NHL Recaps: Thursday, Mar 28, 2024

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

Game recaps

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New York Islanders

Florida Panthers

New York Islanders edge Florida Panthers 3–2

New York Islanders beat Florida Panthers 3–2 at FLA. Jean-Gabriel Pageau (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Adam Pelech (NYI) played 15:40, −4:42 down on his 20:22 season average over 57 games.

•Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:08.
•Jean-Gabriel Pageau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:44.
•Casey Cizikas had 2 assists (2 points) in 11:57.

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Montreal Canadiens beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 at home. Mike Matheson (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Newhook and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:46 together.

•Mike Matheson had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 25:04.
•Joel Armia had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:19.
•Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:41.

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Ottawa Senators beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–0

Ottawa Senators beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–0 at home. Claude Giroux (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Nikita Zaitsev (CHI) played 6:15, −9:57 down on his 16:12 season average over 37 games.

•Nikita Zaitsev (CHI) played 6:15, −9:57 down on his 16:12 season average over 37 games.
•Brady Tkachuk (OTT) played 15:48, −3:23 down on his 19:11 season average over 80 games.
•Mark Kastelic (OTT) played 11:13, +3:33 up on his 7:40 season average over 62 games.

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Final

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Columbus Blue Jackets

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Bunting) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:09 together.

•Evgeni Malkin had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:58.
•Cole Sillinger had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:26.
•Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:02.

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Toronto Maple Leafs rout Washington Capitals 5–1

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Washington Capitals 5–1 at home. Tyler Bertuzzi (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Charlie Lindgren (WSH) faced 48 shots and stopped 43 (.896), +19 against a season average of 28.6; the loss.

•Tyler Bertuzzi had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:53.
•Charlie Lindgren (WSH) faced 48 shots and stopped 43 (.896), +19 against a season average of 28.6; the loss.
•New look for TOR: Reaves–Kampf–Dewar skated 10:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Carolina Hurricanes rout Detroit Red Wings 4–0

Carolina Hurricanes beat Detroit Red Wings 4–0 at home. Seth Jarvis (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CAR's first power-play unit (Burns, Guentzel, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:00 together.

•Sebastian Aho had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:21.
•Seth Jarvis had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:43.
•Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:50.

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Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 3–1 at home. Matt Boldy (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MIN: Eriksson Ek–Kaprizov–Boldy skated 10:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:23.
•Kirill Kaprizov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:52.
•New look for MIN: Eriksson Ek–Kaprizov–Boldy skated 10:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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St. Louis Blues beat Calgary Flames 5–3

St. Louis Blues beat Calgary Flames 5–3 at home. Andrei Kuzmenko (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 0A. STL won it by committee.

•Andrei Kuzmenko had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:12.
•Pavel Buchnevich had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:05.
•Jake Neighbours had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:04.

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Vegas Golden Knights beat Winnipeg Jets 4–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Winnipeg Jets 4–1 at WPG. Ivan Barbashev (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Logan Thompson (VGK) faced 40 shots and stopped 39 (.975), +12 against a season average of 28.2; the win.

•Ivan Barbashev had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:09.
•William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:22.
•Logan Thompson (VGK) faced 40 shots and stopped 39 (.975), +12 against a season average of 28.2; the win.

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New York Rangers edge Colorado Avalanche 3–2 (SO)

New York Rangers beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 in a shootout at COL. Devon Toews (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:59 together.

•NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:59 together.
•Igor Shesterkin (NYR) faced 40 shots and stopped 39 (.975), +11 against a season average of 29.2; the win.
•Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 28:13, +10:10 up on his 18:03 season average over 78 games.

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Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1 at home. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 2A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:52 together.

•Connor McDavid had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:34.
•Leon Draisaitl had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:53.
•Evan Bouchard had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:27.

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Arizona Coyotes rout Nashville Predators 8–4

Arizona Coyotes beat Nashville Predators 8–4 at home. Clayton Keller (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

•Clayton Keller had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 19:35.
•Logan Cooley had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:37.
•Roman Josi had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 24:35.

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Seattle Kraken beat Anaheim Ducks 4–2

Seattle Kraken beat Anaheim Ducks 4–2 at home. Jared McCann (SEA) led the scoring with 0G 3A. SEA's first power-play unit (Eberle, Schultz, Schwartz, Burakovsky and McCann) scored 2 power-play goals on 13 attempts in 6:44 together.

