NHL Recaps: Friday, Apr 24, 2026

3 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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Tampa Bay Lightning

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens edge Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 in overtime at home. Kirby Dach (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Raddysh and Hagel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 7:41 together.

•Alexandre Texier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:29.
•Kirby Dach had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:32.
•Zachary Bolduc had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:19.

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

Utah Mammoth beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

Utah Mammoth beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 at home. Lawson Crouse (UTA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther and Cooley) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:15 together.

•Lawson Crouse had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:17.
•MacKenzie Weegar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:46.
•Clayton Keller had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:33.

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

Anaheim Ducks beat Edmonton Oilers 7–4

Anaheim Ducks beat Edmonton Oilers 7–4 at home. Mikael Granlund (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

•Mikael Granlund had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 17:13.
•Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:50.
•Jackson LaCombe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:49.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Kasperi Kapanen for EDM @ ANA, 76.8 mph. Full game report →

Kasperi Kapanen (EDM @ ANA): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 76.8 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Mikael Granlund ANA	vs EDM	1	3	4	2	4	0	17:13	—
Lawson Crouse UTA	vs VGK	2	0	2	2	4	0	19:17	—
Jackson LaCombe ANA	vs EDM	1	1	2	4	0	2	26:49	—
Leo Carlsson ANA	vs EDM	1	1	2	4	1	1	18:53	—
Connor McDavid EDM	at ANA	1	1	2	3	3	0	23:50	—
Kirby Dach MTL	vs TBL	1	1	2	2	1	0	11:32	—
MacKenzie Weegar UTA	vs VGK	1	1	2	1	4	0	19:46	—
Alexandre Texier MTL	vs TBL	1	1	2	1	1	0	11:29	—
Zachary Bolduc MTL	vs TBL	0	2	2	3	1	2	12:19	—
Evan Bouchard EDM	at ANA	0	2	2	2	0	0	21:41	—
Leon Draisaitl EDM	at ANA	0	2	2	1	2	0	20:52	—
Clayton Keller UTA	vs VGK	0	2	2	0	0	0	15:33	—

Line changes

New look for TBL: Gourde–Girgensons–Guentzel skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Connor Ingram EDM	at ANA	L	38	6	.842
Karel Vejmelka UTA	vs VGK	W	32	2	.938
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at MTL	L	29	3	.897
Lukas Dostal ANA	vs EDM	W	25	4	.840
Jakub Dobes MTL	vs TBL	W	17	2	.882
Carter Hart VGK	at UTA	L	12	4	.667

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.