Hockey headlines for December 2, 2021

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Movember Reign: Matthews' hat trick propels Maple Leafs to laugher against Avs (Toronto Sun)
McDavid bests Crosby in head-to-head matchup in Oilers' win over Pittsburgh (Edmonton Journal)
Red Wings slip past Kraken in shootout for 4th straight victory (Detroit News)
Kreider scores again as Rangers beat Flyers for fourth straight win (New York Newsday)
Red Wings’ Tyler Bertuzzi to miss five games due to COVID protocol (MLive.com)
Wings' Raymond earns NHL recognition a month before Yzerman did (Detroit Free Press)
Isles resume playing games Thursday night (New York Newsday)
Management changes make Jeff Petry's future with Canadiens uncertain (Montreal Gazette)
Canada's world junior team begins to take shape (Ottawa Citizen)
Sabres No. 1 overall pick Owen Power named to Team Canada World Junior camp roster (Buffalo News)
Jets' Perfetti touts unfinished business after world junior call (Winnipeg Sun)
A senseless shooting in Josh Norris' hometown leaves the Ottawa Senators' centre shaken (Ottawa Sun)
Finishing on a high note (Vancouver Province)
Ducks take a wild victory from Vegas with captain Ryan Getzlaf sidelined (Orange County Register)
A very happy homecoming for Blues' Logan Brown (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Penguins drop latest showdown between superstars Crosby and McDavid, 5-2 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Rangers hand Flyers their seventh straight loss, 4-1 (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Golden Knights suffer rare loss to Ducks at Honda Center (Orange County Register)
Short-handed Kraken lose in shootout at Detroit, but they’ll take the valuable point as road trip ends (Seattle Times)
Lightning’s fast start fades in shootout loss to Blues (Tampa Bay Times)
Goodrow 'OK' after taking puck to the face (New York Newsday)
Darcy Kuemper injured pregame. Avalanche has emergency backup goalie join the team (Denver Post)
Streaking Red Wings finding ways to win when not at their best (MLive.com)
NHL stars Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid laud one another (Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Avalanche was 7-1 in Nathan MacKinnon’s absence. “Excited to try and help keep this thing rolling,” he said pregame from Toronto. (Denver Post)
Wild's scoring is up — with added depth putting team among NHL's most offensive (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
How the Hurricanes plan to ‘right the ship’ and end their scoring funk (Raleigh News & Observer)
What's the solution for Hawks' struggling power play? (Chicago Daily Herald)
Jets players know it is up to them to end scoring drought (Winnipeg Free Press)
Casey Mittelstadt set to return for Sabres in Florida; Christian Wolanin claimed (Buffalo News)
Capitals goaltender Ilya Samsonov is showing flashes of growth amid inconsistency (Washington Post)
Dylan Strome looks set for another opportunity with Blackhawks (Chicago Sun-Times)
How switching Miro Heiskanen’s role allowed the Stars’ power play to reach elite levels (Dallas Morning News)
Jeff Skinner says he's only a 'piece of the puzzle,' but he's so much more to Sabres (Buffalo News)
Now that Wild’s Jordan Greenway finally scored, ‘hopefully the floodgates are open’ (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Panthers’ Ryan Lomberg and Co. are providing the ‘infectious’ spark only a fourth line can (Miami Herald)
Rangers’ Alexis Lafreniere finding home on the ‘Kid Line’ (New York Post)
Matiss Kivlenieks' death ruled accidental by prosecutor (Columbus Dispatch)
Auston Matthews shaves trademark moustache after Leafs star reaches fundraising goal (Toronto Star)