NHL Recaps: Monday, Apr 22, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final

PlayoffsFull report

Toronto Maple Leafs

Boston Bruins

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Boston Bruins 3–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 3–2 at BOS. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Auston Matthews (TOR) played 23:24, +4:24 up on his 19:00 season average over 4 games.

•Auston Matthews had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 8 shots in 23:24.
•Max Domi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:04.
•Auston Matthews (TOR) played 23:24, +4:24 up on his 19:00 season average over 4 games.

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Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Islanders 5–3

Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Islanders 5–3 at home. Seth Jarvis (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CAR's first power-play unit (Burns, Teravainen, Guentzel, Aho and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:41 together.

•Seth Jarvis had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:13.
•Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:03.
•Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:44.

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Vegas Golden Knights edge Dallas Stars 4–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Dallas Stars 4–3 at DAL. Noah Hanifin (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Stephenson, Hanifin and Eichel) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 1:00 together.

•Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:04.
•Noah Hanifin had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:08.
•VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Stephenson, Hanifin and Eichel) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 1:00 together.

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Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 7–4

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 7–4 at home. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 5A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 3 power-play goals on 14 attempts in 4:33 together.

•Zach Hyman had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 9 shots in 18:33.
•Connor McDavid had 5 assists (5 points) on 3 shots in 18:47.
•Evan Bouchard had 4 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 21:51.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Jonathan Marchessault for VGK @ DAL, 70.2 mph. Full game report →

Jonathan Marchessault (VGK @ DAL): Deflection, carried in, 3-on-2 at the blue line, 1 pass, 70.2 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Connor McDavid EDM	vs LAK	0	5	5	3	3	1	18:47	—
Zach Hyman EDM	vs LAK	3	1	4	9	5	1	18:33	—
Evan Bouchard EDM	vs LAK	0	4	4	3	1	3	21:51	—
Auston Matthews TOR	at BOS	1	2	3	8	6	1	23:24	—
Seth Jarvis CAR	vs NYI	1	2	3	3	2	0	18:13	—
Adrian Kempe LAK	at EDM	1	1	2	5	4	0	18:13	—
Sebastian Aho CAR	vs NYI	1	1	2	3	3	0	23:44	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	vs LAK	1	1	2	3	0	2	18:07	—
Adam Henrique EDM	vs LAK	1	1	2	2	2	0	13:52	—
Jake Guentzel CAR	vs NYI	1	1	2	2	0	1	22:03	—
Max Domi TOR	at BOS	1	1	2	2	0	0	15:04	—
Jack Eichel VGK	at DAL	0	2	2	0	5	1	20:04	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Cam Talbot LAK	at EDM	L	44	6	.864
Semyon Varlamov NYI	at CAR	L	38	4	.895
Stuart Skinner EDM	vs LAK	W	37	4	.892
Linus Ullmark BOS	vs TOR	L	34	3	.912
Ilya Samsonov TOR	at BOS	W	29	2	.931
Logan Thompson VGK	at DAL	W	29	3	.897
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs VGK	L	15	4	.733
Frederik Andersen CAR	vs NYI	W	12	3	.750

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