Nine finals on Tuesday. Two went to overtime. One hat trick at the Garden. A 3-0 hole in Toronto that flipped with 14 seconds left. AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) scored the NHL boxes. Six games are recapped below. The other three finals are on the scoreboards. We did not invent extra recaps to fill a slot.
Top team fantasy scores
AthX Engine team points pay a win, half-credit for an overtime loss, then goals for and against. A 6-2 jumps the board. A 5-4 overtime win still pays. Regulation losses that get outscored hard floor at 0.
| Rank | Team | Score | AthX Engine FP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vegas Golden Knights | 6-2 at SEA | 23.20 |
| 2 | Carolina Hurricanes | 6-4 at MTL | 21.20 |
| 3 | New York Rangers | 5-2 vs NYI | 21.00 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 5-3 vs OTT | 20.00 |
| 4 | Utah Mammoth | 5-3 at NJD | 20.00 |
| 6 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5-4 OT vs NSH | 19.00 |
| 7 | Chicago Blackhawks | 4-2 vs STL | 18.80 |
| 8 | Buffalo Sabres | 3-2 OT vs MIN | 16.60 |
| 9 | Florida Panthers | 2-1 at LAK | 15.40 |
| 10 | Nashville Predators | 4-5 OT at TOR | 9.80 |
Vegas is the club night. Carolina and the Rangers sit behind on 6-4 and 5-2. Detroit and Utah are the same 5-3 winner math. Toronto's overtime win is sixth. Chicago missed the recap cut by 0.20 team points. Nashville keeps 9.80 on the overtime-loss card.
Top skaters
C, W, and D only. Goalies have their own table. Carter Hart won in Seattle and is not seeded, so that name stays unlinked in the recap. Calum Ritchie scored for the Islanders and is unlinked too.
| Rank | Player | Pos | Team | AthX Engine FP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexis Lafrenière | W | NYR | 16.30 |
| 1 | Tomas Hertl | C | VGK | 16.30 |
| 3 | Auston Matthews | C | TOR | 14.40 |
| 4 | Jack Eichel | C | VGK | 12.70 |
| 5 | Tage Thompson | C | BUF | 12.40 |
| 6 | Alex DeBrincat | W | DET | 12.30 |
| 7 | Nick Schmaltz | C | UTA | 11.90 |
| 8 | Lucas Raymond | W | DET | 11.60 |
| 9 | Steven Stamkos | C | NSH | 10.80 |
| 9 | Sebastian Aho | C | CAR | 10.80 |
| 9 | Zachary Bolduc | W | MTL | 10.80 |
Lafrenière's 16.30 is a hat trick, an assist, and two empty-netters at the Garden. Hertl matches it on two power-play goals, two assists, and a 6-2 in Seattle. Matthews is the overtime winner plus three assists after Toronto trailed 3-0. Thompson's 12.40 came in Buffalo's 3-2 overtime win, a final we did not recap. Stamkos, Aho, and Bolduc tied at 10.80.
Top goalies
Win, 0.4 per save, minus 1.2 per goal against, plus 2 for a shutout, plus 0.5 for an overtime loss. Hart is unlinked. Connor Ellis won in Buffalo and is not seeded.
| Rank | Player | Team | AthX Engine FP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karel Vejmelka | UTA | 11.40 |
| 2 | Spencer Knight | CHI | 11.00 |
| 3 | Carter Hart | VGK | 10.60 |
| 4 | Jacob Markstrom | FLA | 9.40 |
| 5 | John Gibson | DET | 8.20 |
| 6 | Darcy Kuemper | LAK | 8.00 |
| 7 | Connor Ellis | BUF | 7.80 |
| 8 | Samuel Ersson | OTT | 7.60 |
| 9 | Igor Shesterkin | NYR | 7.40 |
| 10 | Juuse Saros | NSH | 7.30 |
Vejmelka's 30 saves in a 5-3 at New Jersey lead the crease. Knight's 26-save 4-2 is the goalie gem just outside the six recaps (Chicago 18.80 team FP, 0.20 behind Toronto). Hart's 10.60 is a win on 25 saves in the 6-2. Markstrom's 9.40 is a 2-1 at Los Angeles we did not recap. Saros keeps 7.30 on the overtime loss in Toronto.
Featured games
Tuesday had nine finals. These six had the highest AthX Engine team scores. Chicago's 4-2 sat 0.20 behind Toronto and is not recapped here.
Buffalo 3-2 in overtime over Minnesota, Chicago 4-2 over St. Louis, and Florida 2-1 at Los Angeles are on the NHL.com scoreboard and the ESPN NHL scoreboard.
What stood out
Three things.
First, the skater board had a tie at the top that did not look like the same job. Lafrenière needed two empty-netters to get to 16.30. Hertl got there with two power-play goals in a 5-0 game through two periods.
Second, Toronto's 19.00 is an overtime comeback from 3-0, not a blowout card. Matthews 14.40. McKenna's first NHL goal. Stamkos still 10.80 on the losing side.
Third, the crease behind the recap cut was loud. Knight 11.00. Vejmelka 11.40 inside the pack. Hart 10.60 unlinked. A 26-save 4-2 in Chicago did not make the six because the Leafs' overtime win paid 19.00.
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*Sources: Scores from the NHL.com scoreboard and ESPN NHL scoreboard, plus ESPN recaps and boxes for VGK-SEA, CAR-MTL, NYI-NYR, OTT-DET, UTA-NJD, and NSH-TOR. AthX Engine fantasy points scored from NHL gamecenter boxes 2026020044–2026020052. Information only; not financial advice.*
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