NHL Recaps: Friday, Nov 21, 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

Chicago Blackhawks

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres rout Chicago Blackhawks 9–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Chicago Blackhawks 9–3 at home. Alex Tuch (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 4A.

•Alex Tuch had 4 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 18:04.
•Jason Zucker had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:25.
•Josh Doan had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:58.

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

Minnesota Wild rout Pittsburgh Penguins 5–0

Minnesota Wild beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–0 at PIT. Matt Boldy (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy and Buium) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:02 together.

•Matt Boldy had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:13.
•Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:38.
•Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:22.

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

Carolina Hurricanes edge Winnipeg Jets 4–3

Carolina Hurricanes beat Winnipeg Jets 4–3 at WPG. Gabriel Vilardi (WPG) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Ehlers, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:01 together.

•Gabriel Vilardi had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:49.
•Jordan Staal had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:30.
•K'Andre Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:36.

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

Boston Bruins edge Los Angeles Kings 2–1 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Los Angeles Kings 2–1 in overtime at LAK. Morgan Geekie (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Nikita Zadorov (BOS) played 26:19, +5:30 up on his 20:49 season average over 80 games.

•Morgan Geekie had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:51.
•Nikita Zadorov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:19.
•Nikita Zadorov (BOS) played 26:19, +5:30 up on his 20:49 season average over 80 games.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Jack Quinn for BUF vs CHI, 72.0 mph. Full game report →

Jack Quinn (BUF vs CHI): Rush, carried in, 2 passes, 72.0 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Alex Tuch BUF	vs CHI	0	4	4	1	1	0	18:04	—
Matt Boldy MIN	at PIT	2	1	3	4	1	0	19:13	—
Jason Zucker BUF	vs CHI	1	2	3	1	2	0	15:25	—
Tyler Bertuzzi CHI	at BUF	2	0	2	5	2	0	19:17	—
Gabriel Vilardi WPG	vs CAR	2	0	2	5	0	1	18:49	—
Josh Doan BUF	vs CHI	2	0	2	4	0	0	16:58	—
Morgan Geekie BOS	at LAK	2	0	2	3	3	0	14:51	—
Jordan Staal CAR	at WPG	2	0	2	2	0	0	15:30	—
Tage Thompson BUF	vs CHI	1	1	2	5	2	0	16:21	—
Bowen Byram BUF	vs CHI	1	1	2	4	0	2	18:01	—
Jack Quinn BUF	vs CHI	1	1	2	3	1	0	16:09	—
Ryan McLeod BUF	vs CHI	1	1	2	3	0	0	17:13	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Geekie–Khusnutdinov–Steeves skated 6:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at LAK	W	32	1	.969
Arvid Soderblom CHI	at BUF	L	31	9	.710
Eric Comrie WPG	vs CAR	L	28	4	.857
Brandon Bussi CAR	at WPG	W	28	3	.893
Darcy Kuemper LAK	vs BOS	O	26	2	.923
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	vs CHI	W	23	3	.870
Filip Gustavsson MIN	at PIT	W	19	0	.1000
Sergei Murashov PIT	vs MIN	—	11	1	.909
Arturs Silovs PIT	vs MIN	L	10	4	.600

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.