Hockey headlines for December 29, 2024

Sunday, December 29, 2024

Alex Ovechkin hits the empty net in his return as Caps beat Maple Leafs (Washington Post)
Quinton Byfield leads Kings’ OT triumph over Oilers (Los Angeles Daily News)
Carolina Hurricanes come alive in chippy third period, find way past New Jersey Devils (Raleigh News & Observer)
Panthers’ Tkachuk on knee-on-knee hit from Kucherov: ‘Lucky it wasn’t worse than what it was’ (Miami Herald)
Nashville Predators trade Juuso Parssinen to Colorado Avalanche for 3rd-round pick in 2027 (The Tennessean)
Derek Lalonde grateful Red Wings gave him opportunity (MLive.com)
NHL investigating Stars for potential CBA violation of holding practice over holiday break (Dallas Morning News)
Easton Cowan assumes ownership of Canada's failure to score more (Ottawa Sun)
Reinforcements on way as Canada moves forward from devastating loss to Latvia (Ottawa Sun)
Detroit Red Wings have given Todd McLellan road map and it shows how far they must go (Detroit Free Press)
Defenseman Cam Fowler 'grateful' for easy transition to Blues after trade (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Bruins rebound on home ice, blank Blue Jackets, 4-0 (Boston Herald)
Noah Cates scores in fifth consecutive game as Flyers top the Anaheim Ducks (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Canadiens’ Jakub Dobes gets shutout in his first NHL game (Montreal Gazette)
Happy return for Islanders in victory over Penguins (New York Newsday)
Lightning light up Rangers by dominating on special teams (Tampa Bay Times)
Kraken pull off stunning rally to top Canucks 5-4 in overtime (Seattle Times)
Jets storm back to beat Senators for third straight win (Winnipeg Sun)
L.A. Kings win should send a chill down Edmonton's spine (Edmonton Sun)
Penguins lose another divisional game, this time to Islanders (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Rangers come out of holiday break flat and suffer ugly loss to Lightning (New York Post)
Boston Bruins strike back with 4-0 win to extend Columbus Blue Jackets' road woes (Columbus Dispatch)
Vancouver Dunn-in, in brutal fashion (Vancouver Province)
Flyers ground Ducks in return from Christmas break (Orange County Register)
At Delta Center, ‘the love is there.’ But Utah Hockey Club wins are harder to find. (Salt Lake Tribune)
Sharks fall to Flames for seventh straight loss despite Macklin Celebrini’s game-tying one-timer (San Jose Mercury News)
Miller returns to lineup as Rangers face Lightning (New York Newsday)
Islanders’ Patrick Roy demotes Maxim Tsyplakov to fourth line due to penalty issues (New York Post)
Victor Hedman sets Lightning record for games played (Tampa Bay Times)
Faceoff wins fuel Wild’s penalty-kill success (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Stars forward Mason Marchment ‘not good,’ ruled week-to-week after gruesome face injury (Dallas Morning News)
Alexandre Texier back at Blues practice after missing game vs. Nashville with illness (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Seth Jones still trying to rediscover pre-injury form within new Blackhawks systems (Chicago Sun-Times)
Owen Power among NHL's best at even strength ahead of his 200th game with Sabres (Buffalo News)
Why Nashville Predators recalled Vinnie Hinostroza, a 30-year-old NHL veteran, AHL points leader (The Tennessean)
What does coaching call-up Trent Cull bring to Flames’ bench staff? (Calgary Sun)
Knights winger becomes leader while navigating through grief (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin’s home broken into earlier this season (Dallas Morning News)