Hockey headlines for December 18, 2019

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Hertl scores twice, but Sharks’ power play woes continue in loss to Coyotes (San Jose Mercury News)
Penguins turn miserable first period into another identity-building win (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Golden Knights win 3rd straight, finally beat Wild at T-Mobile (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Predators take punch, then knock out Islanders in big win (The Tennessean)
Wings' Danny DeKeyser having back surgery, likely done for season (Detroit News)
Big Buff rehabbing injury, step closer to returning to Jets (Winnipeg Free Press)
Colorado Eagles, Akim Aliu issue joint statement on blackface incident in 2011 (Denver Post)
Amid Blackface and Abuse Allegations, Hockey Wonders Why Young Canadians Don’t Play (New York Times)
The Sabres can smell what the Bills are cooking — and they want some (Toronto Star)
Why NJ Devils' Ray Shero never offered Taylor Hall a contract (NorthJersey.com)
Win over NHL’s worst team doesn’t come easily (Columbus Dispatch)
David Kase’s first career goal, Carter Hart’s goaltending help Flyers sink Ducks, 4-1 (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Canadiens continue to be road warriors with 3-1 win in Vancouver (Montreal Gazette)
Matthews' pair of goals power Maple Leafs past Sabres (Toronto Sun)
Anthony Cirelli’s overtime goal leads Lightning past Senators (Tampa Bay Times)
Ducks lose Troy Terry to knee injury in second period of loss to Flyers (Orange County Register)
Wild falls short to Vegas 3-2 after third-period rally (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Isles give up 7 straight goals in rout by Predators (New York Newsday)
Even-strength scoring a lingering concern (Vancouver Province)
Jack Eichel stretches point streak to 17 games, but slow start dooms Sabres (Buffalo News)
Jets can't weather Hurricanes' storm (Winnipeg Sun)
Senators fall to Lightning in overtime (Ottawa Citizen)
Detroit Red Wings struggle again on offense in 5-3 loss despite Adam Erne's breakthrough (Detroit Free Press)
Bruins lose third period lead, fall to Kings in OT (Boston Herald)
Visiting Penguins outlast Flames at Dome (Calgary Sun)
Penguins Evgeni Malkin on 400-goal milestone: 'I want 100 more.' (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Chemistry between Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust clearly contagious (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Blue Jackets’ Zach Werenski back from shoulder injury (Columbus Dispatch)
Cam Talbot seeing an uptick in action as Flames' second-string goalie (Calgary Sun)
Nikita Kucherov returns to the Lightning lineup but ends up sitting (Tampa Bay Times)
Blashill: Detroit Red Wings 'kind of played' like children in loss to Columbus (Detroit Free Press)
Flyers coach Alain Vigneault not happy with Joel Farabee’s three-game suspension (Philadelphia Inquirer)
‘This was the best day.’ Oskar Lindblom visits Flyers teammates after cancer diagnosis (South Jersey Courier-Post)
Practice time gives Stars chance to work on offensive deficiencies that hurt Dallas in loss to Oilers (Dallas Morning News)
Viktor Arvidsson could return sooner rather than later for Predators (The Tennessean)
Wild send injured captain Mikko Koivu home (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Perron and the puck proving to be a dangerous pairing for Blues (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Florida Panthers’ slick-passing Jonathan Huberdeau keeps racking up milestones (Miami Herald)
Edmonton Oilers defenceman Adam Larsson back to rugged self (Edmonton Journal)
Ducks’ 3 youngest defensemen battling for 1 spot in their lineup (Orange County Register)
Josh Ho-Sang to rejoin Isles' Bridgeport affiliate (New York Newsday)
Penguins trade forward Ryan Haggerty to Panthers for minor leaguer (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
NHL, OHL mourn George Ferguson (Toronto Sun)
Scot Kleinendorst, former Rangers defenseman, dies following freak accident (New York Post)
Family celebrates life of author and West Island coach Chrys Goyens (Montreal Gazette)