Hockey headlines for October 16, 2018

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Matthews - Kapanen connection clicks as Leafs crown Kings (Toronto Sun)
Predators top Wild for third straight victory (The Tennessean)
Tatar, Drouin and Plekanec lead Canadiens to 7-3 rout of Red Wings (Montreal Gazette)
Rookies rise again as Senators defeat Stars (Ottawa Sun)
Penguins' Justin Schultz to miss 4 months with broken leg (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Golden Knights center Paul Stastny could miss 2 months (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Avalanche claims Marko Dano on waivers from the Winnipeg Jets (Denver Post)
Sidney Crosby playing with a team from Kenya? Now you've seen it all in hockey (USA Today)
Avs’ Nathan MacKinnon surprises Kenyan hockey team’s first game in Canada (Denver Post)
Sidney Crosby says surprising Kenyan hockey team was 'a lot of fun' (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Canucks coach defends team, its principles as concussed star Pettersson recovers (Vancouver Province)
Islanders shouldn't wait to long to re-sign Anders Lee (New York Newsday)
Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews embracing the spotlight on and off the ice (Washington Post)
Splitting one of the NHL's top lines didn't pay off for Stars coach Jim Montgomery in loss to Senators (Dallas Morning News)
Wild fall to Predators for fourth loss in five games (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Detroit Red Wings make a mockery of themselves in 7-3 loss to Montreal (Detroit Free Press)
Goalie Devan Dubnyk says he's not worried about facing so many shots (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Rasmussen is odd man out in Red Wings' lineup shuffle (Detroit News)
Predators' Kyle Turris feels like he's part of 'something special' (The Tennessean)
Los Angeles Kings' Doughty: 'I definitely think the Leafs are for real' (Toronto Sun)
Leafs' Morgan Rielly marvels at Kings' Drew Doughty's ability to eat up minutes (Toronto Sun)
Marc Methot is coming home when his NHL career ends … maybe soon (Ottawa Sun)
Rick Bowness, first Senators boss, entering fifth decade as NHL coach (Ottawa Sun)
Five games in, progress is evident, but Flames looking for more (Calgary Herald)
Bruins top-heavy to start the season (Boston Herald)
Edmonton Oilers understand the urgency of October (Edmonton Sun)
Blues keep squandering opportunities in bad start to season (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Trying to make sense of the Arizona Coyotes, the most confusing team in the NHL (Arizona Republic)
After two losses, Capitals’ practice takes a surprise turn (Washington Post)
Lightning’s owes its penalty-kill success to the art of blocking shots (Tampa Bay Times)
Leaf goalie depth tested with Andersen day to day (Toronto Sun)
Knights’ William Karlsson pounding away in search of first goal (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Anthony Duclair ascends to top power play, second line (Columbus Dispatch)
Penguins center Derick Brassard thrilled with move to left wing (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Rangers are trying everything to get Filip Chytil more ice time (New York Post)
Saad could be headed toward healthy scratch (Chicago Daily Herald)
Lemieux likely to debut against Oilers, Dano Denver-bound (Winnipeg Free Press)