NHL Recaps: Monday, Dec 30, 2024

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

New York Rangers

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers beat New York Rangers 5–3

Florida Panthers beat New York Rangers 5–3 at home. Jesper Boqvist (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Panarin, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:22 together.

•Jesper Boqvist had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:03.
•Uvis Balinskis had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:25.
•NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Panarin, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:22 together.

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Winnipeg Jets beat Nashville Predators 3–0

Winnipeg Jets beat Nashville Predators 3–0 at home. Gabriel Vilardi (WPG) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WPG's first power-play unit (Scheifele, Morrissey, Ehlers, Connor and Vilardi) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:47 together.

•Gabriel Vilardi had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:44.
•Kyle Connor had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:51.
•Nikolaj Ehlers had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:06.

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Seattle Kraken beat Utah Mammoth 5–2

Seattle Kraken beat Utah Mammoth 5–2 at home. Jaden Schwartz (SEA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Ryker Evans (SEA) played 24:09, +4:44 up on his 19:25 season average over 72 games.

•Jaden Schwartz had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:17.
•Kaapo Kakko had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:56.
•Ryker Evans (SEA) played 24:09, +4:44 up on his 19:25 season average over 72 games.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Mackie Samoskevich for FLA vs NYR, 64.5 mph. Full game report →

Mackie Samoskevich (FLA vs NYR): Deflection, 2 passes, 64.5 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jaden Schwartz SEA	vs UTA	1	2	3	3	1	0	17:17	—
Gabriel Vilardi WPG	vs NSH	2	0	2	5	0	0	18:44	—
Jesper Boqvist FLA	vs NYR	2	0	2	4	3	0	12:03	—
Kaapo Kakko SEA	vs UTA	0	2	2	5	1	0	16:56	—
Kyle Connor WPG	vs NSH	0	2	2	4	0	1	20:51	—
Uvis Balinskis FLA	vs NYR	0	2	2	1	1	1	15:25	—
Nikolaj Ehlers WPG	vs NSH	0	2	2	1	0	1	16:06	—
Filip Chytil NYR	at FLA	1	0	1	7	0	0	14:52	—
Gustav Forsling FLA	vs NYR	0	1	1	2	3	5	26:09	—

Line changes

New look for FLA: Verhaeghe–Boqvist–Lundell skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for FLA: Bennett–Tkachuk–Luostarinen skated 6:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for WPG: Niederreiter–Lowry–Iafallo skated 10:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs NYR	W	35	3	.914
Karel Vejmelka UTA	at SEA	L	32	4	.875
Philipp Grubauer SEA	vs UTA	W	30	2	.933
Juuse Saros NSH	at WPG	L	28	3	.893
Igor Shesterkin NYR	at FLA	L	25	4	.840
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs NSH	W	22	0	.1000

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