NHL Recaps: Sunday, Jan 19, 2025

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Ottawa Senators

New Jersey Devils

Ottawa Senators edge New Jersey Devils 2–1

Ottawa Senators beat New Jersey Devils 2–1 at NJD. Tomas Tatar (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Michael Amadio (OTT) played 8:22, −5:49 down on his 14:11 season average over 71 games.

•Michael Amadio (OTT) played 8:22, −5:49 down on his 14:11 season average over 71 games.
•Matthew Highmore (OTT) played 14:16, +3:11 up on his 11:05 season average over 40 games.
•Dawson Mercer (NJD) played 13:47, −4:09 down on his 17:56 season average over 81 games.

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Montreal Canadiens edge New York Rangers 5–4 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat New York Rangers 5–4 in overtime at home. Brendan Gallagher (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:15 together.

•Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 12:08.
•Christian Dvorak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:40.
•Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:55.

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Dallas Stars beat Detroit Red Wings 4–1

Dallas Stars beat Detroit Red Wings 4–1 at home. Jason Robertson (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for DAL: Steel–Bäck–Stankoven skated 12:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Jason Robertson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:15.
•Matt Duchene had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:27.
•New look for DAL: Steel–Bäck–Stankoven skated 12:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Nick Suzuki for MTL vs NYR, 65.4 mph. Full game report →

Nick Suzuki (MTL vs NYR): Forecheck turnover, 0 passes, 65.4 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brendan Gallagher MTL	vs NYR	1	1	2	5	2	0	12:08	—
Christian Dvorak MTL	vs NYR	1	1	2	3	0	2	15:40	—
Jason Robertson DAL	vs DET	1	1	2	2	0	0	15:15	—
Matt Duchene DAL	vs DET	0	2	2	3	1	0	15:27	—
Adam Fox NYR	at MTL	0	2	2	1	1	0	22:55	—

Line changes

New look for DAL: Steel–Bäck–Stankoven skated 12:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Benn–Duchene–Bourque skated 11:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DET: Tarasenko–Compher–Rasmussen skated 8:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jonathan Quick NYR	at MTL	O	37	5	.865
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs DET	W	34	1	.971
Jakub Dobes MTL	vs NYR	W	28	4	.857
Anton Forsberg OTT	at NJD	W	26	1	.962
Alex Lyon DET	at DAL	L	25	4	.840
Jacob Markstrom NJD	vs OTT	L	20	2	.900

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.