NHL Recaps: Thursday, Apr 24, 2025

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

Game recaps

Final

PlayoffsFull report

Florida Panthers

Tampa Bay Lightning

Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2–0

Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2–0 at TBL. Sam Bennett (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for TBL: Kucherov–Guentzel–Point skated 7:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for TBL: Kucherov–Guentzel–Point skated 7:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Aleksander Barkov (FLA) played 15:41, −5:01 down on his 20:42 season average over 22 games.
•New look for TBL: Glendening–Girgensons–Chaffee skated 6:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Ottawa Senators 3–2 (OT)

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Ottawa Senators 3–2 in overtime at OTT. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Nylander, Marner, Matthews and Knies) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:07 together.

•Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:55.
•Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:43.
•Mitch Marner had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:52.

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

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at home. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy and Buium) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:18 together.

•Kirill Kaprizov had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:09.
•Marco Rossi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 10:52.
•Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:03.

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

St. Louis Blues rout Winnipeg Jets 7–2

St. Louis Blues beat Winnipeg Jets 7–2 at home. Cam Fowler (STL) led the scoring with 1G 4A. STL's first power-play unit (Fowler, Buchnevich, Thomas, Bolduc and Snuggerud) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:06 together.

•Cam Fowler had a goal and 4 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 19:03.
•Pavel Buchnevich had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 5 shots in 18:58.
•Robert Thomas had 4 assists (4 points) in 16:53.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Colton Parayko for STL vs WPG, 87.3 mph. Full game report →

Colton Parayko (STL vs WPG): Off the faceoff, 2 passes, 87.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Cam Fowler STL	vs WPG	1	4	5	5	0	2	19:03	—
Pavel Buchnevich STL	vs WPG	3	1	4	5	5	0	18:58	—
Robert Thomas STL	vs WPG	0	4	4	0	0	0	16:53	—
Kirill Kaprizov MIN	vs VGK	2	0	2	6	0	1	21:09	—
Matt Boldy MIN	vs VGK	1	1	2	5	0	0	23:03	—
Marco Rossi MIN	vs VGK	1	1	2	4	1	0	10:52	—
Auston Matthews TOR	at OTT	1	1	2	2	3	0	19:55	—
Claude Giroux OTT	vs TOR	1	1	2	1	0	0	15:43	—
Mitch Marner TOR	at OTT	0	2	2	0	2	0	19:52	—
Jake Neighbours STL	vs WPG	0	1	1	2	8	0	14:33	—
Jaret Anderson-Dolan WPG	at STL	0	1	1	0	6	2	8:27	—
Justin Brazeau MIN	vs VGK	0	1	1	0	8	0	7:54	—

Line changes

New look for TBL: Kucherov–Guentzel–Point skated 7:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TBL: Glendening–Girgensons–Chaffee skated 6:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TBL: Gourde–Cirelli–Hagel skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for TOR: Pacioretty–Domi–McMann skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Filip Gustavsson MIN	vs VGK	W	32	2	.938
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at STL	L	25	6	.760
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs FLA	L	22	1	.955
Adin Hill VGK	at MIN	L	21	4	.810
Anthony Stolarz TOR	at OTT	W	20	2	.900
Linus Ullmark OTT	vs TOR	L	20	3	.850
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at TBL	W	19	0	.1000
Jordan Binnington STL	vs WPG	W	19	2	.895
Akira Schmid VGK	at MIN	—	9	0	.1000
Eric Comrie WPG	at STL	—	3	1	.667

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