Hockey headlines for December 13, 2025

Saturday, December 13, 2025

Wild acquire superstar Hughes in trade with Canucks (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Penguins trade Tristan Jarry, Sam Poulin to Oilers (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Connor Bedard injured in Blackhawks' loss to Blues: 'It's a freak accident' (Chicago Sun-Times)
Lightning captain Victor Hedman to undergo elbow surgery on Monday (Tampa Bay Times)
Predators trade Spencer Stastney to Oilers for 2027 third-round pick (The Tennessean)
Ever the optimist, Joe Bowen counts down his days in the Leafs’ booth (Globe & Mail)
The eccentric Ukrainian skating coach who sharpened Auston Matthews’ edges (Toronto Star)
Olympic men’s hockey preview: With Russia not playing, Switzerland looks like the next best bet outside the Big Five (Boston Globe)
How Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman believes the World Championship gold medal with Team USA ‘definitely springboarded me’ (Boston Globe)
'It was time for something different': Oilers GM Stan Bowman reacts to Skinner-Jarry trade (Edmonton Sun)
Quinn Hughes trade to Wild sounds the death knell for this Canucks core (Vancouver Province)
Penguins have high hopes for goaltender Stuart Skinner, defenseman Brett Kulak (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Blues bounce back with 3-2 win over Blackhawks (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
‘Desperation’ fuels Sabres in third period of win at Vancouver (Buffalo News)
Familiar faces cause problems for Kraken in road loss to Mammoth (Seattle Times)
In season of superlatives, Avalanche has NHL’s best penalty kill (Denver Post)
Slow starts, then get hot: Is this the new normal for the Edmonton Oilers? (Edmonton Sun)
Rangers shake up five-forward power-play unit, make Zibanejad point man (New York Newsday)
Blaming others for Winnipeg Jets' slide 'a cop-out': Kyle Connor (Winnipeg Sun)
Healthy Connor Hellebuyck no saviour for Jets, teammates say (Winnipeg Sun)
Kraken leader out another three weeks with lower-body injury (Seattle Times)
Sharks’ Misa injured again, to miss start of Canada’s World Juniors camp (San Jose Mercury News)
Ottawa Senators take another hit with Lars Eller injured after blocking a shot (Ottawa Sun)
The Leafs have some good injury news for a change: Goalie Joseph Woll’s latest return is just days away (Toronto Star)
Penguins activate forward Rickard Rakell from injured reserve (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Matt Rempe ‘getting close’ to long-awaited Rangers return as he takes big practice step (New York Post)
What Sharks’ Klingberg said he’s come to realize as he gets up there in age (San Jose Mercury News)
'Jets' Luke Schenn tried his fists when nothing else was working (Winnipeg Sun)
Maple Leafs' Bobby McMann ready to move on from suspension (Toronto Sun)
Penguins to waive defenseman Matt Dumba (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Wild recall David Jiricek with Jonas Brodin questionable vs. Ottawa (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Former Canadien Michael Pezzetta still chasing his NHL dream (Montreal Gazette)