NHL Recaps: Monday, Mar 18, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Washington Capitals

Calgary Flames

Washington Capitals beat Calgary Flames 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Calgary Flames 5–2 at CGY. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Strome and Lapierre) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:03 together.

•Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:51.
•Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:04.
•Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:55.

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Seattle Kraken 6–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Seattle Kraken 6–2 at SEA. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

•Jeff Skinner had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 13:51.
•Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:00.
•Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:50.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Alex Tuch for BUF @ SEA, 81.3 mph. Full game report →

Alex Tuch (BUF @ SEA): Rush, carried in, 1 pass, 81.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jeff Skinner BUF	at SEA	3	0	3	6	0	0	13:51	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	at CGY	2	0	2	5	0	0	16:51	—
Tage Thompson BUF	at SEA	1	1	2	5	3	1	14:50	—
Tom Wilson WSH	at CGY	1	1	2	4	2	1	15:55	—
Alex Tuch BUF	at SEA	1	1	2	2	1	0	17:00	—
Dylan Strome WSH	at CGY	1	1	2	1	0	0	17:04	—
Nick Jensen WSH	at CGY	0	2	2	3	1	3	24:24	—
Zemgus Girgensons BUF	at SEA	0	2	2	1	4	2	12:54	—
Eeli Tolvanen SEA	vs BUF	0	2	2	0	2	0	19:13	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Charlie Lindgren WSH	at CGY	W	36	2	.944
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	at SEA	W	34	2	.941
Dustin Wolf CGY	vs WSH	L	32	4	.875
Philipp Grubauer SEA	vs BUF	—	26	3	.885
Joey Daccord SEA	vs BUF	L	4	3	.250

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.