Saturday, December 29, 2018
- Leafs silence Columbus guns, win fifth straight (Toronto Sun)
- Barzal scores twice in four-goal third as Islanders win (New York Newsday)
- Canadiens ride hot start, strong third period to victory over the Panthers (Montreal Gazette)
- Bruins’ David Backes suspended for three games (Boston Globe)
- Byfuglien hit in wallet: Jets defenceman fined for slash (Winnipeg Sun)
- Colliton: 'There is no time frame' on Crawford's recovery after concussion (Chicago Daily Herald)
- Leafs’ Tavares in comfort zone for first date with Islanders (Toronto Star)
- Stars CEO Jim Lites rips into Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin: 'It's pissed me off ... We are getting terrible play from our top two players' (Dallas Morning News)
- History says Canada needs to get power play going for run at gold (Vancouver Province)
- Golden Knights and Las Vegas forge a strong bond out of tragedy (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Scheifele makes case for being selected as league MVP (Winnipeg Free Press)
- Jets' Hellebuyck says it's open season on goalies (Winnipeg Sun)
- Penguins' Jim Rutherford: No reason to wait to re-sign Jake Guentzel (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- Tuukka Rask had a special helmet made for the Winter Classic (Boston Globe)
- Tatar’s two goals too much for Panthers to overcome (Miami Herald)
- Toronto, vocal fans enjoy visit with victory (Columbus Dispatch)
- Ottawa Senators lose after Islanders rally in the third period (Ottawa Citizen)
- Edmonton Oilers heading into make or break stretch of the season (Edmonton Sun)
- The Kings’ mood is lighter, but they know there is still plenty of work to do (Los Angeles Daily News)
- Sabres frustrated by struggles since winning streak, readying for difficult road ahead (Buffalo News)
- Wild stuck in a scoring funk, aims to avoid similar path from last season (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- Reeling Red Wings say they have enough confidence, not enough wins (Detroit News)
- Jeremy Colliton is a great communicator, but he's still getting to know this Blackhawks group (Chicago Tribune)
- Maurice preaches defence: Jets head coach shows no concern for dry spell (Winnipeg Sun)
- Shattenkirk ready to return for Rangers (New York Newsday)
- Fabbri exits injured list; Pietrangelo might follow (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- Ducks goalie John Gibson doesn’t skate, but defenseman Cam Fowler does (Orange County Register)
- Capitals defenseman Matt Niskanen is day-to-day after headfirst crash into boards (Washington Post)
- Patric Hornqvist took a puck to the chin in practice, but the Penguins think he’ll be fine (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Flames goalie a quirk in progress (Calgary Herald)
- Blackhawks goalie Collin Delia stays steady in pursuit of starting job (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Brian Dumoulin might be 'overlooked,' but he's making a major impact for the Penguins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Tomas Hertl hopes to thrive in current role: “I want to shut down these big lines” (San Jose Mercury News)
- Golden Knights draw on Paul Stastny’s skill in faceoff dot (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Canes relying even more on ‘Wally’ with Staal out (Raleigh News & Observer)
- Golden Knights feel impact from Nate Schmidt’s return (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- In Gustafsson, Kane has offensively gifted D-man to partner with (Chicago Daily Herald)
- Lias Andersson to get more ice time — just not with Rangers (New York Post)
- Canadiens' Carey Price and wife Angela welcome second child (Montreal Gazette)