NHL Recaps: Saturday, May 9, 2026

2 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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Carolina Hurricanes

Philadelphia Flyers

Carolina Hurricanes edge Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 (OT)

Carolina Hurricanes beat Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 in overtime at PHI. Jackson Blake (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for PHI: Zegras–Foerster–Martone skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (34.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Jackson Blake had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:29.
•Taylor Hall had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:36.
•New look for PHI: Zegras–Foerster–Martone skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (34.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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

Minnesota Wild rout Colorado Avalanche 5–1

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 5–1 at home. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:16 together.

•Brock Faber had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 29:37.
•Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 23:27.
•Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 28:32.

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

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Quinn Hughes for MIN vs COL, 65.4 mph. Full game report →

Quinn Hughes (MIN vs COL): Forecheck turnover, 1 pass, 65.4 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Jackson Blake CAR	at PHI	2	1	3	3	1	1	17:29	—
Brock Faber MIN	vs COL	1	2	3	4	1	2	29:37	—
Kirill Kaprizov MIN	vs COL	1	2	3	4	0	2	23:27	—
Taylor Hall CAR	at PHI	0	3	3	3	1	1	16:36	—
Quinn Hughes MIN	vs COL	1	1	2	1	0	1	28:32	—
Mats Zuccarello MIN	vs COL	0	2	2	3	1	0	17:27	—
Gabriel Landeskog COL	at MIN	0	1	1	7	5	0	20:40	—
Travis Konecny PHI	vs CAR	0	1	1	1	7	2	16:33	—
Cam York PHI	vs CAR	0	0	0	0	1	8	24:35	—
Marcus Foligno MIN	vs COL	0	0	0	0	9	0	9:01	—

Line changes

New look for PHI: Zegras–Foerster–Martone skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (34.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for PHI: Dvorak–Konecny–Bump skated 9:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (21.1% 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 CAR	L	40	3	.925
Jesper Wallstedt MIN	vs COL	W	36	1	.972
Frederik Andersen CAR	at PHI	W	17	2	.882
Mackenzie Blackwood COL	at MIN	—	13	1	.923
Scott Wedgewood COL	at MIN	L	12	3	.750

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.