Hockey headlines for November 5, 2025

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Islanders squander late lead, fall to Bruins in tough shootout loss (New York Post)
Gabe Landeskog isn’t lighting up scoreboards, but he helped Avalanche ward off Lightning in variety of ways (Denver Post)
'We didn't bury our chances': Red Wings blanked in Vegas to end winning road trip (Detroit News)
Kings shut out Jets for their 1st home win of season (Los Angeles Daily News)
Rangers remain winless at Garden, booed off ice after ugly loss to Hurricanes (New York Post)
Former Bruin Milan Lucic joining AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds for professional tryout (Boston Globe)
Trial date set for Mavericks vs. Stars legal feud over American Airlines Center (Dallas Morning News)
Like his Capitals, Alex Ovechkin has started slow. Both still believe. (Washington Post)
Connor Bedard arrives home on an absolute heater (Vancouver Province)
Kyle Davidson encouraged by Connor Bedard, Blackhawks 'growing into the league' this season (Chicago Sun-Times)
Calgary Flames' Nazem Kadri set for 1,000th career NHL game (Calgary Sun)
Competitive fire carried Calgary Flames' Nazem Kadri to 1,000 games (Calgary Sun)
Flyers overcome Canadiens’ second period flurry to win, 5-4, in a shoutout (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Strange overtime goal lifts Wild past Predators 3-2 (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Mikko Rantanen propels Stars to comeback win over Oilers on the Finn’s bobblehead night (Dallas Morning News)
Cutter Gauthier’s 1st NHL hat trick leads Ducks past Panthers (Orange County Register)
Lightning’s 5-game win streak snapped in Colorado (Tampa Bay Times)
Predators lose 3-2 to Wild on bizarre OT goal, spoiling late Steven Stamkos heroics (The Tennessean)
Two and Out! Fumbling Edmonton Oilers collapse in loss to Dallas Stars (Edmonton Sun)
Kings snap Jets’ winning streak (Winnipeg Free Press)
‘We didn’t finish’: Sabres can’t close out against Utah, in fifth consecutive overtime game (Buffalo News)
Islanders get into heated scuffle with Bruins after Nikita Zadorov knocks down Matthew Schaefer (New York Post)
Mike Sullivan hints power-play changes could be coming after latest Rangers flop (New York Post)
Christian Dvorak returns to Montreal having left a major impact on the young Canadiens (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Glen Gulutzan takes on Edmonton Oilers for first time as Dallas Stars' head coach (Edmonton Sun)
Columbus Blue Jackets not lingering on stinging loss to New York Islanders: 'You move on' (Columbus Dispatch)
Success stems from Wild penalty killers’ focus on basics (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Columbus Blue Jackets defensive depth challenged by Mateychuk, Gudbranson injuries (Columbus Dispatch)
Why there's no panic with plummeting penalty kill missing key pieces (Vancouver Province)
Maple Leafs get lineup boost with Laughton, Lorentz returning against Utah (Toronto Sun)
Kaapo Kakko missed start of season for Kraken, but there’s silver lining (Seattle Times)
Patrick Kane (upper-body injury) expected to join Detroit Red Wings end of this week (Detroit Free Press)
Mackenzie Blackwood ‘full-steam ahead’ in return from procedure that sidelined goalie for first three weeks of season (Denver Post)
Penguins place Tristan Jarry on injured reserve, recall Sergei Murashov (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Jets head coach Scott Arniel sees confidence coming from Comrie (Winnipeg Sun)
Merzlikins 'lost it' on stick smash in Columbus Blue Jackets' loss to New York Islanders (Columbus Dispatch)
Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis keeps faith in Samuel Montembeault (Montreal Gazette)
Drake Batherson steps up for Ottawa Senators with Brady Tkachuk sidelined (Ottawa Sun)
Defenseman Erik Karlsson finding himself in an unfamiliar spot: on the Penguins' penalty kill (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Dalibor Dvorsky injects life into Blues' win over Oilers with first career NHL goal (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Red Wings' Albert Johansson confident, stronger and making impact in second season (Detroit News)
Connor Murphy's playing time has fallen off a cliff in likely his last season with Blackhawks (Chicago Sun-Times)
Oliver Moore won’t let his return to the Chicago Blackhawks pass him by: ‘I’m ready to go” (Chicago Inquirer)
Unable to ‘impact the game’ consistently, Philip Tomasino may be running out of time with Penguins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Flames recall intriguing defence prospect from AHL’s Wranglers (Calgary Herald)
Penguins call up Sergei Murashov, place Tristan Jarry on IR amid a flurry of roster moves (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Gone with a whimper: Ex-Canuck Vitali Kravtsov heads back to KHL (Vancouver Province)
Assistant coach Dan Hinote brings big energy to the Lightning bench (Tampa Bay Times)
Pitlicks bringing brotherly love to Oilers' AHL affiliate Bakersfield Condors (Edmonton Sun)
‘The Swede of Philadelphia’: New documentary explores the life and tragic death of Flyers goalie Pelle Lindbergh (Philadelphia Inquirer)