Hockey headlines for December 16, 2018

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Another Capitals shootout win, another piece of Alex Ovechkin heroics (Washington Post)
Phil Kessel's OT goal bails out Penguins against Kings (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Canadiens ride Carey Price's hot hand to a 5-2 win over Senators (Montreal Gazette)
Blues defense bolstered on two fronts (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Is this the Lightning’s most complete team yet? (Tampa Bay Times)
Former Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock has flipped fortunes in Edmonton (Philadelphia Daily News)
Former Wolves GM Cheveldayoff has built Winnipeg into top NHL team (Chicago Daily Herald)
Predators win shootout vs. New Jersey Devils (The Tennessean)
Daniel Sprong, Ducks work overtime to beat Blue Jackets (Orange County Register)
Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon help Avalanche overcome sloppy defense vs. Stars (Denver Post)
Isles beat Red Wings in shootout at Nassau Coliseum (New York Newsday)
Not much fight from Philadelphia (Vancouver Province)
Flames continue to roll with hard-fought win over Wild (Calgary Sun)
Sabres' strong showing in loss to Capitals overshadowed by Berglund suspension (Buffalo News)
Kings trying to stay positive after ending four-game trip without a victory (Los Angeles Times)
Strong effort goes unrewarded in loss (Columbus Dispatch)
As losing streak reaches four games with loss to Colorado, who are the Stars? (Dallas Morning News)
Calgary comes out on top in 2-1 slugfest over shorthanded Wild (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
After another bad loss to Canucks, Flyers hobble home to face uncertainty (Philadelphia Daily News)
Red Wings lose to Islanders in shootout, 4-3 (Detroit Free Press)
Devils score late to force OT, but fall to Predators in shootout (NJ.com)
Leafs' poor effort catches up with them, lose in OT to Panthers (Toronto Sun)
Stars coaching staff negates two goals with successful goaltender interference challenges (Dallas Morning News)
Tanner Pearson snaps skid, tortures former team in Penguins win (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Ducks rookie Kiefer Sherwood realizes childhood dream in Columbus homecoming (Orange County Register)
Red Wings' Nielsen relishing Nassau Coliseum return (Detroit News)
Red Wings' Nielson once called coliseum home (New York Newsday)
Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton ‘can feel it turning’ after 2 solid games (Chicago Sun-Times)
Matt Dumba joins Wild’s long list of the injured (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Kris Letang day-to-day as Penguins breathe sigh of relief (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Rangers getting reinforcement for struggling defensive unit (New York Post)
Predators goalie Pekka Rinne shows no sign of decline (The Tennessean)
How Ryan McDonagh could push the Lightning over the top (Tampa Bay Times)
Edmonton Oilers forward Alex Chiasson continues to be NHL's Cinderella story (Edmonton Sun)
Darnell Nurse eating up Oscar Klefbom's minutes on Edmonton Oilers blue line (Edmonton Sun)
After rough start to career, Dylan Strome is making a home for himself with the Blackhawks (Chicago Tribune)
Sabres recall Hunwick from conditioning assignment, Scandella to return (Buffalo News)
Stars hoping newly-recalled Denis Gurianov can help cure road scoring woes (Dallas Morning News)