NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

10 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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Vancouver Canucks

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres beat Vancouver Canucks 5–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Vancouver Canucks 5–3 at home. Alex Tuch (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Pettersson, Sherwood and Willander) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 3:54 together.

•Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:42.
•Bowen Byram had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:29.
•Brock Boeser had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:34.

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Tampa Bay Lightning beat Colorado Avalanche 4–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Colorado Avalanche 4–2 at home. Brandon Hagel (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Bjorkstrand, Point and Raddysh) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:26 together.

•Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:39.
•Darren Raddysh had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:39.
•Nikita Kucherov had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:20.

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Philadelphia Flyers beat Anaheim Ducks 5–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Anaheim Ducks 5–2 at home. Trevor Zegras (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Trevor Zegras had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:39.
•Cam York had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 25:35.
•Nikita Grebenkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:49.

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Carolina Hurricanes beat Dallas Stars 6–3

Carolina Hurricanes beat Dallas Stars 6–3 at home. Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) led the scoring with 0G 4A.

•Andrei Svechnikov had 4 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 18:53.
•K'Andre Miller had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:20.
•Jason Robertson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:42.

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New York Islanders rout New Jersey Devils 9–0

New York Islanders beat New Jersey Devils 9–0 at home. Anthony Duclair (NYI) led the scoring with 3G 2A.

•Anthony Duclair had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 3 shots in 13:41.
•Casey Cizikas had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 13:59.
•Mathew Barzal had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:24.

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Toronto Maple Leafs beat Florida Panthers 4–1

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Florida Panthers 4–1 at home. Matthew Knies (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for FLA: Kunin–Gregor–Boqvist skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Matthew Knies had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:59.
•Nicolas Roy had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:51.
•New look for FLA: Kunin–Gregor–Boqvist skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Vegas Golden Knights edge Winnipeg Jets 4–3 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Winnipeg Jets 4–3 in overtime at WPG. Tomas Hertl (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:00 together.

•Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:48.
•Gabriel Vilardi had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:51.
•Mitch Marner had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:13.

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Edmonton Oilers rout Nashville Predators 6–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Nashville Predators 6–2 at home. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 3G 0A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:25 together.

•Connor McDavid had a hat trick (3 points) on 10 shots in 22:28.
•Leon Draisaitl had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:12.
•Kasperi Kapanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:33.

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Columbus Blue Jackets

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

San Jose Sharks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2 at home. Alexander Wennberg (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. SJS's first power-play unit (Orlov, Toffoli, Wennberg, Eklund and Celebrini) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:39 together.

•Alexander Wennberg had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:14.
•Mario Ferraro had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:22.
•SJS's first power-play unit (Orlov, Toffoli, Wennberg, Eklund and Celebrini) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:39 together.

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Seattle Kraken beat Boston Bruins 7–4

Seattle Kraken beat Boston Bruins 7–4 at home. Kaapo Kakko (SEA) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Kaapo Kakko had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:02.
•Berkly Catton had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:56.
•David Pastrnak had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 21:09.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Anthony Duclair for NYI vs NJD, 86.9 mph. Full game report →

Anthony Duclair (NYI vs NJD): Rush, carried in, 1 pass, 86.9 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Anthony Duclair NYI	vs NJD	3	2	5	3	0	0	13:41	—
Andrei Svechnikov CAR	vs DAL	0	4	4	2	4	1	18:53	—
Connor McDavid EDM	vs NSH	3	0	3	10	0	0	22:28	—
Casey Cizikas NYI	vs NJD	2	1	3	3	0	3	13:59	—
Kaapo Kakko SEA	vs BOS	2	1	3	3	0	0	16:02	—
K'Andre Miller CAR	vs DAL	2	1	3	2	0	0	20:20	—
Mathew Barzal NYI	vs NJD	1	2	3	4	0	1	17:24	—
Alexander Wennberg SJS	vs CBJ	1	2	3	3	1	1	21:14	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	vs NSH	1	2	3	3	0	0	19:12	—
Jason Robertson DAL	at CAR	1	2	3	2	0	1	19:42	—
Tony DeAngelo NYI	vs NJD	1	2	3	1	0	0	20:37	—
Nikolaj Ehlers CAR	vs DAL	0	3	3	1	0	1	15:45	—

Line changes

New look for BUF: Zucker–Tuch–Norris skated 11:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Lehkonen–MacKinnon–Necas skated 13:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for FLA: Kunin–Gregor–Boqvist skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CBJ: Coyle–Olivier–Sillinger skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CBJ: Marchenko–Voronkov–Fantilli skated 7:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Ilya Sorokin NYI	vs NJD	W	44	0	.1000
Juuse Saros NSH	at EDM	L	43	6	.860
Lukas Dostal ANA	at PHI	L	38	4	.895
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	vs VAN	W	37	3	.919
Alex Nedeljkovic SJS	vs CBJ	W	36	2	.944
Joey Daccord SEA	vs BOS	W	36	4	.889
Jet Greaves CBJ	at SJS	L	34	3	.912
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs COL	W	33	2	.939
Joseph Woll TOR	vs FLA	W	32	1	.969
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs VGK	O	31	4	.871
Scott Wedgewood COL	at TBL	L	27	3	.889
Connor Ingram EDM	vs NSH	W	26	2	.923
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at SEA	L	26	6	.769
Jacob Markstrom NJD	at NYI	L	24	9	.625
Brandon Bussi CAR	vs DAL	W	23	3	.913
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at TOR	L	22	3	.864
Carter Hart VGK	at WPG	W	20	3	.850
Thatcher Demko VAN	at BUF	L	19	4	.789
Dan Vladar PHI	vs ANA	W	18	2	.889
Casey DeSmith DAL	at CAR	—	18	1	.944
Jake Oettinger DAL	at CAR	L	15	5	.667

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