NHL Recaps: Monday, Apr 7, 2025

5 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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Tampa Bay Lightning

New York Rangers

Tampa Bay Lightning rout New York Rangers 5–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat New York Rangers 5–1 at NYR. Brayden Point (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Hedman, Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand and Point) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 3:49 together.

•Brayden Point had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:54.
•Nikita Kucherov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:28.
•Jake Guentzel had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:24.

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Winnipeg Jets beat St. Louis Blues 3–1

Winnipeg Jets beat St. Louis Blues 3–1 at home. Alex Iafallo (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Alex Iafallo (WPG) played 17:23, +4:09 up on his 13:14 season average over 81 games.

•Alex Iafallo (WPG) played 17:23, +4:09 up on his 13:14 season average over 81 games.
•Dylan DeMelo (WPG) played 25:54, +4:25 up on his 21:29 season average over 81 games.
•Nathan Walker (STL) played 16:06, +4:03 up on his 12:03 season average over 72 games.

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Anaheim Ducks edge Edmonton Oilers 3–2

Anaheim Ducks beat Edmonton Oilers 3–2 at home. Cutter Gauthier (ANA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Lukas Dostal (ANA) faced 47 shots and stopped 45 (.957), +17 against a season average of 30.1; the win.

•Cutter Gauthier had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:14.
•Adam Henrique had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:35.
•Lukas Dostal (ANA) faced 47 shots and stopped 45 (.957), +17 against a season average of 30.1; the win.

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

Seattle Kraken edge Los Angeles Kings 2–1

Seattle Kraken beat Los Angeles Kings 2–1 at LAK. Brandon Montour (SEA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for SEA: Tolvanen–Kakko–Beniers skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for SEA: Tolvanen–Kakko–Beniers skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jordan Spence (LAK) played 24:35, +7:54 up on his 16:41 season average over 78 games.
•Eeli Tolvanen (SEA) played 21:07, +6:53 up on his 14:14 season average over 80 games.

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Calgary Flames edge San Jose Sharks 3–2

Calgary Flames beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 at SJS. Will Smith (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CGY's first power-play unit (Kadri, Huberdeau, Weegar, Frost and Coronato) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:13 together.

•Will Smith had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:25.
•Macklin Celebrini had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:07.
•CGY's first power-play unit (Kadri, Huberdeau, Weegar, Frost and Coronato) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:13 together.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Matt Coronato for CGY @ SJS, 73.3 mph. Full game report →

Matt Coronato (CGY @ SJS): Forecheck turnover, 0 passes, 73.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brayden Point TBL	at NYR	2	1	3	4	0	0	17:54	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at NYR	1	2	3	2	0	0	20:28	—
Jake Guentzel TBL	at NYR	0	3	3	2	0	0	19:24	—
Cutter Gauthier ANA	vs EDM	2	0	2	5	0	0	17:14	—
Will Smith SJS	vs CGY	2	0	2	4	0	0	19:25	—
Adam Henrique EDM	at ANA	1	1	2	3	1	0	19:35	—
Macklin Celebrini SJS	vs CGY	0	2	2	4	0	0	21:07	—
Adam Klapka CGY	at SJS	1	0	1	3	6	2	10:01	—
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM	at ANA	0	0	0	7	0	1	22:38	—
Adam Larsson SEA	at LAK	0	0	0	3	2	6	22:29	—
Braden Schneider NYR	vs TBL	0	0	0	2	6	2	22:15	—

Line changes

New look for SEA: Tolvanen–Kakko–Beniers skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Kovalenko–Smith–Celebrini skated 11:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Lukas Dostal ANA	vs EDM	W	47	2	.957
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at NYR	W	39	1	.974
Georgi Romanov SJS	vs CGY	L	32	3	.906
Dustin Wolf CGY	at SJS	W	31	2	.935
Joey Daccord SEA	at LAK	W	29	1	.966
Darcy Kuemper LAK	vs SEA	L	28	2	.929
Joel Hofer STL	at WPG	L	25	2	.920
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs TBL	L	22	4	.818
Olivier Rodrigue EDM	at ANA	L	21	3	.857
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs STL	W	15	1	.933

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