Hockey headlines for October 23, 2019

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Staal breaks out of slump as Wild shuts out Edmonton 3-0 (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Bruins win rematch with Maple Leafs (Boston Globe)
Josi, Arvidsson lead Predators to 6-1 win over Ducks (The Tennessean)
Blackhawks trade Aleksi Saarela to Panthers for depth defenseman Ian McCoshen (Chicago Sun-Times)
Capitals owners produce film on black hockey pioneer Willie O’Ree (Washington Times)
Wild GM Guerin has learned many lessons along his long NHL journey (Edmonton Journal)
Golden Knights rally to beat Blackhawks 2-1 in shootout (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Horvat's hat-trick effort powers the comeback (Vancouver Province)
Coyotes grab overtime win in back-and-forth affair at Rangers (Arizona Republic)
The Capitals’ stars step to the forefront to claim a 5-3 victory in Calgary (Washington Post)
Sabres defensemen 'stepping up' to prevent goals in new system (Buffalo News)
Florida Panthers shake off slow start to beat Pittsburgh Penguins (Miami Herald)
Kirby Dach scores first NHL goal in Blackhawks’ loss to Golden Knights (Chicago Sun-Times)
Point taken vs. Sabres, but Sharks lament mistakes, penalties (San Jose Mercury News)
Ducks’ mistakes prove costly in blowout loss to Predators (Los Angeles Times)
Rangers' hole gets deeper with concerning loss (New York Post)
Bad bounces contribute to Penguins dropping game to Panthers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Canucks erupt for five third-period goals, hand Red Wings fifth straight loss (Detroit News)
Maple Leafs lose for the second time in as many nights, falling to Bruins (Toronto Sun)
Too many 'freebees' costing Flames, says Bill Peters after loss to Capitals (Calgary Herald)
Jets give up 41 shots in loss to Kings (Winnipeg Sun)
Upper St. Clair’s Vincent Trocheck continues to make an impact with Panthers (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Kakko unhappy with slow start, limited ice time (New York Newsday)
Former Flames winger Hathaway fitting in nicely with Caps (Calgary Herald)
Rangers forward's 'tough' night lands him on bench (New York Post)
Isles taking advantage of rare power-play opportunities (New York Newsday)
Canadiens' top line continues to click on offence and defence (Montreal Gazette)
Only eight games in, D.J. Smith and the Senators already desperate to find some fixes (Ottawa Citizen)
Alain Vigneault happy with Flyers’ lines, except for Claude Giroux’s unit. ‘They have to figure it out.’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Avalanche all-star Mikko Rantanen injury update coming Wednesday (Denver Post)
Connor Murphy expected to be out ‘a couple weeks,’ dealing blow to Blackhawks’ defense (Chicago Sun-Times)
Blue Jackets’ Alexander Wennberg letting his play talk for him (Columbus Dispatch)
Zach Werenski gives new look to Blue Jackets’ power play (Columbus Dispatch)
Nick Suzuki feeling more comfortable as he climbs Canadiens' depth chart (Montreal Gazette)
How Devils’ Pavel Zacha has turned into team’s Swiss Army Knife (NJ.com)
The good, the bad and the Gusev: How NJ Devils' Nikita Gusev is fitting in (NorthJersey.com)
Ducks left wing Devin Shore draws back into lineup (Los Angeles Times)
Flyers want to play Samuel Morin, but he'll 'have to be patient' (South Jersey Courier-Post)
Stars send Rhett Gardner, Joel Hanley back to AHL Texas (Dallas Morning News)
Red Wings waive Jonathan Ericsson, recall Evgeny Svechnikov (MLive.com)
Blake Lizotte’s decision to leave St. Cloud State and join Kings wasn’t easy (Los Angeles Times)
Flyers rookie Joel Farabee had two special guests at his NHL debut (Philadelphia Inquirer)