Hockey headlines for October 19, 2021

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Sharks’ Evander Kane handed lengthy suspension by NHL for using fake vaccination card (San Jose Mercury News)
O.T. Letdown: Maple Leafs edged by Rangers in Matthews' return (Toronto Sun)
Flyers crack into win column with emotional victory over Kraken (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Lots of wild and crazy as Blues outscore Coyotes, 7-4 (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov will miss extended time (Tampa Bay Times)
Jets captain Wheeler enters COVID-19 protocols (Winnipeg Free Press)
Zach Aston-Reese is ready to put his bout with COVID-19 behind him and focus on the season (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Avalanche returns to pre-COVID normalcy on three-game trip (Denver Post)
Red Wings’ Dylan Larkin was angry about hit, regrets losing cool, apologies exchanged (MLive.com)
Travis Hamonic granted a 'temporary leave of absence' from club (Vancouver Province)
Igor Shesterkin backstops Rangers’ OT win with Herculean effort (New York Post)
Ducks’ power play keeps them close, then Jamie Drysdale wins it in OT (Orange County Register)
Kraken suffers first blowout defeat, losing energy quickly as Flyers win 6-1 (Seattle Times)
Coyotes allow five goals in second period, fall to Blues in home opener (Arizona Republic)
First goal of season a big one for Rangers winger (New York Post)
Facing Leafs a welcome change for Rangers (New York Newsday)
Former Blue Hutton has nothing but respect for Binnington (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
As he returns to Philadelphia, Kraken’s Dave Hakstol feels he has grown as an NHL coach (Seattle Times)
Return of the Hak: Kraken's Dave Hakstol focused on beating the Flyers (Philadelphia Inquirer)
‘There’s really no hard feelings’: Ward returns to Saddledome as assistant coach for Ducks (Calgary Sun)
Blue Jackets hope to use speed to their advantage (Columbus Dispatch)
Doing the Canes shuffle: Why Rod Brind’Amour changed the ‘bad movie’ he was watching (Raleigh News & Observer)
Blue Jackets lose forward Max Domi for two to four weeks (Columbus Dispatch)
Islanders on brink of getting a Matt Martin boost (New York Post)
Bryan Rust ‘week to week,’ Sidney Crosby will not play Tuesday for Penguins (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Boeser could be winging it again after cautious injury rehab (Vancouver Province)
Reinforcements arrive for Golden Knights at forward (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
For 1st time since June surgery, Evgeni Malkin skates, does on-ice drills (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Darnell Nurse continues to do heavy lifting on Oilers blue line (Edmonton Journal)
Beaches of LA are gone, but Christian Wolanin is happy to be with Buffalo Sabres (Buffalo News)
The SJ Sharks rookies are off to a great start. Now comes the hard part. (San Jose Mercury News)
Connor McMichael has waited his turn to join the Capitals’ lineup. It might have arrived. (Washington Post)
Meet Jack Bar, the prospect the Stars hope will become the next fifth-round steal (Dallas Morning News)
This LaFontaine love story isn't about hockey (New York Newsday)