NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Apr 1, 2026

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

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Vancouver Canucks

Colorado Avalanche

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 8–6

Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche 8–6 at COL. Brock Boeser (VAN) led the scoring with 3G 1A.

•Brock Boeser had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 4 shots in 18:57.
•Sam Malinski had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:52.
•Marcus Pettersson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 25:07.

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

Los Angeles Kings edge St. Louis Blues 2–1 (OT)

Los Angeles Kings beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 in overtime at home. Trevor Moore (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Kempe, Panarin, Laferriere and Clarke) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:11 together.

•LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Kempe, Panarin, Laferriere and Clarke) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:11 together.
•Alex Turcotte (LAK) played 6:38, −4:16 down on his 10:54 season average over 61 games.
•Logan Mailloux (STL) played 21:01, +4:19 up on his 16:42 season average over 66 games.

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

San Jose Sharks edge Anaheim Ducks 4–3

San Jose Sharks beat Anaheim Ducks 4–3 at home. Macklin Celebrini (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 2A. SJS's first power-play unit (Orlov, Toffoli, Wennberg, Smith and Celebrini) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:50 together.

•Macklin Celebrini had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 24:03.
•Will Smith had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:31.
•Drew Helleson had 2 assists (2 points) in 11:54.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Brent Burns for COL vs VAN, 75.6 mph. Full game report →

Brent Burns (COL vs VAN): Point shot, carried in, 4-on-3 at the blue line, 1 pass, 75.6 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Brock Boeser VAN	at COL	3	1	4	4	0	0	18:57	—
Macklin Celebrini SJS	vs ANA	2	2	4	4	0	1	24:03	—
Sam Malinski COL	vs VAN	2	1	3	2	0	1	20:52	—
Will Smith SJS	vs ANA	1	2	3	2	0	0	18:31	—
Marcus Pettersson VAN	at COL	1	2	3	1	3	3	25:07	—
Teddy Blueger VAN	at COL	2	0	2	2	0	0	19:48	—
Max Sasson VAN	at COL	1	1	2	2	0	1	15:18	—
Brent Burns COL	vs VAN	1	1	2	1	0	1	19:09	—
Drew O'Connor VAN	at COL	0	2	2	3	2	1	12:43	—
Valeri Nichushkin COL	vs VAN	0	2	2	2	0	0	13:01	—
Devon Toews COL	vs VAN	0	2	2	1	0	0	24:54	—
Marco Rossi VAN	at COL	0	2	2	0	2	0	13:36	—

Line changes

New look for SJS: Smith–Celebrini–Graf skated 13:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Yaroslav Askarov SJS	vs ANA	W	31	3	.903
Kevin Lankinen VAN	at COL	W	30	6	.800
Jordan Binnington STL	at LAK	O	26	2	.923
Anton Forsberg LAK	vs STL	W	24	1	.958
Lukas Dostal ANA	at SJS	L	21	4	.810
Mackenzie Blackwood COL	vs VAN	—	19	6	.684
Scott Wedgewood COL	vs VAN	L	6	1	.833

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.