NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Jan 15, 2025

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

Game recaps

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Carolina Hurricanes

2

Buffalo Sabres

4

Buffalo Sabres beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 at home. Ryan McLeod (BUF) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for BUF: Lafferty–Malenstyn–Kozak skated 10:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

• •Ryan McLeod had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:06.
• •Brent Burns had 2 assists (2 points) on 8 shots in 22:46.
• •Jason Zucker had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:01.

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Edmonton Oilers

5

Minnesota Wild

3

Edmonton Oilers beat Minnesota Wild 5–3

Edmonton Oilers beat Minnesota Wild 5–3 at MIN. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

• •Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:38.
• •Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 26:55.
• •Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:56.

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