NHL Recaps: Sunday, Apr 28, 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

Winnipeg Jets

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche rout Winnipeg Jets 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Winnipeg Jets 5–1 at home. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 3:26 together.

•Valeri Nichushkin had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 22:28.
•Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:39.
•Cale Makar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:30.

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Nashville Predators 4–3 (OT)

Vancouver Canucks beat Nashville Predators 4–3 in overtime at NSH. Brock Boeser (VAN) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Roman Josi (NSH) played 22:16, −4:09 down on his 26:25 season average over 5 games.

•Brock Boeser had a hat trick (3 points) on 8 shots in 22:17.
•J.T. Miller had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:40.
•Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:51.

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

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 4–2

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at WSH. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 3:41 together.

•Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:52.
•Mika Zibanejad had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:00.
•NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 3:41 together.

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

Edmonton Oilers edge Los Angeles Kings 1–0

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 1–0 at LAK. Evan Bouchard (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 0A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:03 together.

•EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:03 together.
•New look for EDM: Janmark–Ryan–Holloway skated 4:01 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for LAK: Grundstrom–Dubois–Laferriere skated 5:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Evan Bouchard for EDM @ LAK, 80.9 mph. Full game report →

Evan Bouchard (EDM @ LAK): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 80.9 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brock Boeser VAN	at NSH	3	0	3	8	0	0	22:17	—
Valeri Nichushkin COL	vs WPG	3	0	3	5	2	3	22:28	—
J.T. Miller VAN	at NSH	0	3	3	1	2	1	21:40	—
Artemi Panarin NYR	at WSH	1	1	2	4	0	1	20:52	—
Cale Makar COL	vs WPG	1	1	2	3	2	2	20:30	—
Artturi Lehkonen COL	vs WPG	1	1	2	3	1	1	18:39	—
Elias Lindholm VAN	at NSH	1	1	2	1	2	3	17:51	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs WPG	0	2	2	3	1	0	20:56	—
Mika Zibanejad NYR	at WSH	0	2	2	1	1	0	20:00	—
Jacob Trouba NYR	at WSH	0	1	1	2	6	5	20:39	—
Nic Dowd WSH	vs NYR	0	0	0	1	7	2	14:25	—
Luke Schenn NSH	vs VAN	0	0	0	1	5	3	17:50	—

Line changes

New look for WSH: Oshie–Pacioretty–McMichael skated 9:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Milano–Lapierre skated 7:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for EDM: Janmark–Ryan–Holloway skated 4:01 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Grundstrom–Dubois–Laferriere skated 5:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Lewis–Fiala–Lizotte skated 8:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (81.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Stuart Skinner EDM	at LAK	W	33	0	.1000
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at COL	L	30	4	.867
Arturs Silovs VAN	at NSH	W	30	3	.900
Alexandar Georgiev COL	vs WPG	W	27	1	.963
Igor Shesterkin NYR	at WSH	W	25	2	.920
Charlie Lindgren WSH	vs NYR	L	22	3	.864
Juuse Saros NSH	vs VAN	L	21	4	.810
David Rittich LAK	vs EDM	L	13	1	.923
Laurent Brossoit WPG	at COL	—	4	0	.1000

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