Hockey headlines for October 15, 2019

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Blackhawks ride strong second period to beat Oilers, earn first win of season (Chicago Sun-Times)
Early offensive explosion carries Avalanche to fifth straight win to start season (Denver Post)
Hats off: David Pastrnak (4 goals) is in fine form as Bruins win (Boston Globe)
On Canadian Thanksgiving, Wild grateful for Alex Stalock — and season’s first win (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Patrick Marleau sheds tears of joy in Shark Tank return (San Jose Mercury News)
Flyers to gain cap space, but maybe not for long (South Jersey Courier-Post)
Johnny Boychuk key to Islanders' comeback win (New York Newsday)
Panthers score three third-period goals to beat Devils, secure first road win of season (Miami Herald)
Ducks give up four goals to David Pastrnak in road loss to Boston Bruins (Orange County Register)
NJ Devils blow 3-goal lead in sixth straight loss (NorthJersey.com)
Inability to get substitutions vs. Sabres led to turning point in Stars’ loss (Dallas Morning News)
Blues 'took our foot off the gas' and gave away game to Islanders (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Braden Holtby pulled early as Capitals overcome by Avalanche, 6-3 (Washington Post)
Alex Stalock wanders a little, stops a lot in Wild victory (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Jets facing power play struggles (Winnipeg Free Press)
Golden Knights first line rediscovers need for speed (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
What the Coyotes can do in wake of Niklas Hjalmarsson’s injury (Arizona Republic)
Kings’ Jonathan Quick is struggling again this season, but his new coach has faith in him (Los Angeles Times)
Predators' Calle Jarnkrok on playing on Johansen, Arvidsson line: 'Where I want to be' (The Tennessean)
Blue Jackets’ Gustav Nyquist recovers from his first ‘Camp Torts’ (Columbus Dispatch)
Drawing penalties is part of Brandon Tanev’s value to the Penguins (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Souped-up Maple Leaf Mikheyev is hot (Toronto Sun)
Penguins' Sam Lafferty making his case to stick around with NHL club (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Leafs send Sandin down, bring Gravel up (Toronto Sun)
Fatherhood brings new perspective for Flames centre Mikael Backlund (Calgary Sun)
Red Wings’ Jimmy Devellano has successful surgery for brain tumor (MLive.com)