NHL Recaps: Friday, Mar 20, 2026

5 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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Carolina Hurricanes

Toronto Maple Leafs

Carolina Hurricanes edge Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 (OT)

Carolina Hurricanes beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 in overtime at TOR. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for TOR: Domi–Nylander–Knies skated 9:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Matias Maccelli had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:59.
•Sebastian Aho had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:47.
•Seth Jarvis had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:56.

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Washington Capitals edge New Jersey Devils 2–1

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 2–1 at home. Aliaksei Protas (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jack Hughes (NJD) played 26:18, +5:04 up on his 21:14 season average over 60 games.

•Jack Hughes (NJD) played 26:18, +5:04 up on his 21:14 season average over 60 games.
•Connor Brown (NJD) played 23:04, +5:35 up on his 17:29 season average over 74 games.
•Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 13:29, −4:01 down on his 17:30 season average over 81 games.

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Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at CHI. Martin Necas (COL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Nelson, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 4:24 together.

•Martin Necas had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:40.
•Nathan MacKinnon had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:12.
•Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:52.

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Calgary Flames beat Florida Panthers 4–1

Calgary Flames beat Florida Panthers 4–1 at home. Blake Coleman (CGY) led the scoring with 0G 2A. CGY's first power-play unit (Coleman, Frost, Coronato, Parekh and Gridin) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:40 together.

•Blake Coleman had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:39.
•CGY's first power-play unit (Coleman, Frost, Coronato, Parekh and Gridin) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:40 together.
•Daniil Tarasov (FLA) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +8 against a season average of 28.0; the loss.

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Anaheim Ducks beat Utah Mammoth 4–1

Anaheim Ducks beat Utah Mammoth 4–1 at UTA. Alex Killorn (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Pavel Mintyukov (ANA) played 22:51, +4:29 up on his 18:22 season average over 72 games.

•Alex Killorn had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:39.
•Ryan Poehling had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:04.
•Pavel Mintyukov (ANA) played 22:51, +4:29 up on his 18:22 season average over 72 games.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Cutter Gauthier for ANA @ UTA, 68.3 mph. Full game report →

Cutter Gauthier (ANA @ UTA): Odd-man rush, carried in, 2-on-1 at the blue line, 2 passes, 68.3 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Martin Necas COL	at CHI	1	2	3	5	1	1	20:40	—
Alex Killorn ANA	at UTA	1	2	3	4	1	0	16:39	—
Nathan MacKinnon COL	at CHI	0	3	3	4	3	0	22:12	—
Ryan Poehling ANA	at UTA	1	1	2	1	5	4	19:04	—
Valeri Nichushkin COL	at CHI	1	1	2	1	0	0	16:52	—
Sebastian Aho CAR	at TOR	0	2	2	2	0	0	18:47	—
Seth Jarvis CAR	at TOR	0	2	2	2	0	0	17:56	—
Blake Coleman CGY	vs FLA	0	2	2	1	0	0	17:39	—
Matias Maccelli TOR	vs CAR	0	2	2	0	0	2	12:59	—

Line changes

New look for TOR: Domi–Nylander–Knies skated 9:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for FLA: Rodrigues–Boqvist–Luostarinen skated 7:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Arvid Soderblom CHI	vs COL	L	49	4	.918
Joseph Woll TOR	vs CAR	O	36	4	.889
Daniil Tarasov FLA	at CGY	L	36	4	.889
Logan Thompson WSH	vs NJD	W	31	1	.968
Lukas Dostal ANA	at UTA	W	30	1	.967
Jake Allen NJD	at WSH	L	27	1	.963
Brandon Bussi CAR	at TOR	W	26	3	.885
Dustin Wolf CGY	vs FLA	W	25	1	.960
Vitek Vanecek UTA	vs ANA	L	22	2	.909
Mackenzie Blackwood COL	at CHI	W	20	1	.950

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