NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Montreal Canadiens

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at home. William Nylander (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Chris Tanev (TOR) played 23:03, +5:35 up on his 17:28 season average over 10 games.

•William Nylander had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:40.
•Morgan Rielly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:47.
•John Tavares had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:33.

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Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 3–1 at WSH. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:07 together.

•David Pastrnak had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:18.
•Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:07.
•Morgan Geekie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:07.

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Calgary Flames edge Edmonton Oilers 4–3 (SO)

Calgary Flames beat Edmonton Oilers 4–3 in a shootout at EDM. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 2A. EDM's first power-play unit (Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid, Bouchard and Tomasek) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 3:36 together.

•Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:56.
•Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 24:40.
•Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 26:21.

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Los Angeles Kings edge Vegas Golden Knights 6–5 (SO)

Los Angeles Kings beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–5 in a shootout at VGK. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 3A. LAK won it by committee.

•Jack Eichel had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 22:04.
•Pavel Dorofeyev had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:14.
•Andrei Kuzmenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:52.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Jack Eichel for VGK vs LAK, 80.1 mph. Full game report →

Jack Eichel (VGK vs LAK): Rush, carried in, 3 passes, 80.1 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jack Eichel VGK	vs LAK	1	3	4	5	1	0	22:04	—
Pavel Dorofeyev VGK	vs LAK	3	0	3	5	0	1	20:14	—
David Pastrnak BOS	at WSH	1	2	3	3	2	0	18:18	—
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM	vs CGY	1	2	3	3	0	0	18:56	—
William Nylander TOR	vs MTL	1	2	3	1	0	0	18:40	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	vs CGY	1	1	2	6	1	0	24:40	—
Morgan Rielly TOR	vs MTL	1	1	2	5	1	2	20:47	—
Elias Lindholm BOS	at WSH	1	1	2	3	5	1	18:07	—
Quinton Byfield LAK	at VGK	1	1	2	3	1	1	19:49	—
Ivan Barbashev VGK	vs LAK	1	1	2	2	5	0	15:50	—
Andrei Kuzmenko LAK	at VGK	1	1	2	2	2	0	15:52	—
Morgan Geekie BOS	at WSH	1	1	2	1	2	1	17:07	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at WSH	W	36	1	.972
Dustin Wolf CGY	at EDM	W	35	3	.914
Anton Forsberg LAK	at VGK	W	35	5	.857
Anthony Stolarz TOR	vs MTL	W	31	2	.935
Adin Hill VGK	vs LAK	O	26	5	.808
Samuel Montembeault MTL	at TOR	L	25	3	.880
Stuart Skinner EDM	vs CGY	O	22	3	.864
Logan Thompson WSH	vs BOS	L	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.