Hockey headlines for January 17, 2021

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Ryan scores in Wings debut, Larkin nets two in 4-2 win over Hurricanes (Detroit Free Press)
Rangers pummel Sorokin in his debut for Islanders (New York Newsday)
Canadiens score a gusher of goals to beat Oilers (Montreal Gazette)
Penguins forward Jared McCann fined for blow to head of Flyers’ Travis Sanheim (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
NHL has no problem with hit on Bortuzzo (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Lightning backup goaltender Curtis McElhinney lands on COVID-19 protocol list (Tampa Bay Times)
Winnipeg Jets cancel practice over COVID-19 concern (Winnipeg Free Press)
Golden Knights finish off series sweep with quick OT win (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Kessel, Ekman-Larsson lead Coyotes to first win of season (Arizona Republic)
Wild battle back once again to earn 4-3 win over Kings (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Luke Kunin, Filip Forsberg score again as Predators beat Blue Jackets to win second in a row (The Tennessean)
Yegor Sharangovich’s 1st career goal gives Devils OT win over Bruins (NJ.com)
Mitch Marner and the Maple Leafs turn it around in rematch with Senators (Toronto Star)
Kings blow another third-period lead in overtime loss to Wild (Los Angeles Times)
Markstrom solid, but for the wrong team (Vancouver Province)
Bruins lose to Devils in final seconds of OT (Boston Globe)
John Gibson, Ducks lose goaltenders’ duel to Marc-Andre Fleury, Golden Knights (Orange County Register)
San Jose Sharks can’t keep up with Phil Kessel, Arizona Coyotes (San Jose Mercury News)
Red Wings bounce back to beat Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 (Raleigh News & Observer)
Blue Jackets lose second straight in Nashville (Columbus Dispatch)
Oilers overwhelmed by speedy Canadiens in another lacklustre defeat (Edmonton Sun)
Kings’ Dustin Brown reaches 300th goal milestone (Los Angeles Daily News)
Rangers' Kakko dropped from second line, but scores in rematch vs. Isles (New York Newsday)
Bruins right wing Craig Smith active in debut against Devils (Boston Herald)
Wild rookie Kaprizov appreciates Parise's mentorship (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Golden Knights debut gold third jerseys against Anaheim (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Mission impossible? How the Stars are trying to combat the difficult history of Stanley Cup runner-ups (Dallas Morning News)
Penguins aim to limit defensive miscues after 0-2-0 start (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Keefe finds work for three Maple Leafs goalies (Toronto Sun)
Sean Couturier will miss at least two weeks with injury (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Red Wings’ Darren Helm completes COVID protocol, starts season prep (MLive.com)
Radek Faksa, Jason Dickinson among 6 Stars who returned to practice Saturday (Dallas Morning News)
How Preds' Granlund has kept up despite just arriving (The Tennessean)
Blue Jackets' Domi plans to spark his line (Columbus Dispatch)
Evgeny Kuznetsov, electric but inconsistent, might be the key for the Caps this season (Washington Post)
Blackhawks’ Nikita Zadorov has tools to be shutdown D-man, but he must find consistency (Chicago Sun-Times)
Blue Jackets may have gem in Grigorenko (Columbus Dispatch)
Tobias Rieder 'can fly,' provide spark for Sabres all over the ice (Buffalo News)
Sabres goalie prospect Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen reporting to Rochester (Buffalo News)
COVID-19 delays debuts of Ducks prospects Trevor Zegras, Jamie Drysdale (Orange County Register)