NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025

10 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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Carolina Hurricanes

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Carolina Hurricanes 3–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 at home. Jordan Staal (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Pyotr Kochetkov (CAR) faced 33 shots and stopped 30 (.909), +8 against a season average of 24.9; the loss.

•Jordan Staal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:24.
•Darren Raddysh had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:15.
•Pyotr Kochetkov (CAR) faced 33 shots and stopped 30 (.909), +8 against a season average of 24.9; the loss.

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Edmonton Oilers rout Boston Bruins 4–0

Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins 4–0 at BOS. Adam Henrique (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 0A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:38 together.

•Adam Henrique had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:32.
•Brett Kulak had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:24.
•EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:38 together.

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Detroit Red Wings edge Ottawa Senators 3–2 (OT)

Detroit Red Wings beat Ottawa Senators 3–2 in overtime at home. Dylan Larkin (DET) led the scoring with 1G 1A. DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:16 together.

•Dylan Larkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:52.
•DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:16 together.
•OTT's first power-play unit (Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:35 together.

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Dallas Stars edge New York Rangers 5–4 (OT)

Dallas Stars beat New York Rangers 5–4 in overtime at NYR. Vincent Trocheck (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. DAL won it by committee.

•Vincent Trocheck had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 23:43.
•Thomas Harley had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 24:41.
•Artemi Panarin had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:58.

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Final / SO

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Columbus Blue Jackets

Pittsburgh Penguins

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 (SO)

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in a shootout at PIT. Rickard Rakell (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CBJ won it by committee.

•Dmitri Voronkov had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:50.
•Rickard Rakell had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:46.
•Adam Fantilli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:14.

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Toronto Maple Leafs edge Philadelphia Flyers 3–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 at PHI. Travis Konecny (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for TOR: Pacioretty–Domi–Lorentz skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Travis Konecny had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:00.
•Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:51.
•John Tavares had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:45.

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Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 6–4

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 6–4 at home. Jake Middleton (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A.

•Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:29.
•Marcus Johansson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:00.
•Dylan Holloway had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:10.

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Winnipeg Jets beat Nashville Predators 5–2

Winnipeg Jets beat Nashville Predators 5–2 at home. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Josh Morrissey (WPG) played 12:24, −12:09 down on his 24:33 season average over 79 games.

•Roman Josi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 28:51.
•Adam Lowry had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:37.
•Mark Scheifele had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:50.

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Calgary Flames edge Anaheim Ducks 3–2 (OT)

Calgary Flames beat Anaheim Ducks 3–2 in overtime at ANA. MacKenzie Weegar (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Drew Helleson (ANA) played 6:19, −10:13 down on his 16:32 season average over 55 games.

•MacKenzie Weegar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 26:46.
•Joel Hanley had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:25.
•Drew Helleson (ANA) played 6:19, −10:13 down on his 16:32 season average over 55 games.

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Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 4–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 4–2 at SJS. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:10 together.

•Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:26.
•William Eklund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:13.
•Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:56.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Rickard Rakell for PIT vs CBJ, 73.6 mph. Full game report →

Rickard Rakell (PIT vs CBJ): Odd-man rush, carried in, 3-on-2 at the blue line, 0 passes, 73.6 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Vincent Trocheck NYR	vs DAL	2	1	3	2	3	0	23:43	—
Thomas Harley DAL	at NYR	1	2	3	6	0	2	24:41	—
Artemi Panarin NYR	vs DAL	0	3	3	3	0	0	22:58	—
Travis Konecny PHI	vs TOR	2	0	2	6	3	2	21:00	—
Alexis Lafrenière NYR	vs DAL	2	0	2	6	3	0	21:43	—
Rickard Rakell PIT	vs CBJ	2	0	2	4	2	0	19:46	—
Dmitri Voronkov CBJ	at PIT	2	0	2	3	2	1	20:50	—
Adam Henrique EDM	at BOS	2	0	2	2	0	1	14:32	—
Mark Stone VGK	at SJS	1	1	2	6	1	3	18:26	—
Jason Robertson DAL	at NYR	1	1	2	5	1	1	17:21	—
MacKenzie Weegar CGY	at ANA	1	1	2	5	1	0	26:46	—
Roman Josi NSH	at WPG	1	1	2	5	0	0	28:51	—

Line changes

New look for OTT: Giroux–Batherson–Stützle skated 11:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TOR: Pacioretty–Domi–Lorentz skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Strome–Vatrano–Leason skated 7:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Alexandar Georgiev SJS	vs VGK	L	41	3	.927
Jonathan Quick NYR	vs DAL	O	39	5	.872
Jeremy Swayman BOS	vs EDM	L	38	3	.921
Pyotr Kochetkov CAR	at TBL	L	33	3	.909
Anton Forsberg OTT	at DET	O	33	3	.909
John Gibson ANA	vs CGY	O	33	3	.909
Joseph Woll TOR	at PHI	W	32	2	.938
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs CAR	W	31	2	.935
Tristan Jarry PIT	vs CBJ	O	29	3	.897
Juuse Saros NSH	at WPG	L	29	4	.897
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs NSH	W	28	2	.929
Dustin Wolf CGY	at ANA	W	28	2	.929
Stuart Skinner EDM	at BOS	W	26	0	.1000
Jake Oettinger DAL	at NYR	W	26	4	.846
Jordan Binnington STL	at MIN	L	25	5	.800
Cam Talbot DET	vs OTT	W	23	2	.913
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	at PIT	W	23	3	.870
Ilya Samsonov VGK	at SJS	W	21	2	.905
Filip Gustavsson MIN	vs STL	—	18	4	.778
Ivan Fedotov PHI	vs TOR	L	17	3	.824
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	vs STL	W	15	0	.1000
Alex Lyon DET	vs OTT	—	10	0	.1000

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