Hockey headlines for December 5, 2021

Sunday, December 5, 2021

Alex Ovechkin nets No. 750 as Capitals hang Blue Jackets out to dry (Washington Post)
Wild earn statement win, defeat Maple Leafs 4-3 in a shootout (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Panthers ‘come in waves’ for another third-period comeback and shootout win vs. Blues (Miami Herald)
Georgiev helps Rangers win their sixth straight (New York Newsday)
Make that 10 losses in a row for Isles as they fall to Red Wings in OT (New York Newsday)
Rangers suffer big injury blow (New York Post)
Canadiens reported to have interest in Kent Hughes as GM (Montreal Gazette)
'The buck stops with me': Senators GM takes full responsibility for team's struggles (Ottawa Sun)
Jets captain Wheeler ready for 1,000th game (Winnipeg Free Press)
Jason Robertson hasn’t just made an immediate impact for the Stars, he’s been one of the NHL’s best (Dallas Morning News)
Jake Guentzel's hat trick leads Penguins to 4-1 win against Canucks (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Seider's OT goal delivers Wings' 5th straight victory, 4-3 over Isles (Detroit Free Press)
Makeshift defense holds its own, but Blackhawks fall to Rangers (Chicago Sun-Times)
Sens win a wild one in OT against Avs (Ottawa Sun)
Filip Forsberg scores overtime winner for Nashville Predators against Montreal Canadiens (The Tennessean)
Shorthanded Hurricanes snap their skid in big way against Jeff Skinner and the Sabres (Raleigh News & Observer)
Andrei Vasilevskiy helps Lightning steal one from Bruins in overtime (Tampa Bay Times)
Canadiens lose to Predators in OT on their 112th birthday (Montreal Gazette)
Blues get a point thanks to fill-ins in 4-3 shootout loss (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Avalanche rally for point in OT loss to lowly Ottawa Senators (Denver Post)
Good point: Maple Leafs come to life with three-goal rally, but lose shootout (Toronto Sun)
The boo-birds come out as hosts Pen’d in (Vancouver Province)
The Bruins had the upper hand on the defending Stanley Cup champions, but couldn’t finish them off (Boston Globe)
Redemption for Ian Cole and the Canes, who are all hands on deck with injury, illness (Raleigh News & Observer)
Red Wings’ Moritz Seider rises to moment; Givani Smith maximizes minutes (MLive.com)
Leddy on Islanders' struggles: They'll figure things out (New York Newsday)
Red Wings rising as Nick Leddy faces faltering former team (MLive.com)
Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry returns to Vancouver with newfound success (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Beating Oilers shows Kraken ready to climb back in race for the Pacific Division (Seattle Times)
Nikita Kucherov skates with Lightning for first time since injury (Tampa Bay Times)
Alex Tuch using first road trip with Sabres to build relationships with teammates (Buffalo News)
Brandon Hagel develops from a ‘skinny kid’ who turned the puck over to one of the Chicago Blackhawks’ top offensive weapons: ‘He’s just gotten better and better’ (Chicago Tribune)
Experienced Coleman smiling with Flames (Calgary Sun)
Four games into his call-up with the Flyers, forward Morgan Frost is ready to ‘make a statement’ and stick with the club (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Canadiens claim defenceman Kale Clague off waivers from Kings (Montreal Gazette)