Hockey headlines for October 10, 2024

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Rangers make massive ‘everyone’ statement in Game 1 destruction of Penguins (New York Post)
Jets start season with bang, hammer Oilers 6-0 (Winnipeg Sun)
Mikko Rantanen hat trick not nearly enough, Avalanche open with dud in Las Vegas (Denver Post)
J.T. Miller's 'Gordie Howe hat trick' not enough in opener (Vancouver Province)
Carter Verhaeghe signs eight-year extension with Florida Panthers (Miami Herald)
Ottawa Senators sign goaltender Linus Ullmark to a four-year extension (Ottawa Sun)
Kraken’s Joey Daccord rewarded for breakout season (Seattle Times)
Canadiens sign defenceman Gustav Lindstrom, who is headed to Laval (Montreal Gazette)
Sharks coach names starting goaltender for season opener; Macklin Celebrini set to go (San Jose Mercury News)
Penguins ownership remains confident in Kyle Dubas, Mike Sullivan (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Avalanche, even with Nathan MacKinnon at his peak, faces season of remarkable uncertainty (Denver Post)
Why worry? Kirill Kaprizov is in the prime of his career, and the Wild have him (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Thud! Edmonton Oilers lay an egg in woeful home-opening defeat (Edmonton Sun)
Maple Leafs power play strays from the script in opening loss (Toronto Sun)
Total team effort sees Jets dominate Stanley Cup favourites in season opener (Winnipeg Free Press)
1st showing of Penguins new-look power play gets bad reviews (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Igor Shesterkin opens contract season in impressive fashion: ‘complete control of the game’ (New York Post)
'Ten of the best years of my life,' Pacioretty says of time in Montreal (Montreal Gazette)
Former Jets blue-liner finding success mapping Oilers shorthanded strategy (Winnipeg Free Press)
Rangers' Smith makes return to Pittsburgh in opener (New York Newsday)
Former Vancouver Giants star Samuel Honzek makes NHL debut against Vancouver Canucks (Vancouver Province)
Team defense among keys for Red Wings to end eight-year playoff drought (Detroit News)
How the Ottawa Senators have gone from being a mess to a playoff contender (Ottawa Sun)
Blues' quick response in opener a welcome change after last season's early struggles (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Ottawa Senators coach Travis Green: 'Our goal is to make the playoffs' (Ottawa Sun)
Devils defenseman out longer than expected with injury (NJ.com)
Blackhawks need goalie Petr Mrazek to repeat reliability of last season (Chicago Sun-Times)
Knights goaltender, now undisputed No. 1, ready to play more games (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Islanders’ new-look top line excited to show what it can do (New York Post)
Forwards Alexandre Texier, Kasperi Kapanen miss Blues practice on Wednesday (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Mavrik Bourque’s patience is finally paying off (Dallas Morning News)
Top prospect Conor Geekie proves to be right fit for Lightning roster (Tampa Bay Times)
Hurricanes rookie wasn’t expected to make the NHL roster this season — until he did (Raleigh News & Observer)
Russian KHL club SKA St. Petersburg recalls Flyers goalie prospect Egor Zavragin (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Before making his Ottawa Senators debut, Nick Cousins will try his Stanley Cup ring on for size (Ottawa Sun)
Gaudreau records release still unlikely after New Jersey judge lifts restrictions (Columbus Dispatch)