NHL Recaps: Friday, Apr 11, 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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Montreal Canadiens

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at home. Shane Pinto (OTT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for OTT: Giroux–Zetterlund–Cozens skated 8:53 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Shane Pinto had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:26.
•Ridly Greig had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:50.
•Michael Amadio had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:42.

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Detroit Red Wings edge Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 (OT)

Detroit Red Wings beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 in overtime at TBL. Marco Kasper (DET) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Gage Goncalves had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:54.
•Marco Kasper had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:52.
•Anthony Cirelli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:34.

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Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–2 at NJD. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk and Koivunen) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:58 together.

•Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:18.
•Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:07.
•Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:34.

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Edmonton Oilers beat San Jose Sharks 4–2

Edmonton Oilers beat San Jose Sharks 4–2 at home. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 4A. EDM's first power-play unit (Perry, Henrique, Arvidsson, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:38 together.

•Connor McDavid had 4 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 23:37.
•Evan Bouchard had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 28:24.
•Adam Henrique had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:44.

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Calgary Flames beat Minnesota Wild 4–2

Calgary Flames beat Minnesota Wild 4–2 at home. Mikael Backlund (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CGY's first power-play unit (Kadri, Huberdeau, Weegar, Frost and Coronato) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:24 together.

•CGY's first power-play unit (Kadri, Huberdeau, Weegar, Frost and Coronato) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:24 together.
•Jared Spurgeon (MIN) played 11:53, −8:42 down on his 20:35 season average over 65 games.
•New look for CGY: Frost–Pospisil–Sharangovich skated 6:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% 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: Christian Dvorak for MTL @ OTT, 78.2 mph. Full game report →

Christian Dvorak (MTL @ OTT): Odd-man rush, passed in, 2-on-0 at the blue line, 1 pass, 78.2 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Connor McDavid EDM	vs SJS	0	4	4	4	0	0	23:37	—
Marco Kasper DET	at TBL	2	0	2	5	2	0	19:52	—
Gage Goncalves TBL	vs DET	2	0	2	2	2	1	17:54	—
Shane Pinto OTT	vs MTL	2	0	2	2	1	1	17:26	—
Evgeni Malkin PIT	at NJD	1	1	2	6	1	1	15:07	—
Evan Bouchard EDM	vs SJS	1	1	2	5	0	1	28:24	—
Sidney Crosby PIT	at NJD	1	1	2	4	0	1	21:34	—
Ridly Greig OTT	vs MTL	1	1	2	3	0	0	19:50	—
Patrick Kane DET	at TBL	1	1	2	2	0	2	19:56	—
Anthony Cirelli TBL	vs DET	1	1	2	1	0	2	16:34	—
Bryan Rust PIT	at NJD	1	1	2	1	0	1	19:18	—
Brandon Hagel TBL	vs DET	0	2	2	3	3	3	18:48	—

Line changes

New look for OTT: Giroux–Zetterlund–Cozens skated 8:53 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for OTT: Highmore–Hodgson–Gaudette skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CGY: Frost–Pospisil–Sharangovich skated 6:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CGY: Lomberg–Rooney–Farabee skated 4:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Hinostroza–Hartman–Trenin skated 6:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Samuel Montembeault MTL	at OTT	L	33	4	.879
Georgi Romanov SJS	at EDM	L	33	3	.909
Filip Gustavsson MIN	at CGY	L	29	4	.862
Tristan Jarry PIT	at NJD	W	28	2	.929
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs DET	O	26	4	.846
Calvin Pickard EDM	vs SJS	W	24	2	.917
Jake Allen NJD	vs PIT	L	23	3	.913
Linus Ullmark OTT	vs MTL	W	22	2	.909
Alex Lyon DET	at TBL	W	21	3	.857
Dustin Wolf CGY	vs MIN	W	18	2	.889
Marc-Andre Fleury MIN	at CGY	—	3	0	.1000

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