NHL Recaps: Monday, May 12, 2025

2 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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Washington Capitals

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes beat Washington Capitals 5–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat Washington Capitals 5–2 at home. Taylor Hall (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 5:32 together.

•Jakob Chychrun had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:52.
•Sean Walker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:35.
•Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 13:19.

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

Edmonton Oilers beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Edmonton Oilers beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 at home. Adam Henrique (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for EDM: Draisaitl–Kapanen–Podkolzin skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Adam Henrique had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:35.
•Evander Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:15.
•New look for EDM: Draisaitl–Kapanen–Podkolzin skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% 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: Evander Kane for EDM vs VGK, 68.9 mph. Full game report →

Evander Kane (EDM vs VGK): Odd-man rush, carried in, 2-on-1 at the blue line, 1 pass, 68.9 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Adam Henrique EDM	vs VGK	2	0	2	3	0	1	13:35	—
Taylor Hall CAR	vs WSH	1	1	2	5	0	0	13:19	—
Evander Kane EDM	vs VGK	1	1	2	4	6	0	13:15	—
Sean Walker CAR	vs WSH	1	1	2	4	0	2	16:35	—
Jakob Chychrun WSH	at CAR	1	1	2	3	2	3	25:52	—
Eric Robinson CAR	vs WSH	0	1	1	1	9	0	13:31	—
Keegan Kolesar VGK	at EDM	0	0	0	0	8	0	11:25	—

Line changes

New look for EDM: Draisaitl–Kapanen–Podkolzin skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for EDM: Henrique–Kane–Brown skated 7:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for EDM: Perry–Janmark–Frederic skated 4:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Logan Thompson WSH	at CAR	L	37	4	.892
Adin Hill VGK	at EDM	L	32	3	.906
Stuart Skinner EDM	vs VGK	W	23	0	.1000
Frederik Andersen CAR	vs WSH	W	21	2	.905

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.