NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Oct 30, 2024

6 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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New York Islanders

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New York Islanders 2–0

Columbus Blue Jackets beat New York Islanders 2–0 at home. Damon Severson (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NYI: Horvat–Barzal–Tsyplakov skated 9:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for NYI: Horvat–Barzal–Tsyplakov skated 9:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for NYI: Palmieri–Nelson–Holmstrom skated 7:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jake Christiansen (CBJ) played 20:59, +8:34 up on his 12:25 season average over 67 games.

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Winnipeg Jets rout Detroit Red Wings 6–2

Winnipeg Jets beat Detroit Red Wings 6–2 at DET. Kyle Connor (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Kyle Connor had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:18.
•Neal Pionk had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:01.
•Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:17.

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Tampa Bay Lightning beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2 at COL. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:36.
•Jake Guentzel had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:34.
•Anthony Cirelli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:15.

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Utah Mammoth rout Calgary Flames 5–1

Utah Mammoth beat Calgary Flames 5–1 at home. Mikhail Sergachev (UTA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Hayton and Guenther) scored 2 power-play goals on 10 attempts in 3:31 together.

•Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 22:46.
•Dylan Guenther had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:35.
•Nick Schmaltz had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:51.

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Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–3

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–3 at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Anze Kopitar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:38.
•Brandt Clarke had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:19.
•Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:57.

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New Jersey Devils rout Vancouver Canucks 6–0

New Jersey Devils beat Vancouver Canucks 6–0 at VAN. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Noesen, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:59 together.

•Nico Hischier had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:29.
•Dawson Mercer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:21.
•Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:56.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Nikita Kucherov for TBL @ COL, 78.4 mph. Full game report →

Nikita Kucherov (TBL @ COL): Rush, carried in, 3 passes, 78.4 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Kyle Connor WPG	at DET	1	2	3	4	0	1	16:18	—
Nico Hischier NJD	at VAN	1	2	3	2	1	3	20:29	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at COL	1	2	3	2	0	1	16:36	—
Anze Kopitar LAK	vs VGK	1	2	3	1	1	1	16:38	—
Mikhail Sergachev UTA	vs CGY	1	2	3	1	0	1	22:46	—
Brandt Clarke LAK	vs VGK	0	3	3	2	0	0	18:19	—
Pavel Dorofeyev VGK	at LAK	2	0	2	4	0	0	16:57	—
Jake Guentzel TBL	at COL	2	0	2	3	0	2	18:34	—
Neal Pionk WPG	at DET	2	0	2	3	0	0	21:01	—
Cale Makar COL	vs TBL	1	1	2	6	3	0	25:30	—
Dawson Mercer NJD	at VAN	1	1	2	3	0	2	17:21	—
Adrian Kempe LAK	vs VGK	1	1	2	3	2	0	16:21	—

Line changes

New look for NYI: Horvat–Barzal–Tsyplakov skated 9:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYI: Palmieri–Nelson–Holmstrom skated 7:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CGY: Huberdeau–Sharangovich–Kuzmenko skated 9:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NJD: Tatar–Dowling–Bastian skated 10:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at COL	W	35	2	.943
Connor Ingram UTA	vs CGY	W	31	1	.968
Alex Lyon DET	vs WPG	L	29	6	.793
Dustin Wolf CGY	at UTA	L	28	5	.821
Ilya Samsonov VGK	at LAK	L	27	6	.778
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	vs NYI	W	26	0	.1000
Darcy Kuemper LAK	vs VGK	W	26	3	.885
Semyon Varlamov NYI	at CBJ	L	25	1	.960
Arturs Silovs VAN	vs NJD	L	22	6	.727
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at DET	W	21	2	.905
Kaapo Kahkonen COL	vs TBL	L	20	4	.800
Jacob Markstrom NJD	at VAN	W	20	0	.1000

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