NHL Recaps: Sunday, Nov 16, 2025

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

Game recaps

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Nashville Predators

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Nashville Predators 4–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 4–0 at home. Blake Lizotte (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for PIT: Malkin–Hayes–Mantha skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for PIT: Malkin–Hayes–Mantha skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Dewar skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for PIT: Heinen–Koppanen–Lizotte skated 7:13 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Vancouver Canucks rout Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 at TBL. Quinn Hughes (VAN) led the scoring with 0G 4A. VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Pettersson, Sherwood and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:15 together.

•Quinn Hughes had 4 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 23:48.
•Mackenzie MacEachern had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:19.
•Elias Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:52.

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Minnesota Wild edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 (OT)

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in overtime at home. Mats Zuccarello (MIN) led the scoring with 0G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Hertl, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev and Bowman) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:54 together.

•Mats Zuccarello had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:13.
•VGK's first power-play unit (Hertl, Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev and Bowman) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:54 together.
•Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) played 24:32, +5:32 up on his 19:00 season average over 69 games.

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Detroit Red Wings edge New York Rangers 2–1

Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers 2–1 at NYR. Lucas Raymond (DET) led the scoring with 1G 1A. DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Raymond and Sandin-Pellikka) scored 1 power-play goal on 21 attempts in 6:28 together.

•Lucas Raymond had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:22.
•DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Raymond and Sandin-Pellikka) scored 1 power-play goal on 21 attempts in 6:28 together.
•Jonathan Quick (NYR) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +15 against a season average of 26.8; the loss.

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Colorado Avalanche beat New York Islanders 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat New York Islanders 4–1 at home. Brock Nelson (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NYI: Cizikas–Ritchie–Shabanov skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:04.
•New look for NYI: Cizikas–Ritchie–Shabanov skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Sam Malinski (COL) played 13:23, −4:17 down on his 17:40 season average over 81 games.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Nikita Kucherov for TBL vs VAN, 70.3 mph. Full game report →

Nikita Kucherov (TBL vs VAN): Forecheck turnover, carried in, 0 passes, 70.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Quinn Hughes VAN	at TBL	0	4	4	4	0	0	23:48	—
Lucas Raymond DET	at NYR	1	1	2	7	0	0	20:22	—
Brock Nelson COL	vs NYI	1	1	2	3	1	1	19:04	—
Mackenzie MacEachern VAN	at TBL	1	1	2	1	3	0	13:19	—
Mats Zuccarello MIN	vs VGK	0	2	2	3	1	2	21:13	—
Elias Pettersson VAN	at TBL	0	2	2	1	0	1	19:52	—
Filip Hronek VAN	at TBL	0	2	2	0	3	1	21:23	—
Dylan Larkin DET	at NYR	0	1	1	7	2	0	21:49	—
Patrick Kane DET	at NYR	0	1	1	7	1	0	20:51	—
Marcus Foligno MIN	vs VGK	0	1	1	0	6	2	12:37	—
Vincent Trocheck NYR	vs DET	0	0	0	3	8	0	20:43	—

Line changes

New look for PIT: Malkin–Hayes–Mantha skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Dewar skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PIT: Heinen–Koppanen–Lizotte skated 7:13 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PIT: Novak–Tomasino–Kindel skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MIN: Hinostroza–Jones–Ohgren skated 6:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DET: van Riemsdyk–Copp–Rasmussen skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYI: Cizikas–Ritchie–Shabanov skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jonathan Quick NYR	vs DET	L	42	2	.952
Kevin Lankinen VAN	at TBL	W	30	2	.933
Scott Wedgewood COL	vs NYI	W	29	1	.966
Carl Lindbom VGK	at MIN	O	28	3	.893
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at COL	L	27	3	.889
Filip Gustavsson MIN	vs VGK	W	25	2	.920
Juuse Saros NSH	at PIT	L	21	3	.857
Sergei Murashov PIT	vs NSH	W	21	0	.1000
Cam Talbot DET	at NYR	W	19	1	.947
Jonas Johansson TBL	vs VAN	L	17	5	.706

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