Hockey headlines for January 3, 2018

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Wild wins big over Panthers in Parise's season debut (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Fleury, Golden Knights blank Nashville 3-0 (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Lightning shuts down Maple Leafs for 2-0 road victory (Tampa Bay Times)
Jets lose 3-2 in OT to Avalanche in Buff's return (Winnipeg Free Press)
Bellows helps U.S. into World Juniors semifinal (Buffalo News)
Canada rolls over Swiss in world junior quarter-finals (Toronto Star)
Versteeg's hip getting better, but return unknown (Calgary Herald)
Red Wings keeping Tyler Bertuzzi for the season (Detroit Free Press)
NHL open for Isles playing games at Coliseum (New York Newsday)
The U.S. Hockey Team’s Mystery Men (New York Times)
Stamkos, league-leading Lightning taking this season day by day (Toronto Star)
Buffalo connections to U.S. Olympic roster include Gionta, Borgen (Buffalo News)
Wild prospect Jordan Greenway first African-American player on U.S. Olympic hockey roster (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Senators' Thomas Chabot tries to keep up with world junior tournament (Ottawa Citizen)
Joel Quenneville not sweating short-term job security, long-term legacy (Chicago Sun-Times)
Mike Hoffman recognizes trade speculation is part of game for struggling Senators (Ottawa Citizen)
Bruins take care of business, strand Islanders (Boston Herald)
Blues get the job done, beat Devils in shootout (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
‘Character win' for Penguins takes many twists, turns (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Alex Ovechkin finds more late-game magic to lift Capitals past Hurricanes in OT (Washington Post)
Bjorkstrand has two goals to help Jackets snap three-game skid (Columbus Dispatch)
Avalanche beats Winnipeg Jets in overtime on Erik Johnson’s winning shot (Denver Post)
Sharks respond to New Year’s Eve debacle by beating Habs, again (San Jose Mercury News)
Kings take hit, counter swiftly in dominant win over Oilers (Los Angeles Times)
Rickard Rakell, Ryan Getzlaf stay hot as Ducks rout Canucks (Orange County Register)
Leafs on wrong end of defensive battle with Lightning (Toronto Star)
Islanders' spiral continues with loss to Bruins (New York Newsday)
Blues beat Devils, 3-2, in a shootout (NorthJersey.com)
Preds come up empty in shutout loss to Vegas (The Tennessean)
Flyers fail to keep momentum going, fall to Penguins, 5-1 (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Hurricanes beaten by Capitals in overtime 5-4 (Raleigh News & Observer)
Individual mistakes aside, here's what loss to Blue Jackets means for Stars (Dallas Morning News)
Edmonton Oilers lose big for second-consecutive home game (Edmonton Journal)
Hutton stays in Blues lineup as a reward from Yeo (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Kinkaid, Lovejoy return to Devils' lineup (NorthJersey.com)
Coyotes taking positive approach into 2018 (Arizona Republic)
Phil Housley sees Sabres growing accustomed to his coaching (Buffalo News)
Brandon Saad knows Blackhawks' top line must start performing better (Chicago Tribune)
Thomas Chabot joins first unit of power play as Senators make internal changes (Ottawa Citizen)
Hawks' Kero doing best to battle way back to big club (Chicago Daily Herald)
Blackhawks uniforms voted best in NHL history (Chicago Tribune)