NHL Recaps: Tuesday, Apr 28, 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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Boston Bruins

2

Buffalo Sabres

1

Boston Bruins edge Buffalo Sabres 2–1 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 2–1 in overtime at BUF. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, McLeod and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:30 together.

• •BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, McLeod and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:30 together.
• •New look for BOS: Pastrnak–Zacha–Khusnutdinov skated 16:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
• •Peyton Krebs (BUF) played 24:28, +10:42 up on his 13:46 season average over 12 games.

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Final

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Minnesota Wild

4

Dallas Stars

2

Minnesota Wild beat Dallas Stars 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat Dallas Stars 4–2 at DAL. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. DAL's first power-play unit (Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:32 together.

• •Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:09.
• •Jason Robertson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:07.
• •Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:27.

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Final

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Anaheim Ducks

1

Edmonton Oilers

4

Edmonton Oilers beat Anaheim Ducks 4–1

Edmonton Oilers beat Anaheim Ducks 4–1 at home. Evan Bouchard (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 3A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:31 together.

• •Evan Bouchard had 3 assists (3 points) in 27:30.
• •Leon Draisaitl had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:22.
• •Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:09.

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