NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Apr 30, 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

Montreal Canadiens

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at home. Tom Wilson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:19 together.

•Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:48.
•Dylan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:40.
•WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:19 together.

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

Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 6–3

Florida Panthers beat Tampa Bay Lightning 6–3 at TBL. Eetu Luostarinen (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

•Eetu Luostarinen had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 16:28.
•Anton Lundell had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:58.
•Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:09.

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

Winnipeg Jets beat St. Louis Blues 5–3

Winnipeg Jets beat St. Louis Blues 5–3 at home. Kyle Connor (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Kyle Connor had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:43.
•Mason Appleton had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:31.
•Nathan Walker had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:37.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Alex Ovechkin for WSH vs MTL, 73.5 mph. Full game report →

Alex Ovechkin (WSH vs MTL): Off the faceoff, 0 passes, 73.5 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Eetu Luostarinen FLA	at TBL	1	3	4	3	4	1	16:28	—
Anton Lundell FLA	at TBL	1	2	3	3	0	0	17:58	—
Kyle Connor WPG	vs STL	1	2	3	1	1	0	20:43	—
Mason Appleton WPG	vs STL	0	3	3	1	2	1	16:31	—
Nathan Walker STL	at WPG	2	0	2	2	7	2	12:37	—
Sam Reinhart FLA	at TBL	1	1	2	7	0	0	20:09	—
Vladislav Namestnikov WPG	vs STL	1	1	2	4	3	0	17:15	—
Nino Niederreiter WPG	vs STL	1	1	2	3	2	0	16:25	—
Tom Wilson WSH	vs MTL	1	1	2	2	3	0	23:48	—
Victor Hedman TBL	vs FLA	0	2	2	3	0	2	26:37	—
Dylan Strome WSH	vs MTL	0	2	2	1	0	1	15:40	—
Brad Marchand FLA	at TBL	0	2	2	0	2	1	17:55	—

Line changes

New look for WSH: Dowd–Duhaime–Protas skated 9:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs FLA	L	30	5	.833
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at TBL	W	29	3	.897
Logan Thompson WSH	vs MTL	W	29	1	.966
Jakub Dobes MTL	at WSH	L	27	3	.889
Jordan Binnington STL	at WPG	L	25	4	.840
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs STL	W	19	3	.842

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.