NHL Recaps: Friday, Oct 11, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Tampa Bay Lightning

Carolina Hurricanes

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 at CAR. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 3G 1A. Darren Raddysh (TBL) played 10:56, −6:27 down on his 17:23 season average over 72 games.

•Nikita Kucherov had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 6 shots in 21:55.
•Victor Hedman had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 23:11.
•Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:56.

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Winnipeg Jets edge Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 (OT)

Winnipeg Jets beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 in overtime at home. Mark Scheifele (WPG) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Ryan Donato (CHI) played 10:51, −5:32 down on his 16:23 season average over 79 games.

•Mark Scheifele had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:33.
•Ryan Donato (CHI) played 10:51, −5:32 down on his 16:23 season average over 79 games.
•Arvid Soderblom (CHI) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +5 against a season average of 30.2; the overtime loss.

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Philadelphia Flyers edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2 (SO)

Philadelphia Flyers beat Vancouver Canucks 3–2 in a shootout at VAN. Tyson Foerster (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Tyler Myers (VAN) played 0:36, −20:29 down on his 21:05 season average over 70 games.

•Tyler Myers (VAN) played 0:36, −20:29 down on his 21:05 season average over 70 games.
•New look for VAN: Blueger–Suter–Sherwood skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Pius Suter (VAN) played 13:58, −3:25 down on his 17:23 season average over 80 games.

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Vegas Golden Knights edge St. Louis Blues 4–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat St. Louis Blues 4–3 at home. Pavel Buchnevich (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. VGK won it by committee.

•Pavel Buchnevich had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:39.
•Ivan Barbashev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:11.
•Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:08.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Ryan Donato for CHI @ WPG, 83.1 mph. Full game report →

Ryan Donato (CHI @ WPG): Rush, carried in, 0 passes, 83.1 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at CAR	3	1	4	6	1	1	21:55	—
Pavel Buchnevich STL	at VGK	2	1	3	4	0	1	20:39	—
Victor Hedman TBL	at CAR	0	3	3	2	2	1	23:11	—
Mark Scheifele WPG	vs CHI	2	0	2	6	0	1	21:33	—
Jack Eichel VGK	vs STL	1	1	2	5	0	0	20:08	—
Ivan Barbashev VGK	vs STL	1	1	2	3	1	1	18:11	—
Shea Theodore VGK	vs STL	1	1	2	3	0	1	21:25	—
Jake Guentzel TBL	at CAR	0	2	2	2	1	1	17:56	—
Mark Stone VGK	vs STL	0	2	2	2	0	1	20:02	—
Jordan Kyrou STL	at VGK	0	2	2	0	0	0	20:39	—

Line changes

New look for CHI: Maroon–Athanasiou–Donato skated 7:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Blueger–Suter–Sherwood skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Arvid Soderblom CHI	at WPG	O	35	2	.943
Kevin Lankinen VAN	vs PHI	O	31	2	.935
Jordan Binnington STL	at VGK	L	28	4	.857
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs CHI	W	26	1	.962
Samuel Ersson PHI	at VAN	W	26	2	.923
Adin Hill VGK	vs STL	W	22	3	.864
Frederik Andersen CAR	vs TBL	L	21	2	.905
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at CAR	W	21	1	.952

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