Hockey headlines for December 11, 2021

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Flyers quench 10-game winless drought in the desert, beating the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-3 (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Juuse Saros returns, Nashville Predators beat New Jersey Devils 3-2 for fourth straight win (The Tennessean)
Nothing's boring under Boudreau (Vancouver Province)
Kasperi Kapanen makes the most of his opportunity, as Penguins beat Capitals (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Sabres' Casey Mittelstadt undergoes surgery, expected to return this season (Buffalo News)
SJ Barracuda’s Evander Kane set to play his first AHL game Saturday (San Jose Mercury News)
Canucks continue the front office overhaul, as assistants Gear and Wall dismissed (Vancouver Province)
Should big hits be banned by NHL? Strome doesn't think so (New York Newsday)
Steven Stamkos makes Olympics case while leading banged-up Lightning (Tampa Bay Times)
Flyers’ Carter Hart making a push for Canada’s Olympic team (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Bedard, 16, aims to join elite company on Canada's world juniors (Calgary Sun)
Rangers get big boost from backup goalie in bounce-back win (New York Post)
Florida Panthers win ugly in Arizona — but win nonetheless — to end road frustrations (Miami Herald)
Avalanche scoring surge continues in blowout victory over Red Wings (Denver Post)
Devils fall to Predators for second time in two weeks (NorthJersey.com)
Coyotes go scoreless in last 2 periods, lose 4th straight (Arizona Republic)
Detroit Red Wings snowed under by Colorado Avalanche, 7-3, in Denver (Detroit Free Press)
Capitals’ loss to the rival Penguins is painful in several ways (Washington Post)
Jets lose Wheeler to injury, then lose shootout to Canucks 4-3 (Winnipeg Free Press)
Flyers' Derick Brassard out again, Kevin Connauton to debut (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Wild sit atop NHL standings, and insist they aren’t going anywhere (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Amid a rash of personnel losses, the Blues have somehow found wins (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Trotz hopes Wahlstrom will become a top-line forward (New York Newsday)
Keefe's faith in separated Muzzin, Holl remains as Leafs D-men look to rebound (Toronto Sun)
Devils coach 'very concerned' about goaltender's hip injury (NorthJersey.com)
Ducks’ Ryan Getzlaf practices for first time since Nov. 30 injury (Orange County Register)
Rangers goalie Shesterkin skates, but no timeline for return (New York Newsday)
Blue Jackets place Adam Boqvist on injured reserve (Columbus Dispatch)
Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri out “day-to-day” with lower-body injury (Denver Post)
Maple Leafs winger Mikheyev not quite there yet, won't play on Saturday (Toronto Sun)
Ben Bishop roughed up in AHL conditioning debut, but Stars goalie says he still has ‘room to build’ (Dallas Morning News)
Kaprizov sparks Wild's win streak with prolific point production (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Jonathan Toews’ long-awaited first goal of season lifts weight off Blackhawks (Chicago Sun-Times)
Kyle Palmieri’s epic slump mirrors Islanders’ month of struggles (New York Post)
Flames' Kylington shakes off a weird week after false positive COVID-19 test (Calgary Sun)
Toughness, willingness to back teammates help Coyotes' O'Brien find regular lineup role (Arizona Republic)
Late nights, long hours worth it for Canes’ Sebastian Aho and his proud father, Harri (Raleigh News & Observer)
‘It’s exciting and terrifying at the same time’: Meet Kraken emergency backup goalie Wayne Fjeld (Seattle Times)