OPINION
- MARK SPECTOR: Oilers' McDavid forever linked to Crosby as 500th career point approaches (Sportsnet)
- ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: 31 Thoughts: Tavares, Gagner blazing a trail in minor hockey involvement (Sportsnet)
- SALIM VALJI: Flames reach quarter mark dogged by familiar concerns (TSN)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Are the Toronto Maple Leafs better than the Florida Panthers? (National Post)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: With offense in crisis, Sabres have taken turn for the worse (Buffalo News)
- MAC ENGEL: Mavericks, Stars etc. justifiably are turning off the lights (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
- DON BRENNAN: From flash to flop, whatever happened to Alex Galchenyuk? (Ottawa Sun)
- STU COWAN: Scoring comes naturally to Habs marksman Tyler Toffoli (Montreal Gazette)
- TERRY KOSHAN: Maple Leafs, Senators not in same class, and it's time for Leafs to show it (Toronto Sun)
- MIKE McINTYRE: Trouba trade tilts further in Jets favour (Winnipeg Free Press)
- JOHN ROMANO: Sometimes, even Stanley Cup champs need a slap in the face (Tampa Bay Times)
- PAUL ZEISE: Penguins seem to be finding their stride (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Passing time in quarantine, Ryan Dzingel is happy to have a second chance as a Senator (Ottawa Sun)
- RON KANTOWSKI: Even during pandemic, sports blackouts are here to stay (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- BRENDAN KELLY: Time for struggling Canadiens veterans to join the fray (Montreal Gazette)
- STEVE SIMMONS: No second-line production? No real hope for the Maple Leafs (Toronto Sun)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Jets winning one trade, anyway (Winnipeg Sun)
- TERRY JONES: Oilers vs. Jets the new Canadian rivalry to watch in delicious division (Edmonton Sun)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Ottawa Senators have little time to rest on their laurels after comeback win against Leafs (Ottawa Sun)
- RON COOK: Penguins’ 3-1 loss stung, especially with so much at stake (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)