NHL Recaps: Sunday, Nov 17, 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

St. Louis Blues

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat St. Louis Blues 4–1 at home. Martin Necas (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 2A. CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Aho, Necas, Svechnikov and Blake) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:41 together.

•Martin Necas had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 16:20.
•Eric Robinson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 12:16.
•CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Aho, Necas, Svechnikov and Blake) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:41 together.

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

Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at VGK. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Ben Hutton (VGK) played 2:40, −11:37 down on his 14:17 season average over 10 games.

•Alex Ovechkin had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 14:53.
•Aliaksei Protas had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:34.
•Dylan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:42.

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New York Rangers beat Seattle Kraken 2–0

New York Rangers beat Seattle Kraken 2–0 at SEA. Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NYR: Brodzinski–Kakko–Cuylle skated 11:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (32% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for NYR: Brodzinski–Kakko–Cuylle skated 11:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (32% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for SEA: Sprong–Tolvanen–Meyers skated 6:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Oliver Bjorkstrand (SEA) played 20:46, +5:41 up on his 15:05 season average over 78 games.

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

Nashville Predators beat Vancouver Canucks 5–3

Nashville Predators beat Vancouver Canucks 5–3 at VAN. Steven Stamkos (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault and Forsberg) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 1:21 together.

•Steven Stamkos had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:29.
•Roman Josi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:41.
•Danton Heinen had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:01.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Jakob Chychrun for WSH @ VGK, 87.3 mph. Full game report →

Jakob Chychrun (WSH @ VGK): Odd-man rush, loose puck, 2-on-1 at the blue line, 0 passes, 87.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Martin Necas CAR	vs STL	2	2	4	3	0	0	16:20	—
Alex Ovechkin WSH	at VGK	3	0	3	5	1	1	14:53	—
Eric Robinson CAR	vs STL	1	2	3	1	3	0	12:16	—
Steven Stamkos NSH	at VAN	2	0	2	4	0	0	16:29	—
Roman Josi NSH	at VAN	1	1	2	2	0	2	22:41	—
Filip Forsberg NSH	at VAN	0	2	2	3	2	1	17:03	—
Danton Heinen VAN	vs NSH	0	2	2	3	0	2	13:01	—
Aliaksei Protas WSH	at VGK	0	2	2	1	0	1	15:34	—
Dylan Strome WSH	at VGK	0	2	2	0	0	1	14:42	—
Will Cuylle NYR	at SEA	0	1	1	0	10	1	15:22	—
Dylan Holloway STL	at CAR	0	0	0	7	1	0	16:27	—
Jeremy Lauzon NSH	at VAN	0	0	0	0	5	5	20:12	—

Line changes

New look for STL: Sundqvist–Joseph–Texier skated 8:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYR: Brodzinski–Kakko–Cuylle skated 11:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (32% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SEA: Sprong–Tolvanen–Meyers skated 6:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Logan Thompson WSH	at VGK	W	42	2	.952
Pyotr Kochetkov CAR	vs STL	W	30	1	.967
Juuse Saros NSH	at VAN	W	27	3	.889
Joel Hofer STL	at CAR	L	24	4	.833
Ilya Samsonov VGK	vs WSH	L	24	4	.833
Jonathan Quick NYR	at SEA	W	24	0	.1000
Philipp Grubauer SEA	vs NYR	L	23	2	.913
Kevin Lankinen VAN	vs NSH	L	21	4	.810

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