Hockey headlines for December 21, 2025

Sunday, December 21, 2025

Wild winning streak hits seven with 5-2 victory over Oilers (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Ducks edge Blue Jackets for a bounce-back win (Orange County Register)
Sabres' win streak at five after beating Islanders: ‘We’re getting rewarded for playing the right way' (Buffalo News)
Rangers rally for thrilling shootout win over Flyers as J.T. Miller exits with injury (New York Post)
Frank Nazar out an estimated 4 weeks after taking a puck to the face in Chicago Blackhawks’ 5th straight loss (Chicago Tribune)
Penguins shut out again as losing streak reaches 8 (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Sabres to hire Marc Bergevin as associate general manager (Buffalo News)
Prospective Penguins owner David Hoffmann’s portfolio includes array of businesses, winning hockey team (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Lightning snap 4-game home losing skid with comeback win over Carolina (Tampa Bay Times)
Kraken beat Sharks to snap 4-game skid after roster shake-up (Seattle Times)
Mother's Day hits early as Detroit Red Wings crush Capitals, 5-2 (Detroit Free Press)
Predators beat Maple Leafs 5-3 on Luke Evangelista's go-ahead goal (The Tennessean)
Jake Neighbours, Robert Thomas score twice as Blues beat Panthers, 6-2 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Islanders lose to Sabres in shootout; controversial goal costly (New York Newsday)
Bruins can’t close deal in shootout, lose to Canucks, 5-4 (Boston Herald)
The Flyers spoil a four-goal second period, lose to the New York Rangers in shootout (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Up-and-down Capitals bottom out in matinee loss to Red Wings (Washington Post)
Loss to struggling Kraken tough to stomach for Sharks: ‘It’s disappointing’ (San Jose Mercury News)
Zach Werenski scores, is hurt as Columbus Blue Jackets fall to Ducks (Columbus Dispatch)
Islanders goalie rips questionable goal in loss: ‘only guy who saw it was the ref’ (New York Newsday)
J.T. Miller being evaluated for upper-body injury after big hit in latest Rangers worry (New York Post)
Ottawa Senators welcome Thomas Chabot back, but lose Tyler Kleven to injury (Ottawa Sun)
Reeling Maple Leafs lose again, this time to NHL's worst team (Toronto Sun)
Colton Parayko at the net front? Blues to try unorthodox strategy on the power play (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
What Predators' Luke Evangelista said '100 times' after dazzling goal (The Tennessean)
Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher thrilled to have Phillip Danault back (Montreal Gazette)
‘Special’ trip leaves Red Wings grateful for sacrifices their mothers made’ (Detroit News)
Nyquist looks to impress on top line (Winnipeg Free Press)
Lightning’s J.J. Moser, Darren Raddysh succeeding in bigger roles (Tampa Bay Times)
How Collin Graf, the undrafted son of engineers, became a top-line goal-scorer on a resurgent Sharks squad (San Jose Mercury News)
How ex-Sharks captain Joe Pavelski has recently helped John Klingberg (San Jose Mercury News)