Hockey headlines for October 4, 2019

Friday, October 4, 2019

Bruins strike early, hold on late to take season opener against the Stars (Boston Globe)
Avalanche keeps rolling against Flames, wins season opener on home ice (Denver Post)
Lightning start regular season with win over Florida (Tampa Bay Times)
Ducks defeat Coyotes, give coach Dallas Eakins a victory in his debut (Orange County Register)
Blackhawks sign Alex DeBrincat to three-year contract extension (Chicago Tribune)
Ho-Sang asks Islanders to trade him (New York Newsday)
Flames sign GM Brad Treliving to contract extension (Calgary Sun)
One more celebration awaits Blues — a White House visit on Oct. 15 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Yzerman rules: Wings GM applies lessons from 14-year Cup drought (Detroit News)
Ex-NHL referee: Steve Yzerman was 'disrespectful' (Detroit News)
Bobby Ryan is irked at NHL's offside determination (Ottawa Citizen)
Ellis, Forsberg help rally Predators past Wild 5-2 (The Tennessean)
Rangers win high-scoring opener on Howden's goal (New York Newsday)
Canes open new season with shootout win over Montreal (Raleigh News & Observer)
Sergei Bobrovsky era in goal for Panthers gets off to a bit of an uneven start in loss (Miami Herald)
The Panthers had chances against the Lightning, but Quenneville era opens with a loss (Miami Herald)
Wild melt down in third period, fall 5-2 to Predators in season opener (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Old mistakes cost Penguins season opener against Sabres (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Jets drop high-scoring season opener to Rangers as Hellebuyck struggles (Winnipeg Sun)
Deja vu in Flames loss to Avalanche (Calgary Sun)
Canadiens settle for one point in Carolina, falling 4-3 in a shootout (Montreal Gazette)
Arizona Coyotes drop first game of season in road loss to Anaheim Ducks (Arizona Republic)
Dallas defenseman Roman Polak removed on stretcher after crashing into boards (Boston Globe)
Henrik Lundqvist reaches all sorts of milestones in opener (New York Post)
Evgeni Malkin frustrated with Penguins' performance on opening night (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Ryan Hartman back in Nashville, but this time with the Wild (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Conor Sheary continues to torture Penguins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Following slow start to camp, Casey Mittelstadt flashes 'exciting' potential in Sabres' win (Buffalo News)
Curtain rises on NHL play for Heinola (Winnipeg Free Press)
LI's Fox lives out dream in his first game with Rangers (New York Newsday)
Defenceman flew more than 14,000 kilometres this week, just don't mention the word 'jets' (Winnipeg Free Press)
Canadiens' Cale Fleury faces big brother in his first NHL game (Montreal Gazette)
Kadri was ‘very close’ to accepting off-season trade to Flames (Calgary Sun)
Isles itching to start a new campaign (New York Newsday)
Red Wings counting on top line to be one of league’s elite (MLive.com)
Sens' coach preaches short-term pain, long-term gain message, after opening night loss (Ottawa Citizen)
Dylan Larkin ‘absolutely’ will play in Red Wings’ opener (Detroit News)
Adam Larsson injury leaves huge hole on Edmonton Oilers blue line (Edmonton Journal)
Columbus Blue Jackets begin balancing act between Joonas Korpisalo, Elvis Merzlikins (Columbus Dispatch)
Flyers’ Hart ready for his first NHL season opener Friday vs. Blackhawks (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Golden Knights turn to Shea Theodore to fill void on defense (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Leafs’ Tyson Barrie has a breathtaking debut (Toronto Star)
Paul Stastny looks for consistency with Golden Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Caught in spin cycle, but Spezza to make Leafs debut in Columbus (Toronto Sun)
Red Wings’ Anthony Mantha has ‘super high’ ceiling, hopes to cash in with big season (Detroit News)
Zack Kassian keeps proving he can play with Edmonton Oilers big guns (Edmonton Journal)
Martin Fehervary modeled his game after Michal Kempny’s. Now they’re teammates. (Washington Post)
Golden Knights rookie to get chance after Nate Schmidt’s injury (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A shaved head, a spot on the roster, and surprise visitors for Flyers rookie Carsen Twarynski (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Joel Farabee vows to be ‘mentally tough’ after being disappointed by Flyers’ demotion (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Soup's on for new Leafs winger Mikheyev (Toronto Sun)
Sharks’ Erik Karlsson shares happy news about addition to family (San Jose Mercury News)
Hockey players have big butts, and the Wings' Dylan Larkin cannot lie (Detroit News)