Hockey headlines for January 7, 2020

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Connor McDavid scores one for the books as Oilers break Leafs’ streak with 6-4 win (Globe & Mail)
Varlamov blanks Avs as Isles end home skid (New York Newsday)
Jets climb back into playoff picture with 3-2 win over Canadiens (Winnipeg Free Press)
Sidney Crosby traveling with Penguins for Western Conference swing (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Ex-Duck out of water: Stars wing Corey Perry calls suspension ‘unfortunate’, will miss return to Anaheim (Dallas Morning News)
Nashville Predators fire coach Peter Laviolette (The Tennessean)
Coyotes see increase in attendance, TV ratings amid on-ice success, Taylor Hall trade (Arizona Republic)
Penguins GM Jim Rutherford searching for a winger to replace Jake Guentzel (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Merzlikins, call-ups get trip off to winning start (Columbus Dispatch)
Former Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov shuts down Colorado (Denver Post)
Defensive-zone breakdowns doom Kings in loss to Blue Jackets (Los Angeles Times)
Chiarot scores twice, but Canadiens lose to Jets (Montreal Gazette)
Special night for McDavid in front of family and friends (Toronto Sun)
Oilers and Leafs stars would love a shot at Olympics (Edmonton Sun)
Flyers coach Alain Vigneault switching things up in effort to jump-start struggling team (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Flyers' Braun sidelined for several weeks with groin injury (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Cody Glass week to week with lower-body injury (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Ducks’ Rickard Rakell, Troy Terry and Korbinian Holzer practicing again (Orange County Register)
Wild winger Marcus Foligno relishing role after promotion (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Panthers veteran Trocheck rounding into preinjury form (Miami Herald)
Adam Boqvist’s big goal — and even better decision — shows the Blackhawks rookie is starting to get a jump on the competition (Chicago Inquirer)
After winning with Red Wings in first go-around, Valtteri Filppula focuses on getting better (Detroit News)
Is Drake Batherson ready for full-time duty with the Ottawa Senators? (Ottawa Citizen)
Rangers call up goalie prospect Shesterkin (New York Newsday)
Sabres assign Dalton Smith to Amerks (Buffalo News)
Flames prospect Pelletier pumped for peers after Canada's world-junior win (Calgary Sun)
Hofer back in hometown for rest after world juniors triumph (Winnipeg Free Press)