NHL Recaps: Monday, Dec 22, 2025

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

Game recaps

Final

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St. Louis Blues

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat St. Louis Blues 4–1 at home. Darren Raddysh (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point and Raddysh) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 5:15 together.

•Darren Raddysh had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 22:43.
•Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:31.
•Nikita Kucherov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:36.

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Philadelphia Flyers beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2 at home. Nikita Grebenkin (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VAN: Kane–Boeser–Rossi skated 14:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Nikita Grebenkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:16.
•Rodrigo Abols had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:07.
•New look for VAN: Kane–Boeser–Rossi skated 14:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Seattle Kraken beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1

Seattle Kraken beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1 at ANA. Jordan Eberle (SEA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. SEA's first power-play unit (Gaudreau, Kakko, Evans, Nyman and Wright) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:48 together.

•Jordan Eberle had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:07.
•Kaapo Kakko had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:07.
•SEA's first power-play unit (Gaudreau, Kakko, Evans, Nyman and Wright) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:48 together.

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Final

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Columbus Blue Jackets

Los Angeles Kings

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1 at LAK. Mason Marchment (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CBJ: Marchment–Marchenko–Fantilli skated 10:36 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Mason Marchment had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:01.
•Damon Severson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:06.
•New look for CBJ: Marchment–Marchenko–Fantilli skated 10:36 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Justin Faulk for STL @ TBL, 82.5 mph. Full game report →

Justin Faulk (STL @ TBL): Forecheck turnover, passed in, 4-on-2 at the blue line, 1 pass, 82.5 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Darren Raddysh TBL	vs STL	1	2	3	1	1	0	22:43	—
Mason Marchment CBJ	at LAK	2	0	2	4	0	0	16:01	—
Jordan Eberle SEA	at ANA	2	0	2	2	2	1	18:07	—
Nikita Grebenkin PHI	vs VAN	1	1	2	2	1	1	12:16	—
Damon Severson CBJ	at LAK	0	2	2	3	0	1	19:06	—
Kaapo Kakko SEA	at ANA	0	2	2	2	2	1	17:07	—
Rodrigo Abols PHI	vs VAN	0	2	2	1	1	2	14:07	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	vs STL	0	2	2	1	0	0	16:36	—
Jake Guentzel TBL	vs STL	0	2	2	1	0	0	20:31	—
Owen Tippett PHI	vs VAN	1	0	1	10	2	2	14:19	—
Cutter Gauthier ANA	vs SEA	0	0	0	8	1	0	17:45	—
Kiefer Sherwood VAN	at PHI	0	0	0	3	11	2	16:17	—

Line changes

New look for VAN: Kane–Boeser–Rossi skated 14:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: Abols–Grundstrom–Grebenkin skated 9:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (38.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for ANA: Kreider–Granlund–Terry skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CBJ: Marchment–Marchenko–Fantilli skated 10:36 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CBJ: Coyle–Jenner–Johnson skated 9:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Philipp Grubauer SEA	at ANA	W	41	1	.976
Thatcher Demko VAN	at PHI	L	38	4	.895
Anton Forsberg LAK	vs CBJ	L	30	3	.900
Dan Vladar PHI	vs VAN	W	25	2	.920
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs STL	W	24	1	.958
Jet Greaves CBJ	at LAK	W	24	1	.958
Lukas Dostal ANA	vs SEA	L	20	2	.900
Jordan Binnington STL	at TBL	L	17	4	.765

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