NHL Recaps: Thursday, May 16, 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

New York Rangers

Carolina Hurricanes

New York Rangers beat Carolina Hurricanes 5–3

New York Rangers beat Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 at CAR. Chris Kreider (NYR) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

•Chris Kreider had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 18:40.
•Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:48.
•Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:14.

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Edmonton Oilers 3–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Edmonton Oilers 3–2 at home. J.T. Miller (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VAN: Blueger–Joshua–Garland skated 8:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for VAN: Blueger–Joshua–Garland skated 8:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Calvin Pickard (EDM) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +15 against a season average of 19.7; the loss.
•New look for VAN: Di Giuseppe–Podkolzin–Aman skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (63.6% 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: Carson Soucy for VAN vs EDM, 60.8 mph. Full game report →

Carson Soucy (VAN vs EDM): Forecheck turnover, 0 passes, 60.8 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Chris Kreider NYR	at CAR	3	0	3	7	4	1	18:40	—
Vincent Trocheck NYR	at CAR	1	1	2	3	4	0	23:14	—
Sebastian Aho CAR	vs NYR	1	1	2	2	1	1	18:48	—
Artemi Panarin NYR	at CAR	0	2	2	4	0	0	20:39	—
Andrei Svechnikov CAR	vs NYR	0	2	2	1	5	1	19:04	—
Jack Roslovic NYR	at CAR	0	2	2	0	0	0	16:24	—
Tyler Myers VAN	vs EDM	0	0	0	2	5	4	20:16	—
Dylan Holloway EDM	at VAN	0	0	0	2	4	4	12:10	—

Line changes

New look for VAN: Blueger–Joshua–Garland skated 8:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Di Giuseppe–Podkolzin–Aman skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Lindholm–Pettersson–Hoglander skated 8:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (59.1% 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	at CAR	W	36	3	.917
Calvin Pickard EDM	at VAN	L	35	3	.914
Frederik Andersen CAR	vs NYR	L	23	4	.826
Arturs Silovs VAN	vs EDM	W	23	2	.913

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.