NHL Recaps: Sunday, Oct 20, 2024

3 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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Pittsburgh Penguins

Winnipeg Jets

Winnipeg Jets beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3

Winnipeg Jets beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 at home. Lars Eller (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WPG won it by committee.

•Lars Eller had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:19.
•Mason Appleton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:06.
•Colin Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:24.

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Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat San Jose Sharks 4–1 at SJS. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Rantanen, Colton, Mittelstadt and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:52 together.

•Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 25:41.
•Ross Colton had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:59.
•Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:00.

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Los Angeles Kings beat Anaheim Ducks 4–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Anaheim Ducks 4–1 at ANA. Mikey Anderson (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for ANA: McGinn–Johnston–Leason skated 6:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Mikey Anderson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:51.
•New look for ANA: McGinn–Johnston–Leason skated 6:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Troy Terry (ANA) played 15:30, −3:24 down on his 18:54 season average over 76 games.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Kyle Connor for WPG vs PIT, 65.1 mph. Full game report →

Kyle Connor (WPG vs PIT): Cycle, 3 passes, 65.1 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Cale Makar COL	at SJS	1	2	3	2	1	1	25:41	—
Lars Eller PIT	at WPG	2	0	2	6	0	0	15:19	—
Ross Colton COL	at SJS	2	0	2	4	2	1	18:59	—
Mason Appleton WPG	vs PIT	1	1	2	3	0	3	16:06	—
Mikey Anderson LAK	at ANA	1	1	2	2	1	0	23:51	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	at SJS	0	2	2	3	1	0	20:00	—
Nikolaj Ehlers WPG	vs PIT	0	2	2	3	0	0	12:57	—
Colin Miller WPG	vs PIT	0	2	2	2	4	0	15:24	—
Josh Morrissey WPG	vs PIT	0	2	2	1	1	5	22:09	—

Line changes

New look for ANA: McGinn–Johnston–Leason skated 6:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Eric Comrie WPG	vs PIT	W	42	3	.929
Alex Nedeljkovic PIT	at WPG	L	36	5	.861
Lukas Dostal ANA	vs LAK	L	34	2	.941
Justus Annunen COL	at SJS	W	26	1	.962
Vitek Vanecek SJS	vs COL	L	21	3	.857
David Rittich LAK	at ANA	W	14	1	.929

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