NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Oct 7, 2025

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Chicago Blackhawks

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2

Florida Panthers beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 at home. Teuvo Teravainen (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Ryan Greene (CHI) played 8:17, −8:34 down on his 16:51 season average over 80 games.

•Frank Nazar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:14.
•Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:05.
•Mackie Samoskevich had 2 assists (2 points) in 11:18.

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 3–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 3–0 at NYR. Justin Brazeau (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Ryan Shea (PIT) played 22:31, +3:41 up on his 18:50 season average over 79 games.

•Justin Brazeau had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 12:49.
•Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:28.
•Ryan Shea (PIT) played 22:31, +3:41 up on his 18:50 season average over 79 games.

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1 at LAK. Martin Necas (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Nelson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 7:39 together.

•Martin Necas had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:12.
•Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:29.
•Cale Makar had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:07.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Kevin Fiala for LAK vs COL, 79.4 mph. Full game report →

Kevin Fiala (LAK vs COL): Cycle, 6 passes, 79.4 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Justin Brazeau PIT	at NYR	2	0	2	6	4	0	12:49	—
Martin Necas COL	at LAK	2	0	2	3	2	1	21:12	—
Artturi Lehkonen COL	at LAK	1	1	2	2	1	1	23:29	—
Teuvo Teravainen CHI	at FLA	1	1	2	1	0	2	18:05	—
Frank Nazar CHI	at FLA	1	1	2	1	1	1	20:14	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	at LAK	0	2	2	2	0	1	20:47	—
Tyler Bertuzzi CHI	at FLA	0	2	2	1	2	0	19:10	—
Cale Makar COL	at LAK	0	2	2	1	1	1	23:07	—
Evgeni Malkin PIT	at NYR	0	2	2	1	0	1	16:28	—
Mackie Samoskevich FLA	vs CHI	0	2	2	0	3	0	11:18	—
Mika Zibanejad NYR	vs PIT	0	0	0	7	2	1	20:04	—
Will Cuylle NYR	vs PIT	0	0	0	1	8	1	19:26	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Spencer Knight CHI	at FLA	L	37	3	.919
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs PIT	L	29	1	.966
Arturs Silovs PIT	at NYR	W	25	0	.1000
Scott Wedgewood COL	at LAK	W	25	1	.960
Darcy Kuemper LAK	vs COL	L	23	4	.826
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	vs CHI	W	19	2	.895

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.