NHL Recaps: Friday, Apr 12, 2024

5 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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Carolina Hurricanes

St. Louis Blues

Carolina Hurricanes beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat St. Louis Blues 5–2 at STL. Jake Guentzel (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. STL's first power-play unit (Schenn, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas and Perunovich) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:02 together.

•Jake Guentzel had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:00.
•Jaccob Slavin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:29.
•Seth Jarvis had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:08.

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

Nashville Predators rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–1

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 at CHI. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Novak and Evangelista) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:33 together.

•Filip Forsberg had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 14:50.
•Luke Evangelista had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:55.
•NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Novak and Evangelista) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:33 together.

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Arizona Coyotes edge Edmonton Oilers 3–2 (OT)

Arizona Coyotes beat Edmonton Oilers 3–2 in overtime at EDM. Matias Maccelli (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Karel Vejmelka (ARI) faced 41 shots and stopped 39 (.951), +12 against a season average of 29.4; the win.

•Josh Doan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:20.
•Matias Maccelli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:59.
•Evander Kane had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:22.

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

Calgary Flames beat Anaheim Ducks 6–3

Calgary Flames beat Anaheim Ducks 6–3 at ANA. Andrei Kuzmenko (CGY) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

•Andrei Kuzmenko had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:49.
•Nazem Kadri had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:43.
•Jonathan Huberdeau had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:05.

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Minnesota Wild 7–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 7–2 at home. Chandler Stephenson (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 4A.

•Chandler Stephenson had 4 assists (4 points) in 17:36.
•Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:39.
•Nicolas Roy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:31.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Philipp Kurashev for CHI vs NSH, 79.6 mph. Full game report →

Philipp Kurashev (CHI vs NSH): Cycle, 1 pass, 79.6 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Chandler Stephenson VGK	vs MIN	0	4	4	0	0	1	17:36	—
Filip Forsberg NSH	at CHI	3	0	3	7	0	1	14:50	—
Andrei Kuzmenko CGY	at ANA	3	0	3	4	0	1	16:49	—
Nazem Kadri CGY	at ANA	1	2	3	6	0	0	17:43	—
Jake Guentzel CAR	at STL	2	0	2	3	0	0	18:00	—
Jaccob Slavin CAR	at STL	1	1	2	4	0	2	22:29	—
Jack Eichel VGK	vs MIN	1	1	2	3	0	2	17:39	—
Nicolas Roy VGK	vs MIN	1	1	2	3	0	0	13:31	—
Seth Jarvis CAR	at STL	1	1	2	2	1	1	18:08	—
Pavel Dorofeyev VGK	vs MIN	1	1	2	2	0	1	13:07	—
Matias Maccelli ARI	at EDM	1	1	2	2	0	0	14:59	—
Josh Doan ARI	at EDM	1	1	2	2	0	0	14:20	—

Line changes

New look for CHI: Foligno–Slaggert–Bedard skated 6:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Karel Vejmelka ARI	at EDM	W	41	2	.951
Jordan Binnington STL	vs CAR	L	40	3	.925
Arvid Soderblom CHI	vs NSH	L	40	5	.875
Frederik Andersen CAR	at STL	W	31	2	.935
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	at VGK	L	30	7	.767
Calvin Pickard EDM	vs ARI	O	28	3	.893
John Gibson ANA	vs CGY	L	27	6	.778
Logan Thompson VGK	vs MIN	W	27	2	.926
Kevin Lankinen NSH	at CHI	W	26	1	.962
Dustin Wolf CGY	at ANA	W	22	3	.864

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.