NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Feb 5, 2025

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

Game recaps

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Boston Bruins

2

New York Rangers

3

New York Rangers edge Boston Bruins 3–2

New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 3–2 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for BOS: Kastelic–Koepke–Beecher skated 4:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

• •Mika Zibanejad had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:12.
• •New look for BOS: Kastelic–Koepke–Beecher skated 4:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
• •K'Andre Miller (NYR) played 25:00, +3:06 up on his 21:54 season average over 73 games.

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Final / OT

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Edmonton Oilers

4

Chicago Blackhawks

3

Edmonton Oilers edge Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 (OT)

Edmonton Oilers beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 in overtime at CHI. Ryan Donato (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CHI's first power-play unit (Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Jones, Donato and Bedard) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:07 together.

• •Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:27.
• •Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:22.
• •Ryan Donato had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:24.

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Final

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Montreal Canadiens

3

Los Angeles Kings

6

Los Angeles Kings beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3

Los Angeles Kings beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3 at home. Quinton Byfield (LAK) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Jakub Dobes (MTL) faced 36 shots and stopped 31 (.861), +9 against a season average of 27.5; the loss.

• •Quinton Byfield had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:15.
• •Kevin Fiala had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:06.
• •Vladislav Gavrikov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:08.

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