NHL Recaps: Wednesday, Apr 29, 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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Montreal Canadiens

Tampa Bay Lightning

Montreal Canadiens edge Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 at TBL. Jake Guentzel (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MTL: Anderson–Suzuki–Caufield skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for MTL: Anderson–Suzuki–Caufield skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Jakub Dobes (MTL) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +10 against a season average of 29.7; the win.
•New look for MTL: Evans–Slafkovský–Demidov skated 5:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Philadelphia Flyers edge Pittsburgh Penguins 1–0 (OT)

Philadelphia Flyers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 1–0 in overtime at home. Cam York (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for PHI: Tippett–Zegras–Martone skated 13:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (19% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•New look for PHI: Tippett–Zegras–Martone skated 13:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (19% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
•Dan Vladar (PHI) faced 42 shots and stopped 42 (.1000), +13 against a season average of 29.4; the win.
•New look for PHI: Couturier–Glendening–Foerster skated 13:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (28% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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Vegas Golden Knights edge Utah Mammoth 5–4 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Utah Mammoth 5–4 in overtime at home. Pavel Dorofeyev (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Mikhail Sergachev (UTA) played 37:35, +12:12 up on his 25:23 season average over 5 games.

•Pavel Dorofeyev had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 23:42.
•Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 34:25.
•Clayton Keller had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 29:40.

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

Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche

Scheduled.

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Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Cam York for PHI vs PIT, 65.4 mph. Full game report →

Cam York (PHI vs PIT): Point shot, 3 passes, 65.4 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Pavel Dorofeyev VGK	vs UTA	3	0	3	5	0	2	23:42	—
Shea Theodore VGK	vs UTA	1	1	2	4	0	2	34:25	—
Jack Eichel VGK	vs UTA	0	2	2	5	1	1	31:15	—
Clayton Keller UTA	at VGK	0	2	2	4	0	0	29:40	—
Lawson Crouse UTA	at VGK	1	0	1	1	11	0	28:24	—
Ivan Barbashev VGK	vs UTA	0	1	1	0	10	0	24:27	—
Nikita Kucherov TBL	vs MTL	0	0	0	8	1	0	21:44	—
Noah Juulsen PHI	vs PIT	0	0	0	1	6	3	14:46	—

Line changes

New look for MTL: Anderson–Suzuki–Caufield skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MTL: Evans–Slafkovský–Demidov skated 5:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for MTL: Gallagher–Danault–Newhook skated 5:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: Tippett–Zegras–Martone skated 13:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (19% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: Couturier–Glendening–Foerster skated 13:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (28% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Dan Vladar PHI	vs PIT	W	42	0	.1000
Jakub Dobes MTL	at TBL	W	40	2	.950
Karel Vejmelka UTA	at VGK	L	38	5	.868
Carter Hart VGK	vs UTA	W	38	4	.895
Arturs Silovs PIT	at PHI	L	32	1	.969
Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs MTL	L	24	3	.875

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.