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AthX NHL Top 10: McDavid 17.20, Panthers 26.60, Fourteen Finals

Fourteen finals on Saturday. Florida scored eight. Edmonton and Vegas each scored six. Columbus needed overtime and zero goals against. AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) scored every NHL box. We recapped the six highest team lines. We did not invent extra games.

Top team fantasy scores

AthX Engine team points pay a win, half-credit for an overtime loss, then goals for and against. An 8-3 pays like a night that got away from the other bench. A 4-0 still pays. A regulation loss that scores two can sit at the floor.

RankTeamScoreAthX Engine FP
1Florida Panthers8-3 vs SEA26.60
2Edmonton Oilers6-2 at UTA23.20
2Vegas Golden Knights6-2 vs PIT23.20
4Nashville Predators5-2 vs STL21.00
5Dallas Stars4-0 at CHI20.80
6New York Islanders4-1 at TOR19.80
6Boston Bruins4-1 at LAK19.80
8Washington Capitals4-2 vs NJD18.80
8Tampa Bay Lightning4-2 vs VAN18.80
10Montreal Canadiens4-3 OT vs BUF17.80

Florida owns the club night on 8-3. Edmonton and Vegas tie at 23.20. New York and Boston tie at 19.80. Simon Holmstrom at 9.20 beat David Pastrnak at 8.30, so the Islanders took the sixth recap. Detroit Red Wings also sit at 17.80 after a 4-3 shootout. Jet Greaves is the goalie gem: 16.60 on a 1-0 overtime win. Columbus's team line is 14.20, last among Saturday's winners, so that game does not get a seventh recap.

Top skaters

C, W, and D only. Goalies have their own table. Arttu Hyry is not seeded on AthX player pages, so that name stays unlinked.

RankPlayerPosTeamAthX Engine FP
1Connor McDavidCEDM17.20
2Carter VerhaegheCFLA15.50
3Sam BennettCFLA14.90
4Macklin CelebriniCSJS13.70
5Nikita KucherovWTBL12.20
6Jason RobertsonWDAL11.20
7Emmitt FinnieCDET11.10
8Cole CaufieldWMTL11.00
8Arttu HyryWDAL11.00
10Arseny GritsyukWNJD10.10
10Mark StoneWVGK10.10

McDavid's 17.20 is two goals, three assists, two shots, and a block. Verhaeghe's 15.50 is the natural hat trick plus the power-play bonus. Bennett's 14.90 is the other three. Celebrini's 13.70 and Finnie's 11.10 come from the unreapped San Jose-Detroit shootout. Kucherov is 12.20 from the unreapped Tampa rally. Caufield's 11.00 is the overtime winner in Montreal, also unreapped.

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. Greaves and Jake Oettinger posted shutouts. Tristan Jarry and Dylan Garand are unlinked.

RankPlayerTeamAthX Engine FP
1Jet GreavesCBJ16.60
2Ilya SorokinNYI13.00
3Jake OettingerDAL12.60
4Logan ThompsonWSH12.20
5John GibsonDET11.80
5Dan VladarPHI11.80
5Jeremy SwaymanBOS11.80
8Tristan JarryEDM11.00
9Dylan GarandNYR10.50
10Juuse SarosNSH10.20

Greaves's 29-save overtime shutout is the slate's top player line, ahead of McDavid. Sorokin's 28-save win is the Islanders recap. Oettinger's 19-save blank is the Stars recap. Garand's 10.50 is the overtime-loss credit plus 28 saves in the same Columbus game.

Featured games

Saturday had 14 finals. These six are the recap cut.

  • Panthers 8, Kraken 3
  • Oilers 6, Mammoth 2
  • Golden Knights 6, Penguins 2
  • Predators 5, Blues 2
  • Stars 4, Blackhawks 0
  • Islanders 4, Maple Leafs 1
  • What stood out

    Three things.

    First, the skater board is a five-point McDavid night sitting on top of two Florida hat tricks. Verhaeghe and Bennett did not need an assist. The Panthers' 26.60 still needed the 8-3. Seattle floors at 0.

    Second, the recap cut is team math, not the prettiest goalie line. Greaves at 16.60 is the best individual score of the slate. Columbus at 14.20 is not a top-six club night. Oettinger's shutout already came with Dallas at 20.80, so it is in the recap set.

    Third, the unreapped games still own real names. Celebrini, Kucherov, Finnie, and Caufield all clear 11.00. Cole Caufield scored twice, including overtime, and Montreal still sits 10th on the team board.

    Track the board on the marketplace. Fantasy points measure the box. Price is what traders will pay. They are not the same number.

    *Sources: Scores from the NHL.com scoreboard and ESPN NHL scoreboard, plus ESPN recaps and boxes for SEA-FLA, EDM-UTA, PIT-VGK, STL-NSH, DAL-CHI, and NYI-TOR. AthX Engine fantasy points scored from NHL gamecenter boxes 2026020121 through 2026020134. Information only; not financial advice.*

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