NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Jan 1, 2025

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

New Jersey Devils

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings beat New Jersey Devils 3–0

Los Angeles Kings beat New Jersey Devils 3–0 at home. Mikey Anderson (LAK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Jacob Moverare (LAK) played 7:52, −4:05 down on his 11:57 season average over 48 games.

•Mikey Anderson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:52.
•Jacob Moverare (LAK) played 7:52, −4:05 down on his 11:57 season average over 48 games.
•Mikey Anderson (LAK) played 25:52, +3:13 up on his 22:39 season average over 76 games.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Adrian Kempe for LAK vs NJD, 45.8 mph. Full game report →

Adrian Kempe (LAK vs NJD): Point shot, 0 passes, 45.8 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Mikey Anderson LAK	vs NJD	0	2	2	1	1	1	25:52	—
Paul Cotter NJD	at LAK	0	0	0	1	8	0	11:45	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Darcy Kuemper LAK	vs NJD	W	33	0	.1000
Jake Allen NJD	at LAK	L	23	2	.913

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.