Hockey headlines for December 31, 2025

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Flyers pick up a 6-3 win over the Canucks in Rick Tocchet’s return to Vancouver (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Goaltender Stuart Skinner beats Hurricanes for 1st win with Penguins (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Horvat scores lone shootout goal after Isles hold on to force overtime (New York Newsday)
Maple Leafs vs. Devils: A team effort and a red-hot Joseph Woll outweigh rash of new injuries (Toronto Star)
Flames sign goalie Devin Cooley to two-year extension (Calgary Sun)
Wings' Patrick Kane ready to face former teammate Jonathan Toews for first time (Detroit News)
Mathew Barzal explains his retaliatory two-handed slash — and why he has no Islanders regrets (New York Post)
The long game on Lightning’s long-term deal with J.J. Moser (Tampa Bay Times)
Auston Matthews tunes out trade rumours while chasing Maple Leafs goal record (Toronto Sun)
US Olympic hockey rosters will be announced Friday. Here’s what to watch for. (Boston Globe)
Macklin Celebrini’s Olympic dreams are coming true, per report (San Jose Mercury News)
Marcus Johansson’s strong season with Wild puts him in Swedish Olympic team picture (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Islanders’ Matthew Schaefer, Bo Horvat about to find out Team Canada Olympic fate (New York Post)
What is Zayne Parekh hearing from Flames pals as world junior championship heats up? (Calgary Sun)
Predators draft picks Brady Martin, Ryker Lee getting noticed at World Juniors (The Tennessean)
Blue-collar hockey replaces star power in Maple Leaf win over Devils (Toronto Sun)
Chicago Blackhawks’ late rally falls short as they drop a 3-2 shootout loss to the New York Islanders (Chicago Tribune)
Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews the latest to be ruled out vs. Devils as injuries mount (Toronto Star)
As 2025 winds down, Blues back to work on raising standards, finding consistency (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
How would the Capitals rate their last game? Fun. And frustrating. (Washington Post)
Blackhawks want more physicality, nastiness from their friendly group of defensemen (Chicago Sun-Times)
Marco Sturm tries to reignite the struggling Bruins by accentuating the positive of their OT loss in Calgary (Boston Globe)
Rangers set to get Adam Fox back after lengthy injury absence: ‘Very difficult guy to replace’ (New York Post)
Sabres goalie Alex Lyon to be evaluated after sustaining lower-body injury at St. Louis (Buffalo News)
Igor Shesterkin still churning out ‘elite’ performances for Rangers as he turns 30 (New York Post)
New year, new Ingram? Callup a resolution for Edmonton Oilers goalie (Edmonton Sun)
Penguins coaches, teammates excited by new forward Yegor Chinakhov (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Juraj Slafkovsky has been the Canadiens' best player in December (Montreal Gazette)
Red Wings reassign John Leonard to Grand Rapids Griffins (MLive.com)