Hockey headlines for January 24, 2019

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Kadri's hat trick sends Leafs to much-needed win against Capitals (Toronto Sun)
Canadiens edge Coyotes to earn franchise's 2,000th win on home ice (Montreal Gazette)
Preds head into break with win over Vegas (The Tennessean)
Floodgates open for Canes in Vancouver (Vancouver Province)
P.K. Subban on Vegas' Pierre-Edouard Bellemare: 'He knows he bit me' (The Tennessean)
Ducks’ Ondrej Kase to have season-ending surgery; Corey Perry could play soon (Orange County Register)
Datsyuk's agent floats possible return to NHL (Detroit News)
Kelly McCrimmon could well be Nicholson's No. 1 GM object for Edmonton Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
Comeback Season for Robin Lehner Spurs the Islanders’ Resurgence (New York Times)
The inspiration behind NJ Devils' Kyle Palmieri's All-Star season (NorthJersey.com)
Brayden Point is one of the NHL’s top goal scorers. Soon the Lightning may have to pay him like one. (Tampa Bay Times)
Bob Nicholson wants Edmonton Oilers to look within dressing room for run at playoffs (Edmonton Sun)
Current Edmonton Oilers roster not where envisioned when Peter Chiarelli took over (Edmonton Sun)
Edmonton Oilers still selling playoff hope, which seems unlikely (Edmonton Sun)
Reports say Canucks interested in Ferland. Who wouldn't be? (Vancouver Province)
There’s no time like the present for the Leafs to lock up the future (Toronto Star)
Treliving prepares Flames for break, sets sights on rest of season (Calgary Herald)
In Eichel and Skinner, Sabres adding double dose of talent to All-Star Game (Buffalo News)
Red Wings’ Jimmy Howard heads to All-Star Game amid uncertain future (MLive.com)
Wild hits All-Star break 'in the right direction' after crushing Colorado (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Blues go on break with win over Anaheim (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Ducks fall to Blues, reach All-Star break looking like a team in need of one (Orange County Register)
Golden Knights fall to Nashville Predators, 2-1 (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Leafs' Andersen adds to Capitals curse (Toronto Sun)
Edmundson back in action with Blues as Bortuzzo becomes spectator (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
For new Wild defenseman Brad Hunt, it’s an exciting time (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Coast to coast, Moore family excited to face Caps (Toronto Sun)
Grueling schedule awaits Isles after 9-day break (New York Post)
Volatile first half sets stage for Blackhawks’ big dreams after All-Star break (Chicago Sun-Times)
Red Wings welcome long break in the schedule (Detroit News)
Ottawa Senators head to break sitting in last place (Ottawa Sun)
What's wrong with the Devils? Who's to blame? Goaltending, consistency, road struggles, more (NJ.com)
Golden Knights recall Oscar Dansk, reassign Maxime Lagace to AHL’s Wolves (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Red Wings reassign Filip Hronek to Grand Rapids (MLive.com)
Isles loan rookies Dal Colle, Toews to Bridgeport (New York Newsday)
Teddy Blueger keeps working — and waiting — for that NHL call (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Wild's J.T. Brown invited to All-Star Game for gamers (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)