NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Apr 17, 2024

4 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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Pittsburgh Penguins

New York Islanders

New York Islanders edge Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYI won it by committee.

•Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:59.
•Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:31.
•Samuel Bolduc had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:41.

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Tampa Bay Lightning beat Toronto Maple Leafs 6–4

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Toronto Maple Leafs 6–4 at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Anthony Duclair had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:38.
•Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:57.
•Nick Paul had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:03.

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Dallas Stars edge St. Louis Blues 2–1 (SO)

Dallas Stars beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 in a shootout at home. Mason Marchment (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for DAL: Dadonov–Duchene–Marchment skated 11:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for DAL: Dadonov–Duchene–Marchment skated 11:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +6 against a season average of 31.3; the overtime loss.
•Nils Lundkvist (DAL) played 5:46, −8:30 down on his 14:16 season average over 58 games.

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Arizona Coyotes beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2

Arizona Coyotes beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2 at home. Dylan Guenther (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. ARI's first power-play unit (Kerfoot, Schmaltz, Keller, Durzi and Guenther) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:27 together.

•Dylan Guenther had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:45.
•ARI's first power-play unit (Kerfoot, Schmaltz, Keller, Durzi and Guenther) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:27 together.
•Philip Broberg (EDM) played 16:50, +5:41 up on his 11:09 season average over 11 games.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: TJ Brodie for TOR @ TBL, 80.6 mph. Full game report →

TJ Brodie (TOR @ TBL): Forecheck turnover, 2 passes, 80.6 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Evgeni Malkin PIT	at NYI	1	1	2	5	0	0	18:31	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	vs TOR	1	1	2	4	1	1	23:55	—
Nick Paul TBL	vs TOR	1	1	2	4	1	0	22:03	—
Samuel Bolduc NYI	vs PIT	1	1	2	3	1	4	19:41	—
Dylan Guenther ARI	vs EDM	1	1	2	3	1	0	16:45	—
Brock Nelson NYI	vs PIT	1	1	2	3	0	0	20:59	—
Anthony Duclair TBL	vs TOR	1	1	2	3	0	0	11:38	—
Simon Holmstrom NYI	vs PIT	1	1	2	1	1	1	15:49	—
Brandon Hagel TBL	vs TOR	1	1	2	1	0	0	16:57	—
Michael Bunting PIT	at NYI	0	2	2	4	0	0	18:16	—
Sidney Crosby PIT	at NYI	0	2	2	3	3	0	19:47	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	vs TOR	0	2	2	3	0	0	19:00	—

Line changes

New look for DAL: Dadonov–Duchene–Marchment skated 11:22 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 →
New look for ARI: McBain–Raty–Maccelli skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ARI: O'Brien–Carcone–Doan skated 7:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Ilya Sorokin NYI	vs PIT	W	44	4	.909
Matt Tomkins TBL	vs TOR	W	38	4	.895
Jordan Binnington STL	at DAL	O	37	1	.973
Alex Nedeljkovic PIT	at NYI	L	32	5	.844
Martin Jones TOR	at TBL	L	32	6	.813
Connor Ingram ARI	vs EDM	W	30	2	.933
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs STL	W	26	1	.962
Calvin Pickard EDM	at ARI	L	23	4	.826

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