL	vs CHI	1	1	2	5	1	1	22:05	—
Jared McCann SEA	at CGY	1	1	2	4	1	0	17:03	—
Jonathan Drouin COL	vs CHI	1	1	2	3	0	0	15:18	—
Chandler Stephenson VGK	at CBJ	1	1	2	2	0	0	20:16	—
Jake DeBrusk BOS	at TOR	1	1	2	1	4	1	14:04	—
Nazem Kadri CGY	vs SEA	0	2	2	5	1	0	21:39	—

Line changes

New look for VGK: Karlsson–Stephenson–Amadio skated 14:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (59.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Marchessault–Barbashev–Eichel skated 12:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: Couturier–Lycksell–Brink skated 4:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BOS: Pastrnak–Heinen–Zacha skated 11:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BOS: van Riemsdyk–Frederic–Geekie skated 9:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Parise–Drouin–Colton skated 7:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jordan Binnington STL	at PHI	W	42	1	.976
Daniil Tarasov CBJ	vs VGK	W	39	3	.923
Petr Mrazek CHI	at COL	L	37	5	.865
Justus Annunen COL	vs CHI	W	37	0	.1000
Philipp Grubauer SEA	at CGY	W	37	2	.946
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at TOR	W	33	1	.970
Adin Hill VGK	at CBJ	L	32	5	.844
Jacob Markstrom CGY	vs SEA	L	30	4	.867
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs FLA	L	29	3	.897
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at NYR	W	28	2	.929
Joseph Woll TOR	vs BOS	L	27	4	.852
Samuel Ersson PHI	vs STL	O	25	1	.960

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