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NHL Recaps: Saturday, May 18, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final
PlayoffsFull report
Vancouver Canucks
1
Edmonton Oilers
5

Edmonton Oilers rout Vancouver Canucks 5–1

Edmonton Oilers beat Vancouver Canucks 5–1 at home. Evan Bouchard (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for EDM: Carrick–Brown–Janmark skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  • •Evan Bouchard had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:25.
  • •Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:04.
  • •Connor McDavid had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:59.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Evan Bouchard for EDM vs VAN, 79.5 mph. Full game report →

Evan Bouchard (EDM vs VAN): Point shot, 2 passes, 79.5 mph shot.

Top performers

PlayerGameGAPSOGHitsBlkTOIPP
Evan Bouchard EDMvs VAN12322222:25—
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDMvs VAN12312021:04—
Connor McDavid EDMvs VAN03322020:59—
Leon Draisaitl EDMvs VAN02212017:32—

Line changes

  • New look for EDM: Carrick–Brown–Janmark skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

GoalieGameDecSAGASV%
Arturs Silovs VANat EDML275.815
Stuart Skinner EDMvs VANW151.933

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.