NHL Recaps: Sunday, Apr 25, 2021

4 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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Boston Bruins

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Boston Bruins 1–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 1–0 at home. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BOS: Coyle–Lazar–DeBrusk skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for BOS: Coyle–Lazar–DeBrusk skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for BOS: Wagner–Kuraly–Ritchie skated 5:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Evan Rodrigues (PIT) played 8:13, −6:04 down on his 14:17 season average over 34 games.

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Philadelphia Flyers edge New Jersey Devils 4–3 (SO)

Philadelphia Flyers beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 in a shootout at home. Claude Giroux (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Claude Giroux had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:37.
•Miles Wood had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:42.
•Jakub Voracek had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:28.

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New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3

New York Rangers beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

•Mika Zibanejad had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 17:41.
•Adam Fox had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 24:45.
•Kaapo Kakko had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:05.

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Final / OT

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Columbus Blue Jackets

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (OT)

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime at home. Ondrej Palat (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Ondrej Palat had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:19.
•Brayden Point had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:21.
•Eric Robinson had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:52.

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Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Mika Zibanejad NYR	vs BUF	3	0	3	7	1	0	17:41	—
Ondrej Palat TBL	vs CBJ	1	2	3	1	1	0	19:19	—
Adam Fox NYR	vs BUF	0	3	3	2	0	2	24:45	—
Brayden Point TBL	vs CBJ	0	3	3	1	0	2	18:21	—
Claude Giroux PHI	vs NJD	2	0	2	4	0	1	20:37	—
Kaapo Kakko NYR	vs BUF	2	0	2	2	1	0	13:05	—
Eric Robinson CBJ	at TBL	2	0	2	2	0	0	17:52	—
Miles Wood NJD	at PHI	1	1	2	5	0	2	14:42	—
Sam Reinhart BUF	at NYR	1	1	2	3	0	0	21:02	—
Victor Hedman TBL	vs CBJ	1	1	2	2	0	1	23:57	—
Jakub Voracek PHI	vs NJD	0	2	2	3	1	0	19:28	—
Oliver Bjorkstrand CBJ	at TBL	0	2	2	3	1	0	19:13	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Coyle–Lazar–DeBrusk skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BOS: Wagner–Kuraly–Ritchie skated 5:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Mackenzie Blackwood NJD	at PHI	O	36	3	.917
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs BUF	W	34	3	.912
Brian Elliott PHI	vs NJD	W	32	3	.906
Tristan Jarry PIT	vs BOS	W	30	0	.1000
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at PIT	L	29	1	.966
Dustin Tokarski BUF	at NYR	L	28	5	.821
Joonas Korpisalo CBJ	at TBL	—	26	3	.885
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs CBJ	W	22	3	.864
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	at TBL	O	8	1	.875

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.