NHL Recaps: Saturday, Apr 27, 2024

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

Game recaps

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Carolina Hurricanes

New York Islanders

New York Islanders edge Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 (OT)

New York Islanders beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 in overtime at home. Mathew Barzal (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CAR's first power-play unit (Burns, Guentzel, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:56 together.

•Mathew Barzal had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:46.
•Bo Horvat had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 27:46.
•CAR's first power-play unit (Burns, Guentzel, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:56 together.

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers 6–3

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers 6–3 at home. Brandon Hagel (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Brandon Hagel had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:51.
•Brayden Point had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:22.
•Nikita Kucherov had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:24.

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

Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 at TOR. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for TOR: Jarnkrok–Nylander–Holmberg skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:22.
•New look for TOR: Jarnkrok–Nylander–Holmberg skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Auston Matthews (TOR) played 14:16, −7:01 down on his 21:17 season average over 4 games.

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

Dallas Stars edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 (OT)

Dallas Stars beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in overtime at VGK. Wyatt Johnston (DAL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Logan Thompson (VGK) faced 46 shots and stopped 43 (.935), +14 against a season average of 31.8; the loss.

•Wyatt Johnston had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 23:50.
•Brayden McNabb had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 28:59.
•Miro Heiskanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 34:09.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Jack Eichel for VGK vs DAL, 75.7 mph. Full game report →

Jack Eichel (VGK vs DAL): Odd-man rush, carried in, 2-on-1 at the blue line, 0 passes, 75.7 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brandon Hagel TBL	vs FLA	2	1	3	4	1	2	20:51	—
Brayden Point TBL	vs FLA	1	2	3	4	1	0	19:22	—
Victor Hedman TBL	vs FLA	0	3	3	3	2	2	24:01	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	vs FLA	0	3	3	1	2	2	20:24	—
Wyatt Johnston DAL	at VGK	2	0	2	8	0	1	23:50	—
Steven Stamkos TBL	vs FLA	2	0	2	7	4	1	19:38	—
Mathew Barzal NYI	vs CAR	2	0	2	4	1	0	26:46	—
Brayden McNabb VGK	vs DAL	1	1	2	4	4	5	28:59	—
Miro Heiskanen DAL	at VGK	1	1	2	4	2	3	34:09	—
Brad Marchand BOS	at TOR	1	1	2	2	2	3	21:22	—
Bo Horvat NYI	vs CAR	0	2	2	5	1	1	27:46	—
Jason Robertson DAL	at VGK	0	2	2	4	2	1	23:19	—

Line changes

New look for TOR: Jarnkrok–Nylander–Holmberg skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Logan Thompson VGK	vs DAL	L	46	3	.935
Semyon Varlamov NYI	vs CAR	W	44	2	.955
Frederik Andersen CAR	at NYI	L	35	3	.914
Jake Oettinger DAL	at VGK	W	34	2	.941
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at TBL	L	32	6	.813
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs FLA	W	25	3	.880
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at TOR	W	25	1	.960
Ilya Samsonov TOR	vs BOS	L	17	3	.824
Joseph Woll TOR	vs BOS	—	5	0	.1000

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.