Hockey headlines for January 20, 2020

Monday, January 20, 2020

Patrick Kane’s 1,000th point provides historic moment in Blackhawks’ win over Jets (Chicago Sun-Times)
Justin Williams returns for Canes, scores winning goal in shootout to beat Islanders (Raleigh News & Observer)
Oliver Bjorkstrand scores winner with 26.5 seconds left (Columbus Dispatch)
Penguins start slow, finish fast in comeback win against Bruins (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Maple Leafs head into all-star break on a wave of boos, jeers and ridicule after thumping by Blackhawks (Globe & Mail)
Gallant ‘disappointed and surprised’ by firing from Golden Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Cam Neely expects David Backes to continue playing (Boston Herald)
Isles get a point but fall to Hurricanes in shootout (New York Newsday)
Rangers' playoff push takes hit in tough loss (New York Post)
Bruins waste another three-goal advantage, fall to Penguins (Boston Globe)
Blackhawks' Lehner makes 36 saves in win over Winnipeg (Chicago Daily Herald)
Jack Johnson earns redemption for own-goal during Penguins' comeback win against Boston (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Lemieux back in Rangers' lineup after nine-game absence (New York Newsday)
Elvis Merzlikins gets confidence boost during Blue Jackets’ hot streak (Columbus Dispatch)
Trotz unhappy with Toews' 'mocking' of Kuznetsov (New York Newsday)
Steadiness has gotten the Blues to the top of the West at the break (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Capitals enter bye week riding high, ready for postseason push (Washington Post)
Red hot Edmonton Oilers savouring bye week (Edmonton Sun)
Detroit Red Wings can't buy a power play goal; 'we're just almost trying too hard' (Detroit Free Press)
Challenges await Keefe, Leafs to get back in playoff picture once break ends (Toronto Sun)
Despite poor play, Andersen has support of Leafs teammates in dressing room (Toronto Sun)
Detroit Red Wings' Dylan Larkin scored his 100th goal; will they ever come in bunches? (Detroit Free Press)
‘Alphabet Soup Line’ spells victory for Flyers, who need to sustain desperation level over final 2-plus months (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Brandon Saad doesn’t miss a beat in return from injury (Chicago Sun-Times)
Wild winger Ryan Donato looks like odd-man out — and doesn’t want to be (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
For the Sharks, when’s the right time to start playing the kids? (San Jose Mercury News)
Rasmus Asplund, Lawrence Pilut, Scott Wilson assigned to Rochester (Buffalo News)
'Hockey is for everyone': Hockeytown Winterfest draws thousands to LCA (Detroit News)