NHL Recaps: Sunday, Apr 27, 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

Winnipeg Jets

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues rout Winnipeg Jets 5–1

St. Louis Blues beat Winnipeg Jets 5–1 at home. Jake Neighbours (STL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for WPG: Lowry–Appleton–Barron skated 12:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (78.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Jake Neighbours had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:43.
•Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:45.
•Colton Parayko had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:22.

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

Carolina Hurricanes beat New Jersey Devils 5–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat New Jersey Devils 5–2 at NJD. Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

•Andrei Svechnikov had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 15:13.
•Brent Burns had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:11.
•Timo Meier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:38.

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

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at MTL. Brandon Duhaime (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Brandon Duhaime had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:16.
•Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:25.
•Ivan Demidov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:38.

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

Edmonton Oilers edge Los Angeles Kings 4–3 (OT)

Edmonton Oilers beat Los Angeles Kings 4–3 in overtime at home. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 3A. EDM's first power-play unit (Perry, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 3:23 together.

•Leon Draisaitl had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 30:50.
•Evan Bouchard had two goals (2 points) on 9 shots in 35:54.
•Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 30:47.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Tyler Tucker for STL vs WPG, 79.7 mph. Full game report →

Tyler Tucker (STL vs WPG): Point shot, 3 passes, 79.7 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Leon Draisaitl EDM	vs LAK	1	3	4	4	4	1	30:50	—
Andrei Svechnikov CAR	at NJD	3	0	3	6	5	0	15:13	—
Jake Neighbours STL	vs WPG	1	2	3	1	3	0	15:43	—
Evan Bouchard EDM	vs LAK	2	0	2	9	1	1	35:54	—
Brandon Duhaime WSH	at MTL	2	0	2	3	5	2	13:16	—
Timo Meier NJD	vs CAR	1	1	2	3	3	3	18:38	—
Brent Burns CAR	at NJD	1	1	2	2	0	2	19:11	—
Dylan Strome WSH	at MTL	1	1	2	2	0	0	18:25	—
Brayden Schenn STL	vs WPG	1	1	2	2	0	0	15:45	—
Connor McDavid EDM	vs LAK	0	2	2	7	1	0	30:47	—
Phillip Danault LAK	at EDM	0	2	2	5	0	5	27:49	—
Colton Parayko STL	vs WPG	0	2	2	4	1	3	20:22	—

Line changes

New look for WPG: Lowry–Appleton–Barron skated 12:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (78.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Darcy Kuemper LAK	at EDM	L	48	4	.917
Calvin Pickard EDM	vs LAK	W	41	3	.927
Jordan Binnington STL	vs WPG	W	31	1	.968
Jacob Markstrom NJD	vs CAR	L	28	4	.857
Jakub Dobes MTL	vs WSH	L	24	3	.875
Logan Thompson WSH	at MTL	W	18	2	.889
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at STL	L	18	5	.722
Pyotr Kochetkov CAR	at NJD	—	15	1	.933
Frederik Andersen CAR	at NJD	W	7	1	.857
Eric Comrie WPG	at STL	—	6	0	.1000

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.