NHL Recaps: Sunday, Apr 26, 2026

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

Game recaps

Final

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Buffalo Sabres

Boston Bruins

Buffalo Sabres rout Boston Bruins 6–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 6–1 at BOS. Alex Tuch (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Pastrnak–Zacha–Geekie skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:35.
•Bowen Byram had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:59.
•Josh Doan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:51.

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Los Angeles Kings 5–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Los Angeles Kings 5–1 at LAK. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:38 together.

•Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:47.
•Gabriel Landeskog had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:58.
•COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:38 together.

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

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at MTL. Brandon Hagel (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 1 power-play goal on 16 attempts in 5:40 together.

•Brandon Hagel had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:34.
•Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:40.
•J.J. Moser had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:33.

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

Anaheim Ducks edge Edmonton Oilers 4–3 (OT)

Anaheim Ducks beat Edmonton Oilers 4–3 in overtime at home. Evan Bouchard (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 1A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 1:00 together.

•Evan Bouchard had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:56.
•Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:32.
•Jackson LaCombe had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 29:54.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Evan Bouchard for EDM @ ANA, 70.5 mph. Full game report →

Evan Bouchard (EDM @ ANA): Off the faceoff, 1 pass, 70.5 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nathan MacKinnon COL	at LAK	2	1	3	5	2	2	17:47	—
Brandon Hagel TBL	at MTL	2	0	2	3	2	1	25:34	—
Alex Tuch BUF	at BOS	1	1	2	6	0	3	18:35	—
Peyton Krebs BUF	at BOS	1	1	2	3	2	1	14:32	—
Evan Bouchard EDM	at ANA	1	1	2	3	1	1	22:56	—
Bowen Byram BUF	at BOS	1	1	2	3	1	0	22:59	—
Jake Guentzel TBL	at MTL	1	1	2	2	1	0	22:40	—
Josh Doan BUF	at BOS	1	1	2	1	2	0	12:51	—
Connor McDavid EDM	at ANA	0	2	2	3	1	0	19:32	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	at MTL	0	2	2	3	0	0	22:57	—
John Carlson ANA	vs EDM	0	2	2	2	1	2	25:46	—
Jackson LaCombe ANA	vs EDM	0	2	2	2	2	1	29:54	—

Line changes

New look for BOS: Pastrnak–Zacha–Geekie skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for LAK: Laughton–Turcotte–Wright skated 9:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for COL: Kadri–Lehkonen–Roy skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Tristan Jarry EDM	at ANA	L	38	4	.895
Anton Forsberg LAK	vs COL	L	31	4	.871
Jeremy Swayman BOS	vs BUF	L	29	6	.793
Lukas Dostal ANA	vs EDM	W	27	3	.889
Scott Wedgewood COL	at LAK	W	25	1	.960
Alex Lyon BUF	at BOS	W	24	1	.958
Jakub Dobes MTL	vs TBL	L	20	3	.850
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	at MTL	W	18	2	.889
Joonas Korpisalo BOS	vs BUF	—	6	0	.1000

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