Hockey headlines for October 18, 2018

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Flames roll over Bruins (Calgary Herald)
Ducks get healthier, sign Nick Ritchie to new contract, defeat Islanders (Orange County Register)
Canadiens score very early and very, very late to edge the Blues (Montreal Gazette)
Matt Niskanen scores on rebound, lifts Caps past Rangers in OT (Washington Post)
Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford on expected Thursday return: ‘I’m ready to go’ (Chicago Sun-Times)
Brady Tkachuk lost for a month with leg injury (Ottawa Sun)
Mike Sullivan again shuffles Penguins lines; Matt Murray 'ready to go' if needed (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Red Wings claim Jacob De La Rose off waivers; Libor Sulak reassigned (MLive.com)
Maple Leafs GM Dubas meeting with William Nylander in Switzerland (Toronto Sun)
Canadiens' miserable performance last year hurting ticket sales (Montreal Gazette)
Flames shrug off new pot law (Calgary Herald)
Rangers make their point in overtime loss to Capitals (New York Newsday)
Gloom surrounding Blues deepens with wrenching loss to Canadiens (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Islanders left with plenty to ponder in loss to Ducks (New York Newsday)
Bruins go down in flames in Calgary (Boston Globe)
Quinn puts Buchnevich back in the lineup (New York Newsday)
Isles 'junkyard dog' Cizikas back in the lineup vs. Ducks (New York Newsday)
Why Lundqvist lobbied to start in back-to-back games this early (New York Post)
Ducks sees Isles as team to reckon with under Lamoriello (New York Newsday)
Early signs encouraging for a young, fast Maple Leafs team (Toronto Sun)
If Stars cornerstones Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin are together, does it matter who the third linemate is? (Dallas Morning News)
Ryan Callahan ahead of schedule on return to Lightning (Tampa Bay Times)
Wild's Devan Dubnyk calculates the probability (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky feeling the sting with smaller chest protector (Columbus Dispatch)
Golden Knights center Cody Eakin makes do with less ice time (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Predators' Kevin Fiala figures puck luck will go his way soon (The Tennessean)
Cholowski, young Wings see some promise in late rally (Detroit News)
Red Wings' Michael Rasmussen trying to adjust to NHL's limited space (MLive.com)
Kings inject youth into their lineup by recalling Sheldon Rempal (Los Angeles Times)
Canes place Di Giuseppe on waivers (Raleigh News & Observer)
Canes assign Necas, Fleury to Checkers (Raleigh News & Observer)