NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Jan 14, 2026

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

Game recaps

Final / OT

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Seattle Kraken

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils edge Seattle Kraken 3–2 (OT)

New Jersey Devils beat Seattle Kraken 3–2 in overtime at home. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Nico Hischier had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:01.
•Jared McCann had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:06.
•Jack Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:45.

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Buffalo Sabres beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 at home. Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Rasmus Dahlin had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:22.
•Owen Tippett had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:37.
•Ryan McLeod had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:18.

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Ottawa Senators rout New York Rangers 8–4

Ottawa Senators beat New York Rangers 8–4 at NYR. Brady Tkachuk (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

•Brady Tkachuk had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 6 shots in 13:17.
•Dylan Cozens had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 13:30.
•Ridly Greig had 3 assists (3 points) in 16:35.

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Vegas Golden Knights edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 in overtime at LAK. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 3A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:05 together.

•Jack Eichel had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:01.
•Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:25.
•Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:58.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Thomas Chabot for OTT @ NYR, 79.4 mph. Full game report →

Thomas Chabot (OTT @ NYR): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 79.4 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brady Tkachuk OTT	at NYR	1	3	4	6	2	0	13:17	—
Dylan Cozens OTT	at NYR	1	2	3	4	1	0	13:30	—
Jack Eichel VGK	at LAK	0	3	3	4	1	2	19:01	—
Ridly Greig OTT	at NYR	0	3	3	0	1	1	16:35	—
Rasmus Dahlin BUF	vs PHI	2	0	2	4	1	0	23:22	—
Nico Hischier NJD	vs SEA	2	0	2	3	1	0	19:01	—
Gabe Perreault NYR	vs OTT	2	0	2	2	1	0	16:32	—
Owen Tippett PHI	at BUF	1	1	2	4	1	0	17:37	—
Kevin Fiala LAK	vs VGK	1	1	2	3	0	2	22:25	—
Mark Stone VGK	at LAK	1	1	2	3	0	0	19:58	—
Alexis Lafrenière NYR	vs OTT	1	1	2	2	1	2	15:11	—
Jared McCann SEA	at NJD	1	1	2	2	1	1	16:06	—

Line changes

New look for VGK: Hertl–Kolesar–Bowman skated 11:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Darcy Kuemper LAK	vs VGK	O	27	3	.889
Philipp Grubauer SEA	at NJD	O	26	3	.885
Akira Schmid VGK	at LAK	W	24	2	.917
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	vs PHI	W	22	2	.909
Leevi Meriläinen OTT	at NYR	W	22	4	.818
Jacob Markstrom NJD	vs SEA	W	17	2	.882
Jonathan Quick NYR	vs OTT	L	17	6	.647
Spencer Martin NYR	vs OTT	—	12	1	.917
Samuel Ersson PHI	at BUF	L	8	2	.750
Dan Vladar PHI	at BUF	—	6	2	.667

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.