NHL Recaps: Monday, Apr 15, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final / OT

Full report

Montreal Canadiens

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings edge Montreal Canadiens 5–4 (OT)

Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens 5–4 in overtime at home. Shayne Gostisbehere (DET) led the scoring with 0G 3A.

•Jake Evans had 3 assists (3 points) in 17:54.
•Shayne Gostisbehere had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 22:56.
•Brendan Gallagher had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:44.

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

New York Islanders beat New Jersey Devils 4–1

New York Islanders beat New Jersey Devils 4–1 at NJD. Kyle Palmieri (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYI's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Nelson, Reilly, Horvat and Barzal) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:26 together.

•Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:52.
•Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:37.
•Anders Lee had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:37.

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 4–2 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Bunting) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 5:57 together.

•Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 25:49.
•Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:53.
•Marcus Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:10.

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 at TBL. Dylan Cozens (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Tage Thompson (BUF) played 3:11, −15:09 down on his 18:20 season average over 70 games.

•Dylan Cozens had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 8 shots in 20:15.
•Jordan Greenway had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:19.
•Jack Quinn had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:57.

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

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 2–0

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 2–0 at home. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Alexander Alexeyev (WSH) played 21:24, +7:54 up on his 13:30 season average over 38 games.

•Alexander Alexeyev (WSH) played 21:24, +7:54 up on his 13:30 season average over 38 games.
•Martin Fehérváry (WSH) played 25:59, +6:27 up on his 19:32 season average over 65 games.
•Brandon Carlo (BOS) played 13:58, −6:01 down on his 19:59 season average over 75 games.

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

New York Rangers rout Ottawa Senators 4–0

New York Rangers beat Ottawa Senators 4–0 at home. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Dominik Kubalik (OTT) played 6:55, −5:17 down on his 12:12 season average over 73 games.

•Adam Fox had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:36.
•Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 22:27.
•Chris Kreider had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:09.

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

Edmonton Oilers rout San Jose Sharks 9–2

Edmonton Oilers beat San Jose Sharks 9–2 at home. Dylan Holloway (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Adam Henrique had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:25.
•Dylan Holloway had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 13:53.
•Darnell Nurse had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:41.

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

Minnesota Wild beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1

Minnesota Wild beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1 at LAK. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, Rossi and Faber) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:56 together.

•Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:25.
•Marco Rossi had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:24.
•MIN's first power-play unit (Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, Rossi and Faber) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:56 together.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Erik Karlsson for PIT vs NSH, 78.7 mph. Full game report →

Erik Karlsson (PIT vs NSH): Forecheck turnover, 2 passes, 78.7 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Dylan Cozens BUF	at TBL	2	1	3	8	0	0	20:15	—
Dylan Holloway EDM	vs SJS	1	2	3	4	4	0	13:53	—
Adam Henrique EDM	vs SJS	1	2	3	3	0	1	15:25	—
Darnell Nurse EDM	vs SJS	0	3	3	3	2	0	20:41	—
Shayne Gostisbehere DET	vs MTL	0	3	3	1	0	2	22:56	—
Jake Evans MTL	at DET	0	3	3	0	0	1	17:54	—
Warren Foegele EDM	vs SJS	2	0	2	9	0	0	15:57	—
Lucas Raymond DET	vs MTL	2	0	2	6	2	2	22:10	—
J.T. Compher DET	vs MTL	2	0	2	4	1	0	19:59	—
Brendan Gallagher MTL	at DET	2	0	2	3	3	1	13:44	—
Erik Karlsson PIT	vs NSH	1	1	2	7	1	1	25:49	—
Sidney Crosby PIT	vs NSH	1	1	2	7	0	0	20:53	—

Line changes

New look for BUF: Girgensons–Olofsson–Jost skated 6:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Dubois–Thomas–Byfield skated 4:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Kopitar–Kempe–Laferriere skated 4:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Juuse Saros NSH	at PIT	L	38	4	.895
Samuel Montembeault MTL	at DET	O	35	5	.857
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs BUF	L	34	4	.882
Joonas Korpisalo OTT	at NYR	L	34	4	.882
Eric Comrie BUF	at TBL	W	33	2	.939
Alex Nedeljkovic PIT	vs NSH	W	30	2	.933
Cam Talbot LAK	vs MIN	L	28	3	.893
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs OTT	W	25	0	.1000
Semyon Varlamov NYI	at NJD	W	24	1	.958
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at WSH	L	24	1	.958
Filip Gustavsson MIN	at LAK	W	24	1	.958
Devin Cooley SJS	at EDM	L	22	8	.636
Alex Lyon DET	vs MTL	W	21	4	.810
Stuart Skinner EDM	vs SJS	W	21	2	.905
Jake Allen NJD	vs NYI	L	19	4	.789
Charlie Lindgren WSH	vs BOS	W	16	0	.1000
Georgi Romanov SJS	at EDM	—	16	1	.938

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.