Hockey headlines for December 14 2019

Saturday, December 14, 2019

Avalanche extends points streak to nine games with 3-1 win over New Jersey (Denver Post)
Max Pacioretty, Golden Knights edge Stars in overtime (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NJ Devils scratch Taylor Hall last minute against Avalanche amid trade rumors (NorthJersey.com)
Flyers’ Oskar Lindblom has Ewing’s sarcoma cancer, is expected to miss rest of season (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Dubnyk will be with Wild on road trip; 'hope' is to play (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Capitals owner Ted Leonsis on a possible NHL game in Russia: ‘We are all in on this’ (Washington Post)
City, hockey world pours in support for Oskar Lindblom (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Zach Bogosian mum on trade rumors: 'I'm going to let everything stay in house' (Buffalo News)
Despite chaotic week, Stars show their strength as one of the NHL’s top teams (Dallas Morning News)
Devils lose to Avalanche as Taylor Hall sits ahead of potential trade (NJ.com)
Family illness kept John Klingberg out against Las Vegas; Stars’ last-minute replacement scored in his absence (Dallas Morning News)
Bruins need more from secondary scorers — again (Boston Herald)
Oilers are closer to dark skies than sunny outlook right now (Edmonton Journal)
Ducks’ scoring woes proving to be costly as rest of their play improves (Orange County Register)
Blackhawks’ recent struggles predicated on onslaught of odd-man rushes (Chicago Sun-Times)
Blue Jackets’ sizzling power play suddenly back in a scoring slump (Columbus Dispatch)
Evgeni Malkin withheld from Penguins’ practice because of illness (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Red Wings hopeful for Anthony Mantha’s return Saturday (MLive.com)
Avalanche’s Erik Johnson progressing toward return from injury 1 (Denver Post)
Gunnarsson out as Blues' injury bug spreads to defense; Mikkola promoted (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Marc Staal’s ankle is again Rangers injury concern (New York Post)
“I love Nabby”: What Evgeni Nabokov is working on with Martin Jones, Aaron Dell (San Jose Mercury News)
Lundqvist getting his shot to stay sharp in goal (New York Newsday)
As we saw against Columbus, Tristan Jarry's stick is 'a weapon' for the Penguins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Canadiens' Carey Price becoming like a big brother to Cayden Primeau (Montreal Gazette)
Mika Zibanejad already thinking about his next Rangers move (New York Post)
Penguins’ Bryan Rust shooting, scoring at a quicker pace (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Lee producing again as Isles return to winning ways (New York Newsday)
Frolik soldiers on in new role for Flames (Calgary Herald)
Penguins’ Jack Johnson takes quiet approach to wearing ‘A’ (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Mired in lengthy slump, Alex Nylander hopes harder skating can rejuvenate his game (Chicago Sun-Times)
This time around, Kyrou wants to stick with Blues (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Jets loan rookie Gustafsson to Sweden for World Juniors (Winnipeg Sun)
Flames prospect Luke Philp finds offensive groove in Stockton (Calgary Herald)
Life of an NHL call-up: few clothes, many restaurants, lots of hotels, uncertainty (The Tennessean)