NHL Recaps: Thursday, Jan 15, 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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Montreal Canadiens

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3 at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 3G 2A.

•Tage Thompson had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 3 shots in 20:43.
•Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:17.
•Josh Doan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:55.

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Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–3 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Rakell) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:21 together.

•Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:45.
•Denver Barkey had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:15.
•Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:34.

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San Jose Sharks edge Washington Capitals 3–2

San Jose Sharks beat Washington Capitals 3–2 at WSH. Collin Graf (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Strome, Chychrun, Frank and Leonard) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:59 together.

•Collin Graf had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:06.
•Pavol Regenda had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:46.
•WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Strome, Chychrun, Frank and Leonard) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:59 together.

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Final

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Vancouver Canucks

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1 at home. Kirill Marchenko (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Coyle, Werenski, Marchenko, Johnson and Fantilli) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 3:08 together.

•Kent Johnson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:36.
•Kirill Marchenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:03.
•CBJ's first power-play unit (Coyle, Werenski, Marchenko, Johnson and Fantilli) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 3:08 together.

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Boston Bruins beat Seattle Kraken 4–2

Boston Bruins beat Seattle Kraken 4–2 at home. Charlie McAvoy (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. SEA's first power-play unit (Schwartz, Montour, Tolvanen, Kakko and Wright) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:02 together.

•Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists (2 points) in 28:00.
•SEA's first power-play unit (Schwartz, Montour, Tolvanen, Kakko and Wright) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:02 together.
•Andrew Peeke (BOS) played 5:14, −14:20 down on his 19:34 season average over 76 games.

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Winnipeg Jets rout Minnesota Wild 6–2

Winnipeg Jets beat Minnesota Wild 6–2 at MIN. Mark Scheifele (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 3A. WPG's first power-play unit (Toews, Scheifele, Morrissey, Connor and Vilardi) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:11 together.

•Mark Scheifele had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 18:55.
•Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:06.
•Jonathan Toews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:45.

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Calgary Flames beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–1

Calgary Flames beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 at CHI. Mikael Backlund (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CGY's first power-play unit (Backlund, Andersson, Frost, Sharangovich and Zary) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:54 together.

•Mikael Backlund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:07.
•Yegor Sharangovich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:51.
•CGY's first power-play unit (Backlund, Andersson, Frost, Sharangovich and Zary) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:54 together.

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Utah Mammoth edge Dallas Stars 2–1

Utah Mammoth beat Dallas Stars 2–1 at home. John Marino (UTA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. DAL's first power-play unit (Rantanen, Hintz, Robertson, Harley and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:50 together.

•John Marino had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:14.
•Nick Schmaltz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:57.
•DAL's first power-play unit (Rantanen, Hintz, Robertson, Harley and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:50 together.

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New York Islanders edge Edmonton Oilers 1–0

New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers 1–0 at EDM. Anthony Duclair (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Ilya Sorokin (NYI) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +7 against a season average of 27.8; the win.

•Ilya Sorokin (NYI) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +7 against a season average of 27.8; the win.
•New look for NYI: Heineman–Ritchie–Shabanov skated 8:13 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (7.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Anthony Duclair (NYI) played 17:25, +4:17 up on his 13:08 season average over 61 games.

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Vegas Golden Knights edge Toronto Maple Leafs 6–5 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Toronto Maple Leafs 6–5 in overtime at home. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

•Jack Eichel had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 24:35.
•Mark Stone had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 23:25.
•Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:28.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Logan Stanley for WPG @ MIN, 82.3 mph. Full game report →

Logan Stanley (WPG @ MIN): Forecheck turnover, 0 passes, 82.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Tage Thompson BUF	vs MTL	3	2	5	3	0	1	20:43	—
Jack Eichel VGK	vs TOR	1	3	4	5	0	0	24:35	—
Mark Scheifele WPG	at MIN	1	3	4	2	0	0	18:55	—
Mark Stone VGK	vs TOR	1	2	3	4	1	0	23:25	—
Pavel Dorofeyev VGK	vs TOR	2	0	2	4	0	0	21:28	—
Cole Caufield MTL	at BUF	1	1	2	5	0	0	19:17	—
Kirill Marchenko CBJ	vs VAN	1	1	2	3	0	1	17:03	—
Mikael Backlund CGY	at CHI	1	1	2	3	1	0	20:07	—
Sidney Crosby PIT	vs PHI	1	1	2	3	0	0	18:45	—
Collin Graf SJS	at WSH	1	1	2	3	0	0	20:06	—
Gabriel Vilardi WPG	at MIN	1	1	2	3	0	0	16:06	—
Kent Johnson CBJ	vs VAN	1	1	2	2	0	1	17:36	—

Line changes

New look for SJS: Toffoli–Wennberg–Eklund skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Celebrini–Graf–Chernyshov skated 6:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for VAN: Kane–Räty–Bains skated 6:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CHI: Donato–Lardis–Moore skated 7:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYI: Heineman–Ritchie–Shabanov skated 8:13 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (7.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Kevin Lankinen VAN	at CBJ	L	36	4	.889
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at EDM	W	35	0	.1000
Stuart Skinner PIT	vs PHI	W	34	3	.912
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	at MIN	W	34	2	.941
Joseph Woll TOR	at VGK	O	33	6	.818
Elvis Merzlikins CBJ	vs VAN	W	31	1	.968
Jeremy Swayman BOS	vs SEA	W	28	2	.929
Adin Hill VGK	vs TOR	W	28	5	.821
Karel Vejmelka UTA	vs DAL	W	27	1	.963
Jake Oettinger DAL	at UTA	L	27	2	.926
Jacob Fowler MTL	at BUF	L	26	4	.846
Logan Thompson WSH	vs SJS	L	26	3	.885
Joey Daccord SEA	at BOS	L	23	3	.870
Colten Ellis BUF	vs MTL	W	23	3	.870
Alex Nedeljkovic SJS	at WSH	W	23	2	.913
Devin Cooley CGY	at CHI	W	23	1	.957
Spencer Knight CHI	vs CGY	L	22	2	.909
Jesper Wallstedt MIN	vs WPG	L	20	6	.700
Connor Ingram EDM	vs NYI	L	18	1	.944
Aleksei Kolosov PHI	at PIT	L	16	3	.813
Samuel Ersson PHI	at PIT	—	14	3	.786
Filip Gustavsson MIN	vs WPG	—	9	0	.1000

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