NHL Recaps: Monday, Dec 2, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

New Jersey Devils

New York Rangers

New Jersey Devils rout New York Rangers 5–1

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 5–1 at NYR. Jesper Bratt (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 3A. NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Noesen, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:00 together.

•Jesper Bratt had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 18:22.
•Jack Hughes had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 8 shots in 17:35.
•Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:00.

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

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at home. Mitch Marner (TOR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for CHI: Hall–Bertuzzi–Bedard skated 10:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Mitch Marner had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:41.
•New look for CHI: Hall–Bertuzzi–Bedard skated 10:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for CHI: Teravainen–Donato–Kurashev skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Dallas Stars edge Utah Mammoth 2–1

Dallas Stars beat Utah Mammoth 2–1 at UTA. Evgenii Dadonov (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. DAL's first power-play unit (Dadonov, Duchene, Marchment, Heiskanen and Stankoven) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:12 together.

•DAL's first power-play unit (Dadonov, Duchene, Marchment, Heiskanen and Stankoven) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:12 together.
•New look for DAL: Duchene–Marchment–Stankoven skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Casey DeSmith (DAL) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +9 against a season average of 28.2; the win.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Matthew Knies for TOR vs CHI, 64.0 mph. Full game report →

Matthew Knies (TOR vs CHI): Dump and chase, dumped in, 2 passes, 64.0 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jesper Bratt NJD	at NYR	1	3	4	1	1	4	18:22	—
Jack Hughes NJD	at NYR	2	1	3	8	0	0	17:35	—
Dougie Hamilton NJD	at NYR	1	1	2	2	1	2	18:00	—
Luke Hughes NJD	at NYR	0	2	2	1	0	1	20:05	—
Mitch Marner TOR	vs CHI	0	2	2	0	0	2	21:41	—
Philippe Myers TOR	vs CHI	0	1	1	4	7	1	18:27	—
Vincent Trocheck NYR	vs NJD	0	0	0	7	5	1	23:27	—
Paul Cotter NJD	at NYR	0	0	0	0	6	2	13:48	—

Line changes

New look for CHI: Hall–Bertuzzi–Bedard skated 10:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CHI: Teravainen–Donato–Kurashev skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Duchene–Marchment–Stankoven skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jacob Markstrom NJD	at NYR	W	39	1	.974
Casey DeSmith DAL	at UTA	W	37	1	.973
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs NJD	L	28	5	.821
Anthony Stolarz TOR	vs CHI	W	28	1	.964
Arvid Soderblom CHI	at TOR	L	21	3	.857
Karel Vejmelka UTA	vs DAL	L	21	2	.905

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.