Hockey headlines for January 23, 2020

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Bjorkstrand nabs two goals in Jackets’ sixth straight win (Columbus Dispatch)
Wild enter lengthy break with easy win over lowly Red Wings (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Panarin out, Kreider in for NHL All-Star Game (New York Newsday)
Wrist issue takes Maple Leafs' Matthews out of on-ice activities at all-star game (Toronto Sun)
Sens' Brady Tkachuk will replace Leafs' Auston Matthews in mid-season showcase (Ottawa Sun)
Ontario Reign’s Boko Imama issues statement on racial-slur incident (Los Angeles Times)
Did Gritty punch a 13-year-old boy in the back? Philadelphia detectives are investigating (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Alex Georgiev buzz looms over Rangers’ trade deadline struggle (New York Post)
NHL teams realize backup goaltender is important position (Denver Post)
Former Kings player Jarret Stoll excels in his role of developing young players (Los Angeles Times)
Filip Zadina nets 2 lucky goals, but Detroit Red Wings lose 6th straight, 4-2, to Wild (Detroit Free Press)
Dennis Cholowski ready to show assertiveness while back with Red Wings (Detroit News)
A big win over Quenneville’s former team has the Panthers in a good place at break (Miami Herald)
Questions linger as Bruins break (Boston Herald)
Flyers think they’re ‘in a great spot’ as sprint to the finish about to begin (South Jersey Courier-Post)
All-Star break comes at perfect time for fatigued Isles (New York Newsday)
San Jose Sharks at the break: How did it get this bad? (San Jose Mercury News)
What Chicago Blackhawks have done, and now need to do (Chicago Daily Herald)
Wild's Parise aims for more scoring consistency (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
‘Teddy’s line’ has been Penguins’ most consistent trio (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Petro is putting together a career year (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Nic Hague’s first goal ‘a dream come true’ for Golden Knights rookie (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Bruins assign three to Providence as they begin nine-day break (Boston Globe)
Sabres and AHL remove Lawrence Pilut from All-Star Game roster (Buffalo News)
Time with Moose best way to achieve NHL dream, says Gustafsson (Winnipeg Sun)
Rocket's Matthew Peca works to tip AHL-NHL balance toward Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
Sabres' Rasmus Asplund tests his development in return to AHL (Buffalo News)
There’s more to life than hockey — just ask the Marlies and recovering coach Rob Davison (Toronto Star)