NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026

9 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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New York Islanders

Toronto Maple Leafs

New York Islanders beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1

New York Islanders beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 at TOR. Mathew Barzal (NYI) led the scoring with 0G 3A. NYI's first power-play unit (Schenn, Horvat, Barzal, Ritchie and Schaefer) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:57 together.

•Mathew Barzal had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:31.
•Calum Ritchie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:06.
•NYI's first power-play unit (Schenn, Horvat, Barzal, Ritchie and Schaefer) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:57 together.

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Montreal Canadiens edge Boston Bruins 3–2 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 3–2 in overtime at home. Pavel Zacha (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Evans–Texier–Bolduc skated 10:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Pavel Zacha had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:22.
•Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:58.
•Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:18.

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Final

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Carolina Hurricanes

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets rout Carolina Hurricanes 5–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Carolina Hurricanes 5–1 at home. Charlie Coyle (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 3A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Coyle, Werenski, Marchment, Marchenko and Fantilli) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 5:43 together.

•Charlie Coyle had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 18:31.
•Adam Fantilli had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:34.
•Cole Sillinger had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:07.

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Minnesota Wild edge Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 (OT)

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 in overtime at CHI. Marcus Johansson (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Marcus Johansson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:56.
•Brock Faber had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 21:48.
•Frank Nazar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:48.

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Nashville Predators edge Winnipeg Jets 4–3 (SO)

Nashville Predators beat Winnipeg Jets 4–3 in a shootout at WPG. Kyle Connor (WPG) led the scoring with 0G 3A. WPG's first power-play unit (Scheifele, Morrissey, Connor, Vilardi and Perfetti) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:04 together.

•Kyle Connor had 3 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 25:17.
•Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:34.
•Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:56.

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Edmonton Oilers beat San Jose Sharks 5–3

Edmonton Oilers beat San Jose Sharks 5–3 at home. Dmitry Orlov (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, McDavid, Bouchard and Savoie) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:24 together.

•Dmitry Orlov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:09.
•Kiefer Sherwood had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:29.
•Adam Henrique had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:12.

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Vancouver Canucks beat Florida Panthers 5–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Florida Panthers 5–2 at home. Marco Rossi (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

•Marco Rossi had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:59.
•Brock Boeser had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:33.
•Elias Pettersson had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:39.

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Buffalo Sabres beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–0

Buffalo Sabres beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–0 at VGK. Josh Norris (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BUF: Carrick–Malenstyn–Kozak skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for BUF: Carrick–Malenstyn–Kozak skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Cole Smith (VGK) played 10:03, −3:17 down on his 13:20 season average over 62 games.
•Nic Dowd (VGK) played 11:17, −3:18 down on his 14:35 season average over 74 games.

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Tampa Bay Lightning rout Seattle Kraken 6–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Seattle Kraken 6–2 at SEA. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 3G 2A. New look for SEA: Stephenson–Gaudreau–McCann skated 8:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Nikita Kucherov had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 7 shots in 19:49.
•Brandon Hagel had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 17:21.
•Anthony Cirelli had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:48.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Emil Heineman for NYI @ TOR, 81.4 mph. Full game report →

Emil Heineman (NYI @ TOR): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 81.4 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at SEA	3	2	5	7	1	0	19:49	—
Charlie Coyle CBJ	vs CAR	1	3	4	4	0	0	18:31	—
Brandon Hagel TBL	at SEA	1	3	4	2	0	2	17:21	—
Marco Rossi VAN	vs FLA	1	2	3	2	3	0	16:59	—
Anthony Cirelli TBL	at SEA	1	2	3	2	0	0	15:48	—
Marcus Johansson MIN	at CHI	1	2	3	1	0	0	15:56	—
Kyle Connor WPG	vs NSH	0	3	3	7	1	0	25:17	—
Brock Faber MIN	at CHI	0	3	3	5	3	1	21:48	—
Brock Boeser VAN	vs FLA	0	3	3	2	0	0	17:33	—
Mathew Barzal NYI	at TOR	0	3	3	1	0	1	18:31	—
Pavel Zacha BOS	at MTL	2	0	2	4	4	0	16:22	—
Elias Pettersson VAN	vs FLA	2	0	2	4	0	0	17:39	—

Line changes

New look for MTL: Evans–Texier–Bolduc skated 10:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for CAR: Deslauriers–Jankowski–Carrier skated 9:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Toffoli–Wennberg–Eklund skated 6:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for BUF: Carrick–Malenstyn–Kozak skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SEA: Stephenson–Gaudreau–McCann skated 8:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Juuse Saros NSH	at WPG	W	39	3	.923
Spencer Knight CHI	vs MIN	O	37	4	.892
Alex Nedeljkovic SJS	at EDM	L	37	5	.865
Joseph Woll TOR	vs NYI	L	34	3	.912
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at MTL	O	31	3	.903
Brandon Bussi CAR	at CBJ	L	30	5	.833
Connor Ingram EDM	vs SJS	W	30	3	.900
Jet Greaves CBJ	vs CAR	W	29	1	.966
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	at VGK	W	29	0	.1000
Jakub Dobes MTL	vs BOS	W	28	2	.929
Ilya Sorokin NYI	at TOR	W	27	1	.963
Philipp Grubauer SEA	vs TBL	L	25	5	.800
Filip Gustavsson MIN	at CHI	W	24	3	.875
Adin Hill VGK	vs BUF	L	24	1	.958
Connor Hellebuyck WPG	vs NSH	O	23	3	.870
Kevin Lankinen VAN	vs FLA	W	23	2	.913
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at VAN	L	22	5	.773
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at SEA	W	18	2	.889
Jesper Wallstedt MIN	at CHI	—	2	0	.1000

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