NHL Recaps: Monday, May 20, 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

Edmonton Oilers

Vancouver Canucks

Edmonton Oilers edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Vancouver Canucks 3–2 at VAN. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 1A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 3:00 together.

•Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:09.
•Evan Bouchard had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:54.
•EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 3:00 together.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Cody Ceci for EDM @ VAN, 84.9 mph. Full game report →

Cody Ceci (EDM @ VAN): Forecheck turnover, 2 passes, 84.9 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM	at VAN	1	1	2	3	1	3	21:09	—
Evan Bouchard EDM	at VAN	0	2	2	3	0	2	21:54	—
Dakota Joshua VAN	vs EDM	0	0	0	0	8	0	17:52	—

Line changes

New look for VAN: Miller–Pettersson–Mikheyev skated 5:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Lafferty–Suter–Hoglander skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Arturs Silovs VAN	vs EDM	L	29	3	.897
Stuart Skinner EDM	at VAN	W	17	2	.882

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.