Who's That Player?
This goalie lost his long-term partner-in-crime to a trade, as his team trusted him to be the future starter. He ultimately let in the most goals among goaltenders in the 2024-25 season, with 176.
who is Jeremy Swayman?
This player broke Wayne Gretzky's long-kept goal-scoring record on April 6th, 2025, scoring his 895th career goal.
who is Alexander Ovechkin?
This team made it back to the NHL playoffs for the first time since the 2016-17 season, ending a seven season drought.
who are the Ottawa Senators?
This defenseman almost unanimously received NHL All-Star honors at the end of the season, receiving 99.79% of the vote and all but one 1st place ballot from the voting panel.
who is Cale Makar?
This player was traded not once, but twice, during the 2024-25 season, and went on to place 16th in scoring despite it.
who is Mikko Rantanen?
After three Stanley Cup rings and eight total teams played for, this rugged forward announced his retirement after playing 848 games and accumulating 1087 penalty minutes.
who is Patrick Maroon?
Entering his 18th season as his team's captain, this player scored his 600th career goal on November 23rd, 2024
who is Sidney Crosby?
This team used the rarely utilized offer sheet system to poach not one but two players off of the Edmonton Oilers, forfeiting a second and third round picks to acquire them.
who are the St. Louis Blues?
He won his second Ted Lindsay Award for most outstanding player, and was the league's leading scorer in points with 121 pts.
who is Nikita Kucherov?
This player was traded from his career-long team in the off-season, and stuck it to them by leading the league in powerplay goals in 2024-25, with 17.
who is Jake Guentzel?
This player became the first player in NHL history to score 4 or more points in back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals games.
who is Connor McDavid?
Backstopping a failing New York Rangers team didn't stop this player from becoming the first American-born goalie to hit 400 career wins.
who is Jonathan Quick?
This team won the President's Trophy for most points in the 2024-25 season.
who are the Winnipeg Jets? (116 pts, 56-22-4)
He won the Hart for Most Valuable Player, and the Vezina for Best Goaltender, the latter receiving 98.75% of the possible vote.
who is Connor Hellebuyck?
On June 25th, 2025, Utah HC's general manager and father of this player traded their own son to the Buffalo Sabres.
who is Josh Doan?
This goalie resented what he signed up for in the 2024-25 season, facing the most shots among goaltenders, and tying for 2nd-worst in team losses.
This player scored the most points in the NHL Four Nations Face-off, while also setting team milestones for goals, assists, and points by a defenseman for his team.
who is Zach Werenski?
This team vastly increased their goal differential from the season before, improving to a -105 compared to their -150 the year prior.
who are the San Jose Sharks?
He signed an 8-yr, $112M contract in the off-season. He went on to score 52 goals in 71 games, winning his first Rocket Richard Trophy for most goals in the season.
who is Leon Draisaitl.
Traded on May 21st, 2024, this defenseman was moved back to his former team, and completed the 2024-25 season leading the league in +/- and playing in his 1,000th game.
who is Ryan McDonagh?
Because this player spent most of the season injured, they only played :10 of ice time shorthanded. It was all they needed to score a SHG, resulting in the ludicrous 360.10 SHG/60 statistic.
who is Anthony Mantha? (the next most had 6.96 SHG/60)
In his twelfth season in the NHL, this player finally posted a season with a positive +/- rating, bringing his career total to -179, the worst among active NHL players.
who is Rasmus Ristolainen?
This team was penalized the most throughout the entire 2024-25 season, with 340. Impressively, they killed off 274 of them.
who are the Florida Panthers?
The winner AND runner-up for the Frank J. Selke Trophy for Best Defensive Forward both came from this team.
This defensive journeyman left San Jose to join his 6th career team on February 1st, 2025, and proceeded to break the laws of the 82-game season by playing 85 games.
who is Cody Ceci?