NHL Recaps: Monday, Jan 27, 2025

5 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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Los Angeles Kings

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2

Detroit Red Wings beat Los Angeles Kings 5–2 at home. Lucas Raymond (DET) led the scoring with 1G 3A. DET's first power-play unit (Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider, Raymond and Kasper) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:50 together.

•Lucas Raymond had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 18:40.
•Marco Kasper had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:38.
•Dylan Larkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:06.

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Philadelphia Flyers beat New Jersey Devils 4–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat New Jersey Devils 4–2 at home. Scott Laughton (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PHI's first power-play unit (Ristolainen, Konecny, Tippett, Frost and Brink) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:13 together.

•Scott Laughton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:10.
•Rasmus Ristolainen had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:15.
•Travis Konecny had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:43.

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Vancouver Canucks beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

Vancouver Canucks beat St. Louis Blues 5–2 at STL. Conor Garland (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Boeser, Garland, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:01 together.

•Conor Garland had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:15.
•Pius Suter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:30.
•Tyler Myers had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:58.

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

Edmonton Oilers beat Seattle Kraken 4–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Seattle Kraken 4–2 at home. Mattias Ekholm (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for EDM: Henrique–Arvidsson–Podkolzin skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Mattias Ekholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:42.
•New look for EDM: Henrique–Arvidsson–Podkolzin skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jamie Oleksiak (SEA) played 12:04, −6:48 down on his 18:52 season average over 81 games.

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

San Jose Sharks edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1

San Jose Sharks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 at home. Mikael Granlund (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for PIT: Bunting–Beauvillier–Glass skated 10:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for PIT: Bunting–Beauvillier–Glass skated 10:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for SJS: Goodrow–White–Duehr skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Will Smith (SJS) played 12:44, −3:10 down on his 15:54 season average over 73 games.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Dylan Holloway for STL vs VAN, 86.5 mph. Full game report →

Dylan Holloway (STL vs VAN): Cycle, 5 passes, 86.5 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Lucas Raymond DET	vs LAK	1	3	4	4	0	1	18:40	—
Marco Kasper DET	vs LAK	2	1	3	4	2	1	18:38	—
Conor Garland VAN	at STL	2	0	2	6	0	0	20:15	—
Mattias Ekholm EDM	vs SEA	1	1	2	5	1	2	24:42	—
Tyler Myers VAN	at STL	1	1	2	5	0	2	22:58	—
Scott Laughton PHI	vs NJD	1	1	2	3	2	1	16:10	—
Pius Suter VAN	at STL	1	1	2	1	0	0	19:30	—
Dylan Larkin DET	vs LAK	0	2	2	5	1	0	20:06	—
Quinn Hughes VAN	at STL	0	2	2	3	0	0	24:25	—
Travis Konecny PHI	vs NJD	0	2	2	2	3	1	23:43	—
Rasmus Ristolainen PHI	vs NJD	0	2	2	0	2	2	20:15	—
Elias Pettersson VAN	at STL	0	1	1	7	1	1	14:24	—

Line changes

New look for NJD: Dowling–Cotter–Halonen skated 7:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for EDM: Henrique–Arvidsson–Podkolzin skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PIT: Bunting–Beauvillier–Glass skated 10:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Goodrow–White–Duehr skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Samuel Ersson PHI	vs NJD	W	33	2	.939
Joey Daccord SEA	at EDM	L	30	3	.900
Yaroslav Askarov SJS	vs PIT	W	30	1	.967
Calvin Pickard EDM	vs SEA	W	28	2	.929
Alex Nedeljkovic PIT	at SJS	L	28	2	.929
Darcy Kuemper LAK	at DET	L	27	4	.852
Kevin Lankinen VAN	at STL	W	26	2	.923
Cam Talbot DET	vs LAK	W	25	2	.960
Jake Allen NJD	at PHI	L	25	3	.880
Jordan Binnington STL	vs VAN	L	18	3	.833
Joel Hofer STL	vs VAN	—	11	1	.909

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