NHL Recaps: Friday, Jan 26, 2024

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

Game recaps

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Vegas Golden Knights

5

New York Rangers

2

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Rangers 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat New York Rangers 5–2 at NYR. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Ryan Lindgren (NYR) played 2:35, −16:59 down on his 19:34 season average over 75 games.

• •Jonathan Marchessault had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:35.
• •Ivan Barbashev had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:37.
• •Blake Wheeler had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:22.

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Final / SO

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Florida Panthers

3

Pittsburgh Penguins

2

Florida Panthers edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 (SO)

Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 in a shootout at PIT. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 0G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 16 attempts in 8:34 together.

• •Bryan Rust had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:46.
• •Oliver Ekman-Larsson had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:38.
• •PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 16 attempts in 8:34 together.

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Final

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Los Angeles Kings

1

Colorado Avalanche

5

Colorado Avalanche rout Los Angeles Kings 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 5–1 at home. Logan O'Connor (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:07 together.

• •Logan O'Connor had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:17.
• •Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:03.
• •Ross Colton had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:29.

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Final / OT

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St. Louis Blues

4

Seattle Kraken

3

St. Louis Blues edge Seattle Kraken 4–3 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat Seattle Kraken 4–3 in overtime at SEA. Pavel Buchnevich (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas, Perunovich and Neighbours) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:58 together.

• •Pavel Buchnevich had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:35.
• •Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:38.
• •Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:42.

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