NHL Recaps: Monday, Mar 10, 2025

4 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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Edmonton Oilers

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres edge Edmonton Oilers 3–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Edmonton Oilers 3–2 at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:03 together.

•Tage Thompson had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:29.
•Leon Draisaitl had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:26.
•EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:03 together.

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Ottawa Senators edge Detroit Red Wings 2–1

Ottawa Senators beat Detroit Red Wings 2–1 at home. Dylan Larkin (DET) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Linus Ullmark (OTT) faced 49 shots and stopped 48 (.980), +21 against a season average of 27.9; the win.

•Linus Ullmark (OTT) faced 49 shots and stopped 48 (.980), +21 against a season average of 27.9; the win.
•OTT's first power-play unit (Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 3:23 together.
•New look for DET: Smith–Tarasenko–Compher skated 8:20 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–0 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Alec Martinez (CHI) played 3:23, −15:42 down on his 19:05 season average over 43 games.

•Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 23:58.
•Alec Martinez (CHI) played 3:23, −15:42 down on his 19:05 season average over 43 games.
•New look for CHI: Dickinson–Dach–Bedard skated 9:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Toronto Maple Leafs edge Utah Mammoth 4–3 (SO)

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Utah Mammoth 4–3 in a shootout at UTA. Nick Schmaltz (UTA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Nylander, Marner, Matthews and Knies) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:35 together.

•TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Nylander, Marner, Matthews and Knies) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:35 together.
•UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Hayton and Guenther) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:47 together.
•New look for TOR: Tavares–Jarnkrok–Nylander skated 10:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Evan Bouchard for EDM @ BUF, 85.3 mph. Full game report →

Evan Bouchard (EDM @ BUF): Off the faceoff, 2 passes, 85.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Tage Thompson BUF	vs EDM	2	0	2	3	1	1	15:29	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	vs CHI	0	2	2	6	0	1	23:58	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	at BUF	0	2	2	4	0	1	23:26	—
Dylan Cozens OTT	vs DET	1	0	1	3	8	0	14:04	—
Dylan Guenther UTA	vs TOR	0	1	1	7	0	0	19:17	—
Alex DeBrincat DET	at OTT	0	0	0	11	1	0	16:50	—

Line changes

New look for BUF: Krebs–Quinn–Benson skated 11:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for EDM: Perry–Henrique–Jones skated 6:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DET: Smith–Tarasenko–Compher skated 8:20 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for OTT: Highmore–Gaudette–Zetterlund skated 5:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CHI: Dickinson–Dach–Bedard skated 9:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CHI: Bertuzzi–Veleno–Reichel skated 6:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CHI: Foligno–Slaggert–Nazar skated 7:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TOR: Tavares–Jarnkrok–Nylander skated 10:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Linus Ullmark OTT	vs DET	W	49	1	.980
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	vs EDM	W	34	2	.941
Joseph Woll TOR	at UTA	W	33	3	.909
Karel Vejmelka UTA	vs TOR	O	26	3	.885
Stuart Skinner EDM	at BUF	L	23	3	.870
Cam Talbot DET	at OTT	L	23	2	.913
Scott Wedgewood COL	vs CHI	W	20	0	.1000
Spencer Knight CHI	at COL	L	20	2	.900

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