NHL Recaps: Sunday, May 5, 2024

2 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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Carolina Hurricanes

New York Rangers

New York Rangers edge Carolina Hurricanes 4–3

New York Rangers beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Jaccob Slavin (CAR) played 17:53, −5:28 down on his 23:21 season average over 10 games.

•Mika Zibanejad had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:13.
•Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:28.
•Chris Kreider had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:25.

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Dallas Stars edge Vegas Golden Knights 2–1

Dallas Stars beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 at home. Brett Howden (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for DAL: Smith–Faksa–Steel skated 7:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for DAL: Smith–Faksa–Steel skated 7:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 16:22, −5:42 down on his 22:04 season average over 6 games.
•Wyatt Johnston (DAL) played 17:44, −3:04 down on his 20:48 season average over 18 games.

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Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Scheduled.

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Nashville Predators at Vancouver Canucks

Scheduled.

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Los Angeles Kings at Edmonton Oilers

Scheduled.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Wyatt Johnston for DAL vs VGK, 69.5 mph. Full game report →

Wyatt Johnston (DAL vs VGK): Dump and chase, dumped in, 1-on-0 at the blue line, 0 passes, 69.5 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Mika Zibanejad NYR	vs CAR	2	1	3	2	1	2	16:13	—
Vincent Trocheck NYR	vs CAR	1	1	2	3	2	2	20:28	—
Sebastian Aho CAR	at NYR	0	2	2	1	3	0	21:29	—
Chris Kreider NYR	vs CAR	0	2	2	1	1	1	15:25	—
Jordan Staal CAR	at NYR	0	0	0	3	6	2	12:51	—
Jacob Trouba NYR	vs CAR	0	0	0	1	5	6	19:10	—
Chris Tanev DAL	vs VGK	0	0	0	0	4	5	24:19	—
Jason Robertson DAL	vs VGK	0	0	0	0	6	3	17:07	—

Line changes

New look for DAL: Smith–Faksa–Steel skated 7:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs CAR	W	25	3	.880
Adin Hill VGK	at DAL	L	24	2	.917
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs VGK	W	23	1	.957
Frederik Andersen CAR	at NYR	L	23	4	.826

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.