NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Apr 9, 2025

5 games: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final / OT

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Toronto Maple Leafs

Tampa Bay Lightning

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 (OT)

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 in overtime at TBL. Matthew Knies (TOR) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

•Matthew Knies had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:42.
•Mitch Marner had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 23:22.
•Auston Matthews had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:20.

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Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Rangers 8–5

Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Rangers 8–5 at NYR. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 4A. PHI won it by committee.

•Tyson Foerster had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:24.
•Mika Zibanejad had 4 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 20:33.
•Nick Seeler had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 23:49.

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Minnesota Wild edge San Jose Sharks 8–7 (OT)

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 8–7 in overtime at home. Macklin Celebrini (SJS) led the scoring with 3G 2A. MIN won it by committee.

•Macklin Celebrini had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 4 shots in 19:09.
•Joel Eriksson Ek had 4 goals (4 points) on 8 shots in 20:04.
•Will Smith had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 20:44.

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Edmonton Oilers edge St. Louis Blues 4–3

Edmonton Oilers beat St. Louis Blues 4–3 at home. Pavel Buchnevich (STL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. EDM won it by committee.

•Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:45.
•Connor McDavid had 3 assists (3 points) in 20:35.
•Connor Brown had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:34.

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Anaheim Ducks edge Calgary Flames 4–3 (OT)

Anaheim Ducks beat Calgary Flames 4–3 in overtime at home. Cutter Gauthier (ANA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Ville Husso (ANA) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +13 against a season average of 25.8; the win.

•Cutter Gauthier had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 15:56.
•Mikael Backlund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:30.
•Joel Hanley had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:11.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Victor Hedman for TBL vs TOR, 73.4 mph. Full game report →

Victor Hedman (TBL vs TOR): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 73.4 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Macklin Celebrini SJS	at MIN	3	2	5	4	2	0	19:09	—
Joel Eriksson Ek MIN	vs SJS	4	0	4	8	4	0	20:04	—
Will Smith SJS	at MIN	1	3	4	3	1	0	20:44	—
Matt Boldy MIN	vs SJS	0	4	4	4	0	1	19:55	—
Mika Zibanejad NYR	vs PHI	0	4	4	3	0	0	20:33	—
Matthew Knies TOR	at TBL	3	0	3	6	1	0	17:42	—
Tyson Foerster PHI	at NYR	3	0	3	4	2	0	15:24	—
Kirill Kaprizov MIN	vs SJS	2	1	3	9	0	1	19:28	—
Mitch Marner TOR	at TBL	1	2	3	3	1	1	23:22	—
Pavel Buchnevich STL	at EDM	1	2	3	2	0	0	20:45	—
Mats Zuccarello MIN	vs SJS	0	3	3	4	1	1	19:41	—
Nick Seeler PHI	at NYR	0	3	3	2	2	7	23:49	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Alexandar Georgiev SJS	at MIN	O	44	8	.818
Ville Husso ANA	vs CGY	W	39	3	.923
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs TOR	O	31	4	.871
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	vs SJS	W	31	7	.774
Aleksei Kolosov PHI	at NYR	W	29	5	.828
Anthony Stolarz TOR	at TBL	W	28	3	.893
Jonathan Quick NYR	vs PHI	L	28	6	.786
Calvin Pickard EDM	vs STL	W	26	3	.885
Jordan Binnington STL	at EDM	L	23	4	.826
Dustin Wolf CGY	at ANA	O	23	4	.826

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