Hockey headlines for December 16, 2023

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Bruins win wild one on Long Island, 5-4, in shootout (Boston Herald)
Rangers stop skid with win over Ducks ahead of tough Bruins matchup (New York Post)
Kraken acquire veteran forward Tomas Tatar from Avalanche (Seattle Times)
Canucks trade Jack Studnicka to Sharks in exchange for Nick Cicek (Vancouver Province)
Stars involved in NHL, NHLPA investigation after Coyotes’ Juuso Valimaki injured in Dallas (Dallas Morning News)
Caps, Wizards complex in Virginia could get largest arena subsidy ever (Washington Post)
Kyle Dubas is popular with the Penguins. Now the ex-Leafs GM just needs to get them to win (Toronto Star)
Interim coach Drew Bannister’s goal in St. Louis? Make the Blues ‘highly competitive’ (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Hellebuyck elite all the time (Winnipeg Free Press)
Red Wings’ Patrick Kane passing tough physical test, but ‘you got to produce’ (MLive.com)
Filip Forsberg scores 33 seconds into OT as Nashville Predators earn a crazy win at Carolina (The Tennessean)
Isles get another point in shootout loss to Bruins (New York Newsday)
Carolina Hurricanes lose lead in third period, fall to Nashville in overtime at PNC Arena (Raleigh News & Observer)
Lackluster Sharks shut out, but some ‘skilled’ help has been added (San Jose Mercury News)
Not good enough: Something has to change for Ottawa Senators after third straight loss (Ottawa Sun)
Rangers' Quick starts in goal with Shesterkin struggling (New York Newsday)
Jake Oettinger (lower-body) exits early in Stars’ win, won’t travel with team to St. Louis (Dallas Morning News)
Adam Edstrom capitalizes on last-minute Rangers opportunity with first NHL goal (New York Post)
Still on Sabres' fourth line, Peyton Krebs doing whatever it takes to 'evolve' (Buffalo News)
Edmonton Oilers vibe check: Steady as she goes after 7-4 loss (Edmonton Sun)
'Solutions, not excuses': Jets' mantra bearing plenty of fruit (Winnipeg Sun)
Devils react to parity-ridden early division race: ‘It is bizarre’ (NJ.com)
Defencemen pick up slack for Canadiens' struggling forwards (Montreal Gazette)
K’Andre Miller’s Rangers absence extends to a second straight game (New York Post)
Don't expect to see Pelech back just yet (New York Newsday)
Joey Daccord keeping Kraken’s impressive run of netminding going (Seattle Times)
Sidney Crosby’s new role on power play instrumental to Penguins' recent success (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
How Lightning’s Steven Stamkos broke out with four goals vs. Oilers (Tampa Bay Times)
In first year of Blues captaincy, Brayden Schenn is learning through the turbulent times (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Veteran Scott Laughton knows his game is ‘not good enough’ at the moment (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Valtteri Puustinen's value to the Penguins is easy to understand (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Wild super rookie Brock Faber reminds reporters he’s not perfect (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Can Flames rookie Pospisil be an NHL agitator? He’s looking the part (Calgary Sun)
With veterans ready to return, Red Wings boot Berggren back to minors (Detroit Free Press)
Penguins place forward Vinnie Hinostroza on waivers (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
World juniors the next stop in whirlwind season for 'cerebral' Leafs prospect Minten (Toronto Star)
Gene Carr, former Kings fan favorite, dies at 72 (Los Angeles Daily News)