Hockey headlines for January 26, 2024

Friday, January 26, 2024

Canadiens' Sean Monahan scores late to spoil Patrick Roy's return (Montreal Gazette)
15 straight as winning ugly looks pretty good on streaking Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
Mom’s the word: Hurricanes power past Devils for second win in as many days (Raleigh News & Observer)
Wild captain Spurgeon faces season-ending surgeries (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Wild trade for former Hobey Baker winner Butcher (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Flames lose Ruzicka, DeSimone through waivers (Calgary Sun)
Devils claim defenseman off waivers, place superstar forward on IR (NJ.com)
Chytil back on the ice with Rangers, Bonino waived (New York Newsday)
Frustrated Rick Tocchet says media made too much of his Elias Pettersson critique (Vancouver Province)
Stars coach Pete DeBoer can’t figure out how Roope Hintz ‘isn’t an All-Star every year’ (Dallas Morning News)
Leafs all-star Morgan Rielly won't talk Norris Trophy. So we asked his teammates (Toronto Star)
‘He’s our best player’: Miro Heiskanen’s return brings stability in Stars’ win vs. Ducks (Dallas Morning News)
Josi, Forsberg, Carrier, Saros boost Nashville Predators to comeback win over Wild (The Tennessean)
Detroit Red Wings bounce back with blanking of Philadelphia Flyers, 3-0 (Detroit Free Press)
Brad Marchand lifts Bruins over Ottawa in overtime, 3-2 (Boston Herald)
Blackhawks blanked by Oilers in 19th consecutive road loss, tying franchise record (Chicago Sun-Times)
Predators fend off Wild, 3-2, in early four-point game (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Devils loss to Hurricanes a microcosm of disappointing season (NJ.com)
Flames fall to Blue Jackets as poor homestand continues (Calgary Sun)
Lack of discipline, defensive zone breakdowns sink Flyers in loss to Detroit (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Edmonton Oilers put their two top guns together against Blackhawks (Edmonton Sun)
Kylington shows he's still got it on special night at the Saddledome (Calgary Sun)
‘It’s a tremendous story’: Flames fans cheer Kylington’s return (Calgary Sun)
Patrick Roy touched by Canadiens’ pregame gesture: ‘I’m thankful’ (New York Post)
'How can you not be energized?' Red Wings fans chant support for Goff, Lions (Detroit News)
Knights, with injured players healing, look to enter break rolling (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Break couldn’t come at a better time for injury-riddled Jets (Winnipeg Free Press)
Slumping Kings offer blunt opinions on increasingly dire situation (Los Angeles Daily News)
Avalanche coach Jared Bednar offers revealing look at Nathan MacKinnon’s dominance: “We get in late” (Denver Post)
Detroit Red Wings goalie Ville Husso begins comeback with stint in minors (Detroit Free Press)
Blues captain Brayden Schenn 'building my game' as production follows extended slump (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Ahead of 1,000th career game, Lars Eller at forefront of Penguins’ improved bottom 6 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Andre Burakovsky finding his game again after injury-plagued run with Kraken (Seattle Times)
Penguins forward Colin White hopes to make most of top-6 opportunity (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Caps’ defensemen face a crowded competition for playing time (Washington Post)
Lukas Reichel itching to rediscover his game after 2 healthy scratches: ‘I’m fired up,’ the Chicago Blackhawks left wing says (Chicago Daily-Herald)
Blackhawks’ Kevin Korchinski adjusting to power-play duties as rookie season progresses (Chicago Sun-Times)
San Jose Sharks recall top defensive prospect from AHL (San Jose Mercury News)
Blue Jackets reassign Jiricek to Cleveland Monsters to get ice time (Columbus Dispatch)
Emerging junior star Easton Cowan 'has Leafs fan-favourite written all over him' (Toronto Sun)
Another woman testifies former Dallas Stars center Mike Ribeiro sexually assaulted her (Dallas Morning News)
PNC Arena authority fires architects ahead of $300 million renovation (Raleigh News & Observer)
National Capital Commission encouraged by talks with Senators for new LeBreton Flats home (Ottawa Sun)