•Jared McCann had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:00.
•Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:23.
•Jakob Silfverberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:01.

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Dallas Stars beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1

Dallas Stars beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1 at VAN. Roope Hintz (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. DAL's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Benn, Hintz, Robertson and Heiskanen) scored 2 power-play goals on 10 attempts in 5:00 together.

•Roope Hintz had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:01.
•Jamie Benn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:53.
•Jason Robertson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:56.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Evgeni Malkin for PIT vs CBJ, 75.7 mph. Full game report →

Evgeni Malkin (PIT vs CBJ): Point shot, 3 passes, 75.7 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Clayton Keller ARI	vs NSH	1	3	4	2	0	0	19:35	—
Logan Cooley ARI	vs NSH	3	0	3	3	0	0	14:37	—
Seth Jarvis CAR	vs DET	1	2	3	4	0	1	17:43	—
Sebastian Aho CAR	vs DET	1	2	3	3	0	0	16:21	—
Roope Hintz DAL	at VAN	1	2	3	3	0	0	18:01	—
Connor McDavid EDM	vs LAK	1	2	3	1	5	1	21:34	—
Jared McCann SEA	vs ANA	0	3	3	3	0	1	20:00	—
Mike Matheson MTL	vs PHI	0	3	3	2	0	2	25:04	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	vs LAK	0	3	3	2	2	0	19:53	—
Roman Josi NSH	at ARI	0	3	3	1	0	3	24:35	—
Tyler Bertuzzi TOR	vs WSH	2	0	2	6	4	1	15:53	—
Evgeni Malkin PIT	vs CBJ	2	0	2	5	0	0	17:58	—

Line changes

New look for PHI: Atkinson–Couturier–Lycksell skated 5:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CBJ: Gaudreau–Jenner–Voronkov skated 13:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TOR: Reaves–Kampf–Dewar skated 10:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WSH: Sgarbossa–Aube-Kubel–Malenstyn skated 4:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DET: Perron–Compher–DeBrincat skated 6:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Eriksson Ek–Kaprizov–Boldy skated 10:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Bailey–Kunin–Eklund skated 10:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Lettieri–Lucchini–Beckman skated 6:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Stephenson–Amadio–Howden skated 6:10 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Lehkonen–Duhaime–Mittelstadt skated 8:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Strome–Vatrano–Zegras skated 6:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Charlie Lindgren WSH	at TOR	L	48	5	.896
Logan Thompson VGK	at WPG	W	40	1	.975
Igor Shesterkin NYR	at COL	W	40	2	.975
Connor Ingram ARI	vs NSH	W	37	4	.892
Daniil Tarasov CBJ	at PIT	L	36	3	.917
Petr Mrazek CHI	at OTT	L	34	2	.941
James Reimer DET	at CAR	L	33	4	.879
Casey DeSmith VAN	vs DAL	L	33	2	.939
Stuart Skinner EDM	vs LAK	W	32	1	.969
Mackenzie Blackwood SJS	at MIN	L	31	2	.935
Cayden Primeau MTL	vs PHI	W	30	1	.967
Semyon Varlamov NYI	at FLA	W	28	2	.929
Jordan Binnington STL	vs CGY	W	28	3	.893
Lukas Dostal ANA	at SEA	L	28	4	.857
Jake Oettinger DAL	at VAN	W	28	1	.964
Filip Gustavsson MIN	vs SJS	W	27	1	.963
Juuse Saros NSH	at ARI	L	27	6	.778
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs VGK	L	25	2	.920
Alexandar Georgiev COL	vs NYR	O	25	2	.920
Frederik Andersen CAR	vs DET	W	24	0	.1000
Anthony Stolarz FLA	vs NYI	L	24	3	.875
Joseph Woll TOR	vs WSH	W	24	1	.958
Philipp Grubauer SEA	vs ANA	W	23	2	.913
Anton Forsberg OTT	vs CHI	W	19	0	.1000
Alex Nedeljkovic PIT	vs CBJ	W	19	2	.895
Cam Talbot LAK	at EDM	L	19	3	.842
Dustin Wolf CGY	at STL	L	18	4	.778
Samuel Ersson PHI	at MTL	L	15	2	.867
Kevin Lankinen NSH	at ARI	—	11	0	.1000

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