NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Mar 12, 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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Buffalo Sabres

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings rout Buffalo Sabres 7–3

Detroit Red Wings beat Buffalo Sabres 7–3 at home. Patrick Kane (DET) led the scoring with 2G 3A.

•Patrick Kane had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 17:21.
•Alex DeBrincat had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 15:13.
•Marco Kasper had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:25.

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Vancouver Canucks edge Calgary Flames 4–3 (SO)

Vancouver Canucks beat Calgary Flames 4–3 in a shootout at CGY. Jonathan Huberdeau (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:06 together.

•Jonathan Huberdeau had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:02.
•Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:57.
•Nazem Kadri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 23:48.

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Utah Mammoth edge Anaheim Ducks 3–2

Utah Mammoth beat Anaheim Ducks 3–2 at home. Dylan Guenther (UTA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Hayton and Guenther) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:47 together.

•Dylan Guenther had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 18:36.
•UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Hayton and Guenther) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:47 together.
•New look for ANA: Strome–Terry–Zegras skated 9:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Seattle Kraken edge Montreal Canadiens 5–4 (OT)

Seattle Kraken beat Montreal Canadiens 5–4 in overtime at home. Brandon Montour (SEA) led the scoring with 2G 2A.

•Brandon Montour had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 23:46.
•Jordan Eberle had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:39.
•Juraj Slafkovský had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:56.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Tage Thompson for BUF @ DET, 86.3 mph. Full game report →

Tage Thompson (BUF @ DET): Rush, carried in, 0 passes, 86.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Patrick Kane DET	vs BUF	2	3	5	5	0	1	17:21	—
Brandon Montour SEA	vs MTL	2	2	4	3	1	2	23:46	—
Alex DeBrincat DET	vs BUF	1	3	4	1	0	0	15:13	—
Marco Kasper DET	vs BUF	2	1	3	3	1	0	15:25	—
Jordan Eberle SEA	vs MTL	0	3	3	4	0	0	17:39	—
Dylan Larkin DET	vs BUF	0	3	3	1	0	1	20:53	—
Jonathan Huberdeau CGY	vs VAN	2	0	2	4	0	1	26:02	—
Juraj Slafkovský MTL	at SEA	2	0	2	4	1	0	18:56	—
Dylan Guenther UTA	vs ANA	1	1	2	8	1	1	18:36	—
Nazem Kadri CGY	vs VAN	1	1	2	7	2	1	23:48	—
Tage Thompson BUF	at DET	1	1	2	3	0	0	17:06	—
Elias Pettersson VAN	at CGY	1	1	2	2	1	1	20:57	—

Line changes

New look for ANA: Strome–Terry–Zegras skated 9:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Johnston–Lundeström–Leason skated 6:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Ville Husso ANA	at UTA	L	39	3	.923
Jakub Dobes MTL	at SEA	O	35	5	.857
Dustin Wolf CGY	vs VAN	O	31	3	.903
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	at DET	L	29	7	.759
Petr Mrazek DET	vs BUF	W	26	3	.885
Joey Daccord SEA	vs MTL	W	25	4	.840
Kevin Lankinen VAN	at CGY	W	23	3	.870
Karel Vejmelka UTA	vs ANA	W	21	2	.905

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