NHL Recaps: Sunday, Mar 29, 2026

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Florida Panthers

New York Rangers

New York Rangers beat Florida Panthers 3–1

New York Rangers beat Florida Panthers 3–1 at home. Adam Fox (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for FLA: Greer–Boqvist–Samoskevich skated 10:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Adam Fox had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:52.
•New look for FLA: Greer–Boqvist–Samoskevich skated 10:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jesper Boqvist (FLA) played 16:51, +5:05 up on his 11:46 season average over 72 games.

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Tampa Bay Lightning edge Nashville Predators 3–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Nashville Predators 3–2 at home. Jake Guentzel (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL) played 8:19, −5:23 down on his 13:42 season average over 79 games.

•Jake Guentzel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:46.
•Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:37.
•Oliver Bjorkstrand (TBL) played 8:19, −5:23 down on his 13:42 season average over 79 games.

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Montreal Canadiens beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 at CAR. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. CAR's first power-play unit (Staal, Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:13 together.

•Nick Suzuki had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:17.
•Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:45.
•Lane Hutson had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:31.

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Final / SO

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Boston Bruins

Columbus Blue Jackets

Boston Bruins edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (SO)

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in a shootout at CBJ. Pavel Zacha (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

•Pavel Zacha had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:07.
•Viktor Arvidsson had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:14.
•Charlie McAvoy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:09.

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New Jersey Devils beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3

New Jersey Devils beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3 at home. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 2A. CHI's first power-play unit (Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Nazar, Bedard and Frondell) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 3:29 together.

•Jack Hughes had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 8 shots in 22:12.
•Frank Nazar had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 19:00.
•Anton Frondell had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:52.

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Philadelphia Flyers edge Dallas Stars 2–1 (OT)

Philadelphia Flyers beat Dallas Stars 2–1 in overtime at home. Travis Konecny (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for DAL: Rantanen–Robertson–Johnston skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for DAL: Rantanen–Robertson–Johnston skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•New look for PHI: Dvorak–Konecny–Grundstrom skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Michael Bunting (DAL) played 3:46, −10:49 down on his 14:35 season average over 73 games.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Andrei Svechnikov for CAR vs MTL, 83.2 mph. Full game report →

Andrei Svechnikov (CAR vs MTL): Cycle, 3 passes, 83.2 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jack Hughes NJD	vs CHI	2	2	4	8	0	0	22:12	—
Nick Suzuki MTL	at CAR	2	1	3	5	1	1	20:17	—
Pavel Zacha BOS	at CBJ	2	1	3	5	1	0	18:07	—
Jake Guentzel TBL	vs NSH	1	2	3	3	0	0	18:46	—
Viktor Arvidsson BOS	at CBJ	0	3	3	3	1	0	15:14	—
Frank Nazar CHI	at NJD	2	0	2	7	2	1	19:00	—
Filip Forsberg NSH	at TBL	1	1	2	4	1	1	19:37	—
Charlie McAvoy BOS	at CBJ	1	1	2	4	0	2	26:09	—
Adam Fox NYR	vs FLA	1	1	2	3	0	4	23:52	—
Cole Caufield MTL	at CAR	1	1	2	3	0	0	15:45	—
Mason Marchment CBJ	vs BOS	1	1	2	2	0	0	14:59	—
Anton Frondell CHI	at NJD	0	2	2	3	1	0	16:52	—

Line changes

New look for FLA: Greer–Boqvist–Samoskevich skated 10:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for FLA: Nosek–Gregor–Foote skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for NYR: Brodzinski–Chmelar–Laba skated 8:52 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Rantanen–Robertson–Johnston skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: Dvorak–Konecny–Grundstrom skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for DAL: Benn–Duchene–Bourque skated 5:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: Cates–Bump–Michkov skated 7:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jet Greaves CBJ	vs BOS	O	39	3	.923
Spencer Knight CHI	at NJD	L	39	4	.897
Jakub Dobes MTL	at CAR	W	35	1	.971
Jonas Johansson TBL	vs NSH	W	31	2	.935
Jake Allen NJD	vs CHI	W	31	3	.903
Casey DeSmith DAL	at PHI	O	30	2	.933
Justus Annunen NSH	at TBL	L	28	3	.893
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs FLA	W	27	1	.963
Jeremy Swayman BOS	at CBJ	W	25	3	.880
Sergei Bobrovsky FLA	at NYR	L	21	2	.905
Frederik Andersen CAR	vs MTL	L	18	3	.833
Samuel Ersson PHI	vs DAL	W	18	1	.944

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