Hockey headlines for September 21, 2025

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Blues lose preseason opener to Stars in shootout, 2-1 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
As Caps settle in, their GM expects ‘a dogfight’ for the final roster spots (Washington Post)
When it comes to a trade, is the writing on wall for Sharks’ veteran center? (San Jose Mercury News)
Can the Oilers do anything in the pre-season to avoid yet another slow start? (Edmonton Sun)
Ottawa Senators shift training camp into high gear (Ottawa Sun)
Oilers future stars must prove they can play in the bottom six, first (Edmonton Sun)
Islanders spend practice focusing on power play and penalty kill (New York Newsday)
Rangers will 'explore combinations' on how to best use Lafreniere (New York Newsday)
What Rangers hope to accomplish with Mike Sullivan’s new zone defense (New York Post)
Todd McLellan has message for Detroit Red Wings near camp's end: 'Don't ride the brake' (Detroit Free Press)
What to make of Andrei Vasilevskiy’s absence during Lightning camp? (Tampa Bay Times)
Kraken goalies settle into new season with new roles, new coach (Seattle Times)
Mat Barzal’s Islanders transition back to center ‘like riding a bike’ (New York Post)
Vladimir Tarasenko aims to help Wild achieve championship dreams (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Blackhawks forward Ryan Donato will 'aim high' this season, but 31 goals will be difficult (Chicago Sun-Times)
Jets' Mark Scheifele is happy there is 'no more fitness testing' permitted until 2030 (Winnipeg Sun)
Lukas Reichel eager to ‘prove it’ at a competitive Chicago Blackhawks training camp: ‘He’s got to earn it’ (Chicago Inquirer)
Penguins forward Filip Hallander is back and still wants to take a spot (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Healthy Braden Schneider out to prove he’s ready for more in critical Rangers year (New York Post)
Matt Poitras continues to battle for role with Bruins in third NHL training camp (Boston Globe)
Yegor Chinakhov out to prove himself at Columbus Blue Jackets training camp (Columbus Dispatch)
What rookie Brady Martin is learning from Steven Stamkos, Filip Forsberg at Nashville Predators camp (The Tennessean)
Sandin-Pellikka uses smarts, offensive skills to become exciting Wings prospect (Detroit News)
Penguins top pick Ben Kindel is attacking his first NHL training camp at his own pace (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Red Wings prospect an offensive ‘juggernaut’ aiming to improve defensively (MLive.com)
Knights defenseman ready for opportunity at full-time role (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
On a PTO with the Penguins, Robby Fabbri relishes chance to show he is ‘still an NHL player’ (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Ducks and Kings kick off the preseason in Ontario (Orange County Register)
Flyers rookie Matthew Gard has a career ahead of him and his family behind him in support (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Flames add familiar face to scouting staff, hiring another member of 2004 team (Calgary Sun)