Hockey headlines for September 29, 2021

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Stars shine bright as Edmonton Oilers pound Seattle Kraken (Edmonton Sun)
Auston Matthews returns to Leafs practice after off-season wrist surgery: ‘He can be the best player in the game’ (Toronto Star)
Lightning agree to terms with general manager Julien BriseBois on contract extension (Tampa Bay Times)
Details of NHL’s investigations into Sharks’ Evander Kane come to light (San Jose Mercury News)
Kings shake up lineup, top Sharks for 1st preseason win (Los Angeles Daily News)
Golden Knights welcome new goalie with preseason win over Avs (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Artemi Panarin sharp as line shines in Rangers’ preseason win (New York Post)
Schneider shows Isles what he's got in goal against Flyers (New York Newsday)
Beefed-up Jack Studnicka plays strong game in Bruins’ exhibition loss to Rangers (Boston Globe)
Blue Jackets' late collapse against Sabres ends in shootout loss (Columbus Dispatch)
Flyers fall to Islanders in first exhibition game (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Hurricanes defender Tony DeAngelo makes his preseason debut. Can he really turn it around? (Raleigh News & Observer)
Flyers' Ivan Provorov 'excited' to test chemistry with new partner Ryan Ellis (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Sharks’ Ferraro on standing up for rookie Eklund: “That’s a standard that we need to have” (San Jose Mercury News)
Oilers coach Dave Tippett thinks about what might have been with Kraken (Seattle Times)
Fully vaxxed: Blues hoping for much more normalcy this season in a COVID world (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Good feelings evident as Jets have quickly gelled early in training camp (Winnipeg Sun)
Sabres coach Don Granato will lean on Jason Christie's history in 'crisis management' (Buffalo News)
Jani Hakanpää's injury scare in preseason opener forces Stars to think about defensive depth (Dallas Morning News)
Merzlikins, Korpisalo a Blue Jackets tandem again, but for how long? (Columbus Dispatch)
Juuse Saros still same old goalie for Nashville Predators except for mustache, tattoos (The Tennessean)
Blackhawks goalie Lankinen 'pumped' about Fleury signing (Chicago Daily Herald)
Flames goaltender Vladar anxious to prove Rask’s reference was accurate (Calgary Sun)
Jets 'D' has to give Helly more help (Winnipeg Free Press)
Finally back home, new Wild defenseman Alex Goligoski has big skates to fill (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Canadiens newcomer Dvorak impresses Ducharme with his hockey smarts (Montreal Gazette)
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare has instant chemistry with new Lightning team (Tampa Bay Times)
Tyler Johnson uses Lightning experience to adapt to Blackhawks’ 1st-line role (Chicago Sun-Times)
Versatile forward Gaudreau joins Wild: 'It's a beautiful job' (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Being back with the Penguins 'amazing' for Dominik Simon (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Summer work pays off for Canadiens' Jonathan Drouin and Josh Anderson (Montreal Gazette)
Rangers' Miller enjoys pairing with Trouba as learning experience (New York Newsday)
Is Canucks’ Ekman-Larsson, Poolman pairing answer to blue-line question? (Vancouver Province)
Mike Matheson begins Year 2 in Pittsburgh with a new baby at home and newfound confidence on the ice (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Rangers defenseman looking for more than an encore (New York Post)
Defenceman Kaiden Guhle looks mature beyond his years with Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
Pius Suter ‘heady’ player who’ll help boost Red Wings’ offense (MLive.com)
Denver native Jack O’Brien, 18, revels in “unreal” experience at Avalanche training camp (Denver Post)
Penguins assign forwards Justin Almeida, Jan Drozg to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)