Hockey headlines for October 15, 2021

Friday, October 15, 2021

Kraken survives Predators’ third-period onslaught to earn franchise’s historic first win (Seattle Times)
With Tkachuk watching, Forsberg steals the show for Senators in season opening win (Ottawa Citizen)
Blue Jackets play for Kivlenieks in emotional blowout win (Columbus Dispatch)
Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog suspended two games for boarding (Denver Post)
Playing for Jimmy: Grieving Hayes suits up for Flyers season (Boston Globe)
Lightning rally from three goals down to beat Red Wings in overtime (Tampa Bay Times)
The Canes show off their offense in a season-opening win over the Islanders (Raleigh News & Observer)
Anze Kopitar’s big night fuels Kings’ rout of Vegas in season opener (Los Angeles Daily News)
Injury, dehydration and an OT winner: Stars can’t help bringing the drama to open season (Dallas Morning News)
‘Comeback Cats’ strike again! Ekblad sparks season-opening win in return from injury (Miami Herald)
Mark Stone injured in 2nd period of Golden Knights’ loss (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rangers lose to Stars in OT after rallying from two-goal deficit (New York Newsday)
Late-game moxie proves point, makes up for bad blunders (Vancouver Province)
Coyotes suffer six-goal loss to Columbus in season opener (Arizona Republic)
Isles can't put it all together in season-opening loss to Hurricanes (New York Newsday)
Poor special teams sink Canadiens' chances in Buffalo blowout (Montreal Gazette)
Maple Leafs lacklustre to start, lose Mrazek in loss to Senators (Toronto Sun)
Penguins unable to fend off Panthers rally, lose 5-4 in OT (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Bertuzzi's 4 goals not enough as Lightning deal Red Wings 'gut punch' in OT (Detroit News)
Casey Mittelstadt exits Sabres' opening win with upper-body injury (Buffalo News)
Kings defenseman Alex Edler eager to begin new chapter (Los Angeles Daily News)
Stars rookie Jacob Peterson scores first NHL goal in opener vs. Rangers at MSG (Dallas Morning News)
Golden Knights prospects make NHL debuts against Kings (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Blue Jackets' Sillinger makes NHL debut at age 18 (Columbus Dispatch)
Former Leafs Connor Brown and Nikita Zaitsev are thriving with the Senators (Toronto Star)
Patric Hornqvist ‘happy’ to face his former Penguins teammates with Florida (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Nine former Red Wing captains honor Dylan Larkin in pregame ceremony (MLive.com)
'Mr. Ranger' Rod Gilbert honored by team before home opener (New York Newsday)
The ‘It Factor’: Wild enter Year 2 of Kirill Kaprizov Era on Friday (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Charlie McAvoy has quickly become one of the Bruins’ most important players. Here’s how he got there (Boston Globe)
Flames' Tkachuk puts rumours to rest over feud with Sutter (Calgary Herald)
Blue Jackets' Bemstrom out 4-to-6 weeks (Columbus Dispatch)
Lightning’s Zach Bogosian out 4-6 weeks, Andrej Sustr recalled (Tampa Bay Times)
Rasmus Ristolainen out Friday, three called up from Phantoms (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Blackhawks’ ugly opening loss sketches blueprint for how 2021-22 plan could flop (Chicago Sun-Times)
Ducks’ Kevin Shattenkirk regains confidence after offseason knee surgery (Orange County Register)
As he assimilates with new team (Blues), Saad's about to face his old one (Avs) (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Hendrix Lapierre still has a lot to learn. He has found a mentor in T.J. Oshie. (Washington Post)
Sixth defense spot on Wild comes down to Jon Merrill or Jordie Benn (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Blues TV announcers to resume traveling (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)