NHL Recaps: Saturday, Apr 25, 2026

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

Game recaps

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Carolina Hurricanes

Ottawa Senators

Carolina Hurricanes beat Ottawa Senators 4–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat Ottawa Senators 4–2 at OTT. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

•Sebastian Aho had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:27.
•Drake Batherson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:35.
•Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:54.

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

Minnesota Wild edge Dallas Stars 3–2 (OT)

Minnesota Wild beat Dallas Stars 3–2 in overtime at home. Brock Faber (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 2:44 together.

•Brock Faber had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 35:47.
•Kirill Kaprizov had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 28:35.
•Matt Duchene had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:33.

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 at PHI. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:10 together.

•Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:25.
•Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:54.
•PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:10 together.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Kris Letang for PIT @ PHI, 65.6 mph. Full game report →

Kris Letang (PIT @ PHI): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 65.6 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Sebastian Aho CAR	at OTT	2	0	2	5	2	0	21:27	—
Brock Faber MIN	vs DAL	1	1	2	5	2	4	35:47	—
Sidney Crosby PIT	at PHI	1	1	2	4	1	2	18:54	—
Drake Batherson OTT	vs CAR	1	1	2	2	3	1	20:35	—
Taylor Hall CAR	at OTT	1	1	2	2	0	0	13:54	—
Rickard Rakell PIT	at PHI	1	1	2	1	3	0	17:25	—
Kirill Kaprizov MIN	vs DAL	0	2	2	4	1	0	28:35	—
Matt Duchene DAL	at MIN	0	2	2	3	0	1	21:33	—
Carter Yakemchuk OTT	vs CAR	0	2	2	3	0	0	19:34	—
Mikko Rantanen DAL	at MIN	0	2	2	2	3	1	22:59	—
Seth Jarvis CAR	at OTT	0	2	2	1	1	1	19:47	—
Jason Robertson DAL	at MIN	1	0	1	7	0	0	25:13	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Jesper Wallstedt MIN	vs DAL	W	45	2	.956
Jake Oettinger DAL	at MIN	L	42	3	.929
Arturs Silovs PIT	at PHI	W	30	2	.933
Linus Ullmark OTT	vs CAR	L	28	2	.929
Frederik Andersen CAR	at OTT	W	27	2	.926
Dan Vladar PHI	vs PIT	L	21	3	.857

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.