NHL Recaps: Sunday, Mar 16, 2025

7 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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Vegas Golden Knights

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Detroit Red Wings beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 at home. Marco Kasper (DET) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Albert Johansson (DET) played 21:11, +4:54 up on his 16:17 season average over 60 games.

•Albert Johansson (DET) played 21:11, +4:54 up on his 16:17 season average over 60 games.
•New look for DET: Smith–Motte–Rasmussen skated 7:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Zach Whitecloud (VGK) played 23:59, +6:34 up on his 17:25 season average over 73 games.

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Colorado Avalanche edge Dallas Stars 4–3 (OT)

Colorado Avalanche beat Dallas Stars 4–3 in overtime at home. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 5:29 together.

•Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 23:51.
•Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:44.
•Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:33.

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Edmonton Oilers beat New York Rangers 3–1

Edmonton Oilers beat New York Rangers 3–1 at NYR. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 3A. EDM's first power-play unit (Perry, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:14 together.

•Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had 3 assists (3 points) in 19:06.
•EDM's first power-play unit (Perry, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:14 together.
•New look for EDM: Henrique–Kapanen–McDavid skated 4:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New York Islanders beat Florida Panthers 4–2

New York Islanders beat Florida Panthers 4–2 at home. Sam Reinhart (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Dmitry Kulikov (FLA) played 6:00, −13:28 down on his 19:28 season average over 69 games.

•Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:32.
•Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:57.
•Tony DeAngelo had 2 assists (2 points) in 23:42.

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St. Louis Blues rout Anaheim Ducks 7–2

St. Louis Blues beat Anaheim Ducks 7–2 at home. Jordan Kyrou (STL) led the scoring with 0G 3A.

•Jordan Kyrou had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:33.
•Cutter Gauthier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:44.
•Dylan Holloway had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:05.

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Utah Mammoth beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1

Utah Mammoth beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1 at VAN. Nick Schmaltz (UTA) led the scoring with 0G 2A. VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:29 together.

•Nick Schmaltz had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:57.
•VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:29 together.
•New look for UTA: Kerfoot–Schmaltz–Keller skated 11:33 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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Winnipeg Jets edge Seattle Kraken 3–2 (OT)

Winnipeg Jets beat Seattle Kraken 3–2 in overtime at SEA. Dylan Samberg (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jani Nyman (SEA) played 9:19, −5:06 down on his 14:25 season average over 11 games.

•Cole Perfetti had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:50.
•Dylan Samberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:49.
•Vladislav Namestnikov had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:42.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Dylan Holloway for STL vs ANA, 85.1 mph. Full game report →

Dylan Holloway (STL vs ANA): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 85.1 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Cale Makar COL	vs DAL	1	2	3	1	1	1	23:51	—
Jordan Kyrou STL	vs ANA	0	3	3	1	1	0	15:33	—
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM	at NYR	0	3	3	0	0	1	19:06	—
Sam Reinhart FLA	at NYI	1	1	2	6	1	1	18:57	—
Dylan Samberg WPG	at SEA	1	1	2	5	1	2	22:49	—
Cole Perfetti WPG	at SEA	1	1	2	4	3	0	15:50	—
Valeri Nichushkin COL	vs DAL	1	1	2	3	2	0	17:33	—
Cutter Gauthier ANA	at STL	1	1	2	3	1	0	14:44	—
Aleksander Barkov FLA	at NYI	1	1	2	3	1	0	17:32	—
Jonathan Drouin COL	vs DAL	1	1	2	2	1	0	14:44	—
Dylan Holloway STL	vs ANA	1	1	2	2	1	0	17:05	—
Jake Neighbours STL	vs ANA	1	1	2	1	1	2	13:28	—

Line changes

New look for DET: Smith–Motte–Rasmussen skated 7:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for EDM: Henrique–Kapanen–McDavid skated 4:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYI: Palmieri–Horvat–Holmstrom skated 12:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for UTA: Kerfoot–Schmaltz–Keller skated 11:33 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 UTA: Hayton–Guenther–Cooley skated 9:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jake Oettinger DAL	at COL	O	35	4	.886
Vitek Vanecek FLA	at NYI	L	33	3	.909
Ilya Samsonov VGK	at DET	L	27	3	.889
Joey Daccord SEA	vs WPG	O	26	3	.885
Jordan Binnington STL	vs ANA	W	25	2	.920
Ilya Sorokin NYI	vs FLA	W	24	2	.917
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs EDM	L	23	3	.870
Scott Wedgewood COL	vs DAL	W	22	3	.864
Stuart Skinner EDM	at NYR	W	22	1	.955
Kevin Lankinen VAN	vs UTA	L	22	2	.909
Karel Vejmelka UTA	at VAN	W	19	1	.947
Petr Mrazek DET	vs VGK	W	18	0	.1000
Eric Comrie WPG	at SEA	W	15	1	.933
Lukas Dostal ANA	at STL	L	14	5	.643
Ville Husso ANA	at STL	—	12	2	.833
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at SEA	—	6	1	.833

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