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NHL Morning Recap – December 16, 2025

Originally posted on The Hockey Writers
By Spencer Lazary | Last updated Dec 16, 2025 5:30 AM ET

Welcome to another edition of the NHL Morning Recap.

Today, we will be looking at the scores of the 5 NHL games that were played on Dec. 15, 2025. Which included a big rivalry game between the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. As well as the Los Angeles Kings and Dallas Stars battle it out in the late game.

All that and more in the Morning Recap.

PANTHERS 5 at LIGHTNING 2

Florida Panthers Scoring Summary

P1 2:16 – Sam Reinhart (16) from Aaron Ekblad (8)
P1 3:48 – Anton Lundell (10) from Uvis Balinskis (5), Seth Jones (14)
P2 11:48 – Brad Marchand (19) from Carter Verhaeghe (16), Ekblad (9)
P2 18:08 – Reinhart (17) from Mackie Samoskevich (12)
P3 6:37 – Verhaeghe (10) from Balinskis (6)

Tampa Bay Lightning Scoring Summary

P2 19:27 – Maxwell Crozier (1) from Oliver Bjorkstrand (10), Brayden Point (12)
P3 2:11 – J.J. Moser (3) from Point (13), Darren Raddysh (17)

DUCKS 4 at RANGERS 1

Anaheim Ducks Scoring Summary

P2 7:18 – Jackson LaCombe (5) from Ryan Poehling (7), Jacob Trouba (10)
P3 5:51 – Cutter Gauthier (17) from Beckett Sennecke (17), Olen Zellweger (9)
P3 19:38 – Gauthier (18) from Leo Carlsson (24), Alex Killorn (8)
P3 19:57 – Pavel Mintyukov (3) from Poehling (8), Ross Johnston (6)

New York Rangers Scoring Summary

P2 16:18 – Matthew Robertson (2) from Artemi Panarin (23), Alexis Lafreniere (11)

SENATORS 3 at JETS 2 – OT

Senators Come Back Late in Third; Defeat Jets 3-2 in Overtime

Ottawa Senators Scoring Summary

P2 10:47 – Nick Cousins (5) from Kurtis MacDermid (1), Tim Stutzle (16)
P3 18:06 – Jake Sanderson (7) from Stutzle (17)
OT 2:11 – Brady Tkachuk (2) from Stutzle (18), Sanderson (19)

Winnipeg Jets Scoring Summary

P2 15:37 – Neal Pionk (2) from Kyle Connor (26), Cole Perfetti (5)
P2 18:35 – Logan Stanley (6) from Morgan Barron (5), Gabriel Vilardi (14)

PREDATORS 5 at BLUES 2

Forsberg’s Hat Trick Leads the Predators to Another Win Over the Blues

Nashville Predators Scoring Summary

P1 0:27 – Filip Forsberg (12) from Ryan O’Reilly (15), Brady Skjei (9)
P2 1:23 – Michael Bunting (9) from Nick Perbix (4), Erik Haula (13)
P2 5:31 – Forsberg (13) from Steven Stamkos (4), Roman Josi (11)
P2 18:45 – Reid Schaefer (3) from Josi (12)
P3 16:09 – Forsberg (14) from O’Reilly (16)

St. Louis Blues Scoring Summary

P1 10:06 – Dalibor Dvorsky (4) from Hugh McGing (1), Justin Faulk (10)
P3 8:29 – Dvorsky (5) from Jake Neighbours (7), Pavel Buchnevich (12)

KINGS 1 at STARS 4

DeSmith Stops 27, Stars Defeat Kings 4-1

Los Angeles Kings Scoring Summary

P2 11:03 – Andrei Kuzmenko (5) unassisted

Dallas Stars Scoring Summary

P2 15:42 – Matt Duchene (2) from Mikko Rantanen (30), Wyatt Johnston (22)
P3 6:12 – Oskar Back (2) from Radek Faksa (11), Colin Blackwell (5)
P3 16:11 – Mikko Rantanen (14) from Thomas Harley (10)
P3 19:28 – Wyatt Johnston (17) from Duchene (2)