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NHL Recaps: Sunday, Dec 22, 2024

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

Game recaps

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Carolina Hurricanes
3
New York Rangers
1

Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Rangers 3–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat New York Rangers 3–1 at NYR. Jack Roslovic (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Sebastian Aho (CAR) played 23:46, +3:43 up on his 20:03 season average over 78 games.

  • •Sebastian Aho (CAR) played 23:46, +3:43 up on his 20:03 season average over 78 games.
  • •Seth Jarvis (CAR) played 23:39, +4:21 up on his 19:18 season average over 72 games.
  • •Jackson Blake (CAR) played 9:39, −4:15 down on his 13:54 season average over 79 games.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →
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Florida Panthers
4
Tampa Bay Lightning
2

Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2

Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 at TBL. Sam Reinhart (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:45 together.

  • •Sam Reinhart had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:31.
  • •Darren Raddysh had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:53.
  • •FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:45 together.
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Los Angeles Kings
1
Washington Capitals
3

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1 at home. Aliaksei Protas (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for LAK: Thomas–Lee–Helenius skated 5:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  • •Aliaksei Protas had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:50.
  • •Pierre-Luc Dubois had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:57.
  • •New look for LAK: Thomas–Lee–Helenius skated 5:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →
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Seattle Kraken
2
Colorado Avalanche
5

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 5–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Seattle Kraken 5–2 at home. Joel Kiviranta (COL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:41 together.

  • •Joel Kiviranta had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 12:52.
  • •Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 23:23.
  • •Mikko Rantanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:34.
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Ottawa Senators
1
Edmonton Oilers
3

Edmonton Oilers beat Ottawa Senators 3–1

Edmonton Oilers beat Ottawa Senators 3–1 at home. Viktor Arvidsson (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 1A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Draisaitl, Arvidsson, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:44 together.

  • •Viktor Arvidsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:52.
  • •EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Draisaitl, Arvidsson, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:44 together.
  • •New look for EDM: Hyman–Arvidsson–McDavid skated 10:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Kevin Fiala for LAK @ WSH, 75.7 mph. Full game report →

Kevin Fiala (LAK @ WSH): Point shot, 7 passes, 75.7 mph shot.

Top performers

PlayerGameGAPSOGHitsBlkTOIPP
Clayton Keller UTAvs ANA22450222:23—
Joel Kiviranta COLvs SEA30350112:52—
Cale Makar COLvs SEA12370223:23—
Aliaksei Protas WSHvs LAK20240017:50—
Robby Fabbri ANAat UTA20230018:45—
Sam Reinhart FLAat TBL20221320:31—
Viktor Arvidsson EDMvs OTT11231016:52—
Barrett Hayton UTAvs ANA11210013:35—
Olen Zellweger ANAat UTA02240321:24—
Nathan MacKinnon COLvs SEA02220220:56—
Cutter Gauthier ANAat UTA02220017:06—
Mikhail Sergachev UTAvs ANA02211531:03—

Line changes

  • New look for FLA: Nosek–Greer–Asplund skated 6:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for TBL: Atkinson–Paul–Chaffee skated 5:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for LAK: Thomas–Lee–Helenius skated 5:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for EDM: Hyman–Arvidsson–McDavid skated 10:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for OTT: Cousins–Pinto–Greig skated 7:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
  • New look for EDM: Henrique–Brown–Janmark skated 5:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

GoalieGameDecSAGASV%
Igor Shesterkin NYRvs CARL322.938
Jaxson Stauber UTAvs ANAO304.867
Joey Daccord SEAat COLL273.889
Logan Thompson WSHvs LAKW261.962
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBLvs FLAL253.880
Lukas Dostal ANAat UTAW254.840
Pyotr Kochetkov CARat NYRW231.957
Spencer Knight FLAat TBLW212.905
Stuart Skinner EDMvs OTTW211.952
David Rittich LAKat WSHL202.900
Mackenzie Blackwood COLvs SEAW192.895
Leevi Meriläinen OTTat EDML142.857
Linus Ullmark OTTat EDM—71.857

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