NHL Recaps: Friday, May 23, 2025

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

Game recaps

Final

PlayoffsFull report

Edmonton Oilers

Dallas Stars

Edmonton Oilers beat Dallas Stars 3–0

Edmonton Oilers beat Dallas Stars 3–0 at DAL. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 1A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:16 together.

•Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:44.
•Evan Bouchard had 2 assists (2 points) in 23:33.
•EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:16 together.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Brett Kulak for EDM @ DAL, 57.0 mph. Full game report →

Brett Kulak (EDM @ DAL): Rush, carried in, 0 passes, 57.0 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM	at DAL	1	1	2	1	4	0	18:44	—
Evan Bouchard EDM	at DAL	0	2	2	0	0	3	23:33	—
Zach Hyman EDM	at DAL	0	0	0	3	9	0	19:04	—
Mikael Granlund DAL	vs EDM	0	0	0	3	7	1	16:57	—

Line changes

New look for DAL: Blackwell–Steel–Robertson skated 5:54 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%
Stuart Skinner EDM	at DAL	W	25	0	.1000
Jake Oettinger DAL	vs EDM	L	25	3	.880

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.