NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Dec 18, 2024

5 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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Philadelphia Flyers

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–4

Detroit Red Wings beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–4 at home. Patrick Kane (DET) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•J.T. Compher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:32.
•Lucas Raymond had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:52.
•Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:48.

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Toronto Maple Leafs beat Dallas Stars 5–3

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Dallas Stars 5–3 at DAL. William Nylander (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for DAL: Blackwell–Steel–Bäck skated 8:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (78.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•William Nylander had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:27.
•Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:04.
•Nick Robertson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:16.

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Florida Panthers rout Minnesota Wild 6–1

Florida Panthers beat Minnesota Wild 6–1 at MIN. Aaron Ekblad (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Kaprizov, Boldy and Rossi) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:22 together.

•Aaron Ekblad had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:09.
•Matthew Tkachuk had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:02.
•Mackie Samoskevich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:35.

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Utah Mammoth edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2 (OT)

Utah Mammoth beat Vancouver Canucks 3–2 in overtime at home. Clayton Keller (UTA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther and Cooley) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:46 together.

•Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:33.
•Logan Cooley had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:59.
•Quinn Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 26:19.

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Anaheim Ducks edge Winnipeg Jets 3–2

Anaheim Ducks beat Winnipeg Jets 3–2 at home. Frank Vatrano (ANA) led the scoring with 2G 1A. WPG's first power-play unit (Scheifele, Morrissey, Ehlers, Connor and Vilardi) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:02 together.

•Frank Vatrano had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:46.
•Kyle Connor had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:15.
•Radko Gudas had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:09.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Bobby McMann for TOR @ DAL, 79.7 mph. Full game report →

Bobby McMann (TOR @ DAL): Odd-man rush, loose puck, 3-on-2 at the blue line, 1 pass, 79.7 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Frank Vatrano ANA	vs WPG	2	1	3	5	1	1	17:46	—
Aaron Ekblad FLA	at MIN	1	2	3	3	1	0	22:09	—
William Nylander TOR	at DAL	2	0	2	4	0	0	16:27	—
Matthew Tkachuk FLA	at MIN	2	0	2	2	6	0	19:02	—
Patrick Kane DET	vs PHI	1	1	2	3	0	0	12:48	—
Evgenii Dadonov DAL	vs TOR	1	1	2	3	0	0	17:04	—
Clayton Keller UTA	vs VAN	1	1	2	3	0	0	19:33	—
Lucas Raymond DET	vs PHI	1	1	2	2	1	0	17:52	—
Nick Robertson TOR	at DAL	1	1	2	1	3	2	11:16	—
Mackie Samoskevich FLA	at MIN	1	1	2	1	4	0	12:35	—
J.T. Compher DET	vs PHI	1	1	2	1	0	0	19:32	—
Quinn Hughes VAN	at UTA	0	2	2	6	0	0	26:19	—

Line changes

New look for DAL: Blackwell–Steel–Bäck skated 8:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (78.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WPG: Namestnikov–Ehlers–Perfetti skated 11:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Joseph Woll TOR	at DAL	W	39	3	.923
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	vs FLA	L	33	6	.818
Thatcher Demko VAN	at UTA	O	31	3	.903
Eric Comrie WPG	at ANA	L	31	3	.903
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at MIN	W	27	1	.963
Karel Vejmelka UTA	vs VAN	W	26	2	.923
Samuel Ersson PHI	at DET	L	23	5	.783
Lukas Dostal ANA	vs WPG	W	23	2	.913
Alex Lyon DET	vs PHI	W	19	4	.789
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs TOR	L	12	4	.667
Casey DeSmith DAL	vs TOR	—	6	0	.1000

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