Hockey headlines for September 27, 2018

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Ducks right wing Corey Perry undergoes knee surgery, out up to 5 months (Orange County Register)
Blue Jackets’ Jones will miss 4-6 weeks with sprained knee (Columbus Dispatch)
Wild star Ryan Suter makes long-awaited return to lineup (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Wait is over: Erik Karlsson to make Sharks’ debut Thursday (San Jose Mercury News)
Zack Smith, still a Senator after clearing waivers, vows to 'prove people wrong' (Ottawa Sun)
Adam Boqvist's bid to be first 18-year-old Blackhawk since Patrick Kane ends (Chicago Tribune)
Report: Flyers' Jori Lehtera a suspect in Finland cocaine ring (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Injured players are sitting on the bench — and the Rangers' cap (New York Post)
Mats Zuccarello knows his time with Rangers might be nearing an end (New York Newsday)
No team took him on waivers, but there's still a chance Smith could be dealt (Ottawa Sun)
Penguins rout Sabres in final home preseason game (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Wild finishes home preseason schedule with victory over Jets (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Leafs use power, special teams, Andersen to beat Canadiens on the road (Toronto Sun)
Zadina's OT goal keeps Red Wings unbeaten in preseason (Detroit News)
Colorado Avalanche falls to Dallas Stars in preseason tilt (Denver Post)
Canadiens lose 5-3 to Leafs, but Kotkaniemi getting even better (Montreal Gazette)
Jets lose to Wild as end of pre-season in sight (Winnipeg Free Press)
Bruins’ roster remains jumbled after preseason loss (Boston Globe)
Goalie vies to get feeling back (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Matt Murray had a quiet night vs. Sabres, but he's 'progressing in the right way' (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Don't tell the Edmonton Oilers that pre-season doesn't matter (Edmonton Sun)
Flames trimming away at roster with questions still left to ponder (Calgary Herald)
Hidden clues offer insight into Golden Knights third line (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Quenneville breaks up veteran Keith-Seabrook line in Wednesday practice (Chicago Daily Herald)
Predators pushed hard in practice after 'unacceptable' showing against Hurricanes (The Tennessean)
Blackhawks’ Corey Crawford continues to show progress, takes shots from Forsling (Chicago Sun-Times)
Justin Schultz is day-to-day with a 'nagging' upper-body injury (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Michal Kempny suffered presumed concussion in preseason game at St. Louis (Washington Post)
Edmonton Oilers backup job still very much up for grabs (Edmonton Sun)
Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane, Nick Schmaltz continue where they left off last season (Chicago Sun-Times)
Could Mathew Barzal see time on Islanders' penalty-kill unit? (New York Newsday)
Penguins' Jake Guentzel wants to be more than a playoff star (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Rielly, Kadri and Gardiner adjust to life as Maple Leafs’ elder statesmen (Toronto Star)
Two years ago, Brett Ritchie's production matched likes of Connor McDavid, Patrick Kane. Here's how he hopes to get it back. (Dallas Morning News)
Penguins' Derick Brassard starting to thrive with new linemates (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Lemieux still learning the NHL game (Winnipeg Free Press)
Defensemen Oscar Fantenberg and Paul LaDue are fighting for Kings' roster spots (Los Angeles Times)
Daniel Brickley looks to assert himself onto Kings roster (Los Angeles Daily News)
Veteran Lee Stempniak plugs away to make the Bruins (Boston Herald)
Thorburn feels he still has a role with Blues (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Blashill hints Zadina might start season in Grand Rapids (Detroit News)
How Devils' Ty Smith has impressed enough to move closer to NHL chance (NJ.com)
Carsen Twarynski is still with the team as part of the Flyers' 'Reward Club' (Philadelphia Daily News)
Predators assign 19-year-old Eeli Tolvanen to Milwaukee (The Tennessean)
Avalanche reassigns eight players to Colorado Eagles, trimming roster to 36 (Denver Post)
Oglevie, Smith among latest cuts to Sabres' roster (Buffalo News)
Capitals make another roster trim with final deadline looming (Washington Times)
Sharks sending 2018 first round draft pick back to junior (San Jose Mercury News)
Devils make critical cuts, putting camp roster at 28 players (NJ.com)