NHL Recaps: Wednesday, May 1, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final

PlayoffsFull report

Vegas Golden Knights

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

Dallas Stars beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 at home. Wyatt Johnston (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. DAL's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Benn, Hintz, Robertson and Heiskanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:10 together.

•Wyatt Johnston had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:57.
•DAL's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Benn, Hintz, Robertson and Heiskanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:10 together.
•VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Stephenson, Hanifin and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:47 together.

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

Edmonton Oilers edge Los Angeles Kings 4–3

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 4–3 at home. Evan Bouchard (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 3A.

•Evan Bouchard had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 26:16.
•Leon Draisaitl had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 24:24.
•Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:36.

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

Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning

Scheduled.

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Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Scheduled.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Zach Hyman for EDM vs LAK, 88.7 mph. Full game report →

Zach Hyman (EDM vs LAK): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 88.7 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Evan Bouchard EDM	vs LAK	0	3	3	2	0	3	26:16	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	vs LAK	2	0	2	6	1	1	24:24	—
Connor McDavid EDM	vs LAK	0	2	2	4	0	0	23:36	—
Wyatt Johnston DAL	vs VGK	0	2	2	3	0	0	19:57	—
Matt Roy LAK	at EDM	0	2	2	1	4	2	20:08	—
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM	vs LAK	0	2	2	1	1	0	23:11	—
Brayden McNabb VGK	at DAL	0	1	1	4	5	4	18:54	—
Andreas Englund LAK	at EDM	0	1	1	0	5	3	12:30	—
Jonathan Marchessault VGK	at DAL	0	0	0	2	7	1	20:21	—

Line changes

New look for VGK: Carrier–Barbashev–Roy skated 6:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Stone–Stephenson–Dorofeyev skated 5:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 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%
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs VGK	W	27	2	.926
David Rittich LAK	at EDM	L	26	4	.846
Adin Hill VGK	at DAL	L	25	3	.880
Stuart Skinner EDM	vs LAK	W	21	3	.857

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.