NHL Recaps: Friday, Apr 25, 2025

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

Game recaps

Final

PlayoffsFull report

Washington Capitals

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens beat Washington Capitals 6–3

Montreal Canadiens beat Washington Capitals 6–3 at home. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:37 together.

•Alex Newhook had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:16.
•Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 11 shots in 19:29.
•MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:37 together.

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

New Jersey Devils edge Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 (OT)

New Jersey Devils beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 in overtime at home. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis and Blake) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:33 together.

•Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:34.
•CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis and Blake) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:33 together.
•Timo Meier (NJD) played 30:28, +10:49 up on his 19:39 season average over 4 games.

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

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 7–4

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 7–4 at home. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Connor McDavid had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:43.
•Connor Brown had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:07.
•Evan Bouchard had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:44.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Jakob Chychrun for WSH @ MTL, 89.3 mph. Full game report →

Jakob Chychrun (WSH @ MTL): Cycle, 1 pass, 89.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Connor McDavid EDM	vs LAK	1	2	3	4	1	0	21:43	—
Evan Bouchard EDM	vs LAK	2	0	2	4	1	1	20:44	—
Connor Brown EDM	vs LAK	2	0	2	3	0	1	14:07	—
Cole Caufield MTL	vs WSH	1	1	2	11	2	0	19:29	—
Evander Kane EDM	vs LAK	1	1	2	4	5	0	13:07	—
Sebastian Aho CAR	at NJD	1	1	2	4	4	0	25:34	—
Drew Doughty LAK	at EDM	1	1	2	4	0	0	27:54	—
Adrian Kempe LAK	at EDM	1	1	2	3	0	2	21:19	—
Alex Newhook MTL	vs WSH	1	1	2	3	0	0	15:16	—
Trevor Moore LAK	at EDM	1	1	2	1	7	2	19:41	—
Zach Hyman EDM	vs LAK	0	2	2	3	5	0	16:29	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	vs LAK	0	2	2	3	0	0	21:38	—

Line changes

New look for MTL: Armia–Heineman–Kapanen skated 6:19 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%
Frederik Andersen CAR	at NJD	L	37	3	.919
Logan Thompson WSH	at MTL	L	35	5	.857
Darcy Kuemper LAK	at EDM	L	35	5	.857
Calvin Pickard EDM	vs LAK	W	28	4	.857
Jacob Markstrom NJD	vs CAR	W	27	2	.926
Samuel Montembeault MTL	vs WSH	—	13	2	.846
Jakub Dobes MTL	vs WSH	W	8	1	.875
Charlie Lindgren WSH	at MTL	—	5	1	.800

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.