Hockey headlines for January 2, 2025

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Kings shut out Devils to open New Year on a positive note (Los Angeles Daily News)
Wild captain Jared Spurgeon will have MRI after ‘cheap hit’ sidelined him Tuesday (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews unsure if he can leave injury behind this seasons (Toronto Sun)
Nashville Predators' Zach L'Heureux's slew-foot on Jared Spurgeon could result in suspension (The Tennessean)
Canadians’ Lane Hutson named NHL rookie of the month for December (Montreal Gazette)
Canada-Czechia becoming a 'new rivalry' at the world juniors (Ottawa Sun)
Canada has 'complete reset' before elimination game with Czechia at world juniors (Ottawa Sun)
Maple Leafs' McCabe recalls golden experience at world juniors (Toronto Sun)
Maple Leafs' Domi on Canada's juniors: 'Whole team has to bounce back' (Toronto Sun)
>Owner of multiple golds, Cup rings, Brent Seabrook stands by Canadian juniors (Ottawa Sun)
Patrik Allvin's tough Pettersson talk could mean a few things. A trade is one (Vancouver Province)
Florida Panthers had ‘spectacular and memorable’ 2024. Can they build on it in 2025? (Miami Herald)
After taking in Winter Classic, Blues and Jim Montgomery turn focus to rest of regular season (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Knights head into eventful January looking to build off December (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Flames enter 2025 in playoff spot and looking to continue exceeding external expectations (Calgary Herald)
After Winter Classic debacle, where do the Blackhawks go from here? (Chicago Sun-Times)
Islanders need stars to step up before season spirals out of control (New York Post)
The Bruins’ New Year’s resolution? A clean slate on the power play (Boston Globe)
Not-so-special Isles penalty kill showing slight improvement (New York Newsday)
When will Sharks’ Vlasic play again? Halfway through season, it remains a mystery (San Jose Mercury News)
Wild injuries put extra pressure on goalie Gustavsson (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Flyers turn to Aleksei Kolosov at goalie with Sam Ersson day to day for lower-body injury (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Jonathan Quick ready to ‘go to work’ for Rangers with Igor Shesterkin on IR (New York Post)
Resiliency the name of the game for the Edmonton Oilers' Connor Brown (Edmonton Sun)
Islanders’ Bo Horvat has found his groove since being paired with Maxim Tsyplakov (New York Post)
Penguins forward Michael Bunting finding power-play goals (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Jones frustrated over being odd 'D'-man out (New York Newsday)
Red Wings' McLellan to Jonatan Berggren: Let it loose (MLive.com)
Jesse Puljujarvi wants to play, but his future with Penguins is uncertain after going unclaimed on NHL waivers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Penguins defenseman Nate Clurman assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Ex-Canuck Brad Richardson: I told J.T. Miller he's too hard on Elias Pettersson (Vancouver Province)