Hockey headlines for December 19, 2025

Friday, December 19, 2025

Sabres top Flyers for Jarmo Kekalainen’s first win as GM (Buffalo News)
Wild winning streak hits six with 5-2 victory at Columbus (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Worst win ever: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, lose Tristan Jarry (Edmonton Sun)
Caps bounce back in a big way and blank Toronto (Washington Post)
J.T. Miller comes up big in Rangers’ overtime victory over Blues (New York Post)
John Tortorella says he has not been contacted by Jarmo Kekalainen to join Sabres (Buffalo News)
Without major shakeup, Jets’ Cup hopes rapidly fading (Winnipeg Free Press)
‘It’s not easy’: Knights looking for help with centers injured (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
With Celebrini a near-lock for Olympics, other Sharks can only wait, hope (San Jose Mercury News)
Bruins dumped at home by McDavid, Oilers, 3-1 (Boston Herald)
Maple Leafs' power play lifeless in shutout loss to Washington Capitals (Toronto Sun)
Penguins shut out by Senators as losing streak reaches 7 (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Lightning drop their 4th straight home game, losing to Kings (Tampa Bay Times)
Sharks unable to overcome goalie’s costly miscue in loss to Dallas Stars (San Jose Mercury News)
Kraken's free fall continues in loss at Calgary (Seattle Times)
Blackhawks create few shots, fewer goals as skid continues in loss to Canadiens (Chicago Sun-Times)
Binnington returns to net, allows just two goals, which aren't enough as Blues fall to Rangers 2-1 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Werenski scores 2 more goals in Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 loss to Wild (Columbus Dispatch)
Gabe Perreault scores first NHL goal to give Rangers jolt (New York Post)
Blue line injuries mean Carson Lambos’ NHL debut (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
After early season struggles, Panthers ‘finally starting to go’ with recent surge (Miami Herald)
Troubling trend: Back-to-back pain is holding back Red Wings (Detroit News)
Islanders continue tinkering with blue line personnel (New York Post)
Adam Fox skates with Rangers for first time since injury in encouraging sign (New York Post)
Lightning could be without Brandon Hagel until after the holiday break (Tampa Bay Times)
Jake Bean out indefinitely, is Hunter Brzustewicz sticking around? (Calgary Sun)
Sabres defenseman Michael Kesselring ready for another reset (Buffalo News)
Islanders demote struggling Travis Mitchell, replacement up in air (New York Post)
Flyers place defenseman Egor Zamula on waivers (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Former Ottawa Senators coach Jacques Martin to join Ring of Honour (Ottawa Sun)
Sheila Crisp, wife of former Predators broadcaster Terry Crisp, dies at 82 (The Tennessean)