Hockey headlines for December 1, 2019

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Flames win second game under interim head coach Ward (Calgary Herald)
Hat trick lifts Alex Ovechkin to 20 goals and the Capitals to a 5-2 victory in Detroit (Washington Post)
Lots of firsts for Blues in 5-2 win over Pittsburgh (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Canadiens extend losing streak to 7 games with OT loss to Flyers (Montreal Gazette)
Former Canes GM Ron Francis says he responded immediately to incidents involving Peters, players (Raleigh News & Observer)
Red Wings acquire Eric Comrie, potentially goalie of future, from Coyotes (Detroit News)
Milestone: Wild's Koivu to play 1,000th NHL game Sunday (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Bill Peters’ allegations paint NHL in horrible light (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Devils may finally be dealing with reality of Taylor Hall situation, 'listening' to offers (NorthJersey.com)
Kings cool Jets’ November roll with win (Los Angeles Times)
Rangers wallop Devils in masterpiece (New York Post)
Isles blank Jackets to snap three-game skid (New York Newsday)
Ivan Provorov lifts Flyers to 4-3 overtime win in Montreal to complete magical November (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Andersen, Tavares make Keefe a winner (Toronto Sun)
Canucks on a high after shutting down McDavid & Co. (Vancouver Province)
Avs throttle Hawks for second straight night, 7-3 (Chicago Daily Herald)
Arizona Coyotes' early lead not enough in loss to San Jose Sharks (Arizona Republic)
Predators shut out by Panthers 3-0 in Chris Driedger's first career start (The Tennessean)
Zach Werenski injured in shutout loss (Columbus Dispatch)
Dreadful power plays dooms Devils in loss to Rangers (NJ.com)
Tough back-to-back ends with another Penguins loss and another injury (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Detroit Red Wings' skid hits nine as Alex Ovechkin puts up hat trick for Capitals (Detroit Free Press)
Lightning fall to Carolina Hurricanes for third straight loss (Tampa Bay Times)
Power-play failures loom large in Sabres' overtime loss to Leafs (Buffalo News)
Canucks clobber Oilers in big divisional match-up (Edmonton Journal)
Jets run out of gas, fall to Kings in Cali (Winnipeg Sun)
Rangers' Georgiev bounces back with shutout vs. Devils (New York Newsday)
Greiss starts for Isles, but takes himself off in first (New York Newsday)
Rangers' crucial Kaapo Kakko decision paid off (New York Post)
Lightning missing Braydon Coburn and Alex Killorn against Carolina (Tampa Bay Times)
Reassured by an outside neurological assessment, a healthy David Backes eager to return (Boston Globe)
Bryan Rust day-to-day with lower-body injury; Brian Dumoulin leaves game (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Golden Knights’ Alex Tuch looks to bounce back (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Although he’s a bit of a hockey paradox, Jamie Oleksiak is finding his role in the top 4 of the Stars’ defensive corps (Dallas Morning News)