NHL Recaps: Saturday, Apr 26, 2025

4 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

Florida Panthers

Tampa Bay Lightning rout Florida Panthers 5–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Florida Panthers 5–1 at FLA. Jake Guentzel (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for FLA: Bennett–Rodrigues–Tkachuk skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Jake Guentzel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 23:46.
•Nikita Kucherov had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:34.
•Gage Goncalves had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:31.

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Minnesota Wild 4–3 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 4–3 in overtime at MIN. Tomas Hertl (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 46 shots and stopped 42 (.913), +15 against a season average of 30.8; the loss.

•Ivan Barbashev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:39.
•Nicolas Roy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:58.
•Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:14.

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

Ottawa Senators edge Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 (OT)

Ottawa Senators beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 in overtime at home. Jake Sanderson (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. OTT's first power-play unit (Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:23 together.

•Jake Sanderson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 30:05.
•William Nylander had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:43.
•OTT's first power-play unit (Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:23 together.

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Dallas Stars 4–0

Colorado Avalanche beat Dallas Stars 4–0 at home. Gabriel Landeskog (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for COL: Nelson–Landeskog–Nichushkin skated 9:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (84.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:37.
•Brock Nelson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:44.
•New look for COL: Nelson–Landeskog–Nichushkin skated 9:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (84.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Tim Stützle for OTT vs TOR, 82.6 mph. Full game report →

Tim Stützle (OTT vs TOR): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 82.6 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jake Guentzel TBL	at FLA	1	2	3	5	3	0	23:46	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at FLA	0	3	3	1	1	0	21:34	—
Jake Sanderson OTT	vs TOR	1	1	2	3	1	3	30:05	—
Tomas Hertl VGK	at MIN	1	1	2	3	1	2	23:14	—
Gabriel Landeskog COL	vs DAL	1	1	2	3	2	0	14:37	—
Ivan Barbashev VGK	at MIN	1	1	2	3	2	0	21:39	—
Nicolas Roy VGK	at MIN	1	1	2	2	4	0	17:58	—
William Nylander TOR	at OTT	0	2	2	6	0	1	22:43	—
Brock Nelson COL	vs DAL	0	2	2	3	0	1	14:44	—
Gage Goncalves TBL	at FLA	0	2	2	0	4	1	18:31	—
Ryan McDonagh TBL	at FLA	0	2	2	0	0	3	17:04	—
Anthony Cirelli TBL	at FLA	1	0	1	1	7	3	19:24	—

Line changes

New look for FLA: Bennett–Rodrigues–Tkachuk skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VGK: Karlsson–Eichel–Dorofeyev skated 6:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Nelson–Landeskog–Nichushkin skated 9:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (84.6% 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	L	46	4	.913
Linus Ullmark OTT	vs TOR	W	34	3	.912
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at FLA	W	34	1	.971
Jake Oettinger DAL	at COL	L	34	3	.912
Adin Hill VGK	at MIN	W	32	3	.906
Mackenzie Blackwood COL	vs DAL	W	23	0	.1000
Anthony Stolarz TOR	at OTT	L	21	4	.810
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs TBL	L	21	4	.810
Casey DeSmith DAL	at COL	—	14	1	.929

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