Hockey headlines for December 4, 2018

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Predators top Sabres behind goals from Ellis, Fiala (The Tennessean)
Stars capitalize vs. banged-up Oilers for third straight W heading into tough stretch (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov make a hot combination for Lightning (Tampa Bay Times)
Ducks trade Marcus Pettersson to Penguins for winger Daniel Sprong (Orange County Register)
Leafs trade Leivo to Canucks for Michael Carcone (Toronto Sun)
Detroit Red Wings' Tyler Bertuzzi suspended 2 games. Here's why (Detroit Free Press)
Chuck Fletcher named Flyers general manager, calls it a ‘dream come true’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Golden Knights Try to Recapture the Magic of Their Inaugural Season (New York Times)
Alex Ovechkin is skating a ton. Is that sustainable at age 33? (Washington Post)
Leafs' negotiations with Nylander ended fine, but GM Dubas will use the process as a learning tool (Toronto Sun)
Nylander reunion with Matthews no lock for Leafs (Toronto Star)
Penguins GM Jim Rutherford seeing faint signs of improvement (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Offense struggles in another one-goal loss for Sabres (Buffalo News)
NJ Devils steamrolled in series finale with Lightning (NorthJersey.com)
Missing their superstar, Oilers fall to host Dallas Stars (Edmonton Journal)
Red Wings revealing scrappy persona (Detroit News)
Rangers plan to use week off to reset successful ways (New York Newsday)
A ‘Groundhog Day’ redux? Blackhawks’ Jeremy Colliton keeps seeing same things (Chicago Sun-Times)
Another wave of bad news washes over befuddled Blues (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Mark Borowiecki's return date hasn't been determined (Ottawa Sun)
Bruins’ Charlie McAvoy takes another step towards return (Boston Herald)
Matt Murray back on the ice for individual work before Penguins practice (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
How long will Arizona Coyotes ride Adin Hill's hot hand in net? (Arizona Republic)
Lightning G Eddie Pasquale may have chosen well to return to Syracuse (Tampa Bay Times)
Scheifele rising to new heights as trigger man for Wheeler (Winnipeg Sun)
Cam Atkinson at great point in career, life (Columbus Dispatch)
Juuso Riikola, coming off strong game against Flyers, settling in as Penguins regular (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Ryan Donato got bumped up to the Bruins’ second line, but will he stay there? (Boston Globe)
Kings add speed and youth with Brendan Leipsic and Nikita Scherbak (Los Angeles Daily News)
Red Wings not sending Michael Rasmussen to World Juniors (MLive.com)
Canadiens prospect Nick Suzuki invited to Team Canada junior camp (Montreal Gazette)
Hamonic brothers stick together on Flames' family-themed road-trip (Calgary Sun)