NHL Recaps: Friday, Feb 28, 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

Toronto Maple Leafs

New York Rangers

Toronto Maple Leafs edge New York Rangers 3–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat New York Rangers 3–2 at NYR. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) played 24:44, +6:03 up on his 18:41 season average over 81 games.

•Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:44.
•Mika Zibanejad (NYR) played 24:44, +6:03 up on his 18:41 season average over 81 games.
•Anthony Stolarz (TOR) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +7 against a season average of 28.1; the win.

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

Dallas Stars rout Los Angeles Kings 6–2

Dallas Stars beat Los Angeles Kings 6–2 at home. Roope Hintz (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 4A.

•Roope Hintz had 4 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 14:16.
•Jason Robertson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 13:37.
•Logan Stankoven had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:29.

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at home. Ross Colton (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Hinostroza, Boldy, Rossi and Faber) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:28 together.

•Ross Colton had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 10:11.
•Oliver Kylington had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:52.
•MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Hinostroza, Boldy, Rossi and Faber) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:28 together.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Oliver Ekman-Larsson for TOR @ NYR, 64.5 mph. Full game report →

Oliver Ekman-Larsson (TOR @ NYR): Forecheck turnover, 3 passes, 64.5 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Roope Hintz DAL	vs LAK	0	4	4	3	0	0	14:16	—
Ross Colton COL	vs MIN	2	1	3	5	2	1	10:11	—
Jason Robertson DAL	vs LAK	1	2	3	4	0	0	13:37	—
Logan Stankoven DAL	vs LAK	2	0	2	4	3	1	12:29	—
Mika Zibanejad NYR	vs TOR	1	1	2	3	1	1	24:44	—
Sam Steel DAL	vs LAK	1	1	2	1	0	0	15:02	—
Thomas Harley DAL	vs LAK	0	2	2	3	1	0	23:35	—
Oliver Kylington COL	vs MIN	0	2	2	0	0	3	12:52	—
Simon Benoit TOR	at NYR	0	0	0	0	5	4	18:55	—

Line changes

New look for TOR: Reaves–Lorentz–Kampf skated 6:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Hinostroza–Boldy–Rossi skated 13:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Johansson–Zuccarello–Gaudreau skated 11:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Anthony Stolarz TOR	at NYR	W	35	2	.943
Darcy Kuemper LAK	at DAL	L	31	6	.806
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs LAK	W	31	2	.935
Filip Gustavsson MIN	at COL	L	29	4	.862
Mackenzie Blackwood COL	vs MIN	W	20	2	.900
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs TOR	L	16	3	.813

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.