Hockey headlines for December 13, 2021

Monday, December 13, 2021

Passing litmus test pushes win streak to season-high four games (Vancouver Province)
Golden Knights hold off first-place Minnesota Wild (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Andre Burakovsky hat trick propels Avalanche to victory over Panthers (Denver Post)
Nashville Predators center Ryan Johansen placed on COVID-19 protocol list (The Tennessean)
Rangers coach Gerard Gallant: Pivotal Sabres offside call was correct (New York Post)
Canada's roster set for world juniors after 'tough decisions' made (Calgary Sun)
Ex-Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford ready for a new challenge in Vancouver (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Knights’ star defenseman uncertain if he will play in Olympics (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Anatolii Golyshev unhappy after being ‘fed with promises’ by Islanders (New York Post)
Troy Terry, Ducks work overtime to take a victory from the Blues (Orange County Register)
Tomasino goal holds up for Nashville Predators in win over Rangers (The Tennessean)
Special teams failures bite Wild in second consecutive loss, 6-4 to Golden Knights (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
More pain, more suffering for Blues, who escape with a point in OT loss to Ducks (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Slow start dooms Rangers, shutout by streaking Predators (New York Post)
Panthers’ late push comes up short in Colorado and Florida has now dropped 8 of 9 on road (Miami Herald)
Gallant pulls Lafreniere out after just two shifts in third period (New York Newsday)
Freddy Gaudreau returns to Wild lineup after exiting COVID protocol (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Isles hope first win at UBS Arena leads to streak (New York Newsday)
After busy stretch, San Jose Sharks are feeling good about their game (San Jose Mercury News)
Flames leaving too many points on the table, especially alarming amid four-game slump (Calgary Herald)
Slumping Edmonton Oilers can't escape dark cloud (Edmonton Sun)
Avalanche’s Gabe Landeskog out two weeks with lower-body injury (Denver Post)
William Nylander on pace for career year — and proving he’s worth every penny for Maple Leafs (Toronto Star)
Return of Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf boosts play of Troy Terry (Orange County Register)
'Unsung hero' Chad Ruhwedel playing an underrated role (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Riley Stillman quietly establishing career stability, third-pair reliability with Blackhawks (Chicago Sun-Times)
Zach Parise able to honor late father with his first Islanders goal (New York Post)