Hockey headlines for December 28, 2019

Saturday, December 28, 2019

Flames dominate in opening round of Battle of Alberta (Calgary Herald)
Goalie Robin Lehner stellar against former team as Blackhawks top Islanders (Chicago Sun-Times)
Penguins get goals from rare places in routing Predators (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Blues roll a seven on Perron's OT winner (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Detroit Red Wings' Anthony Mantha (rib injury) to miss at least the next month (Detroit Free Press)
Alex Ovechkin to skip NHL All-Star Game, will be suspended one game (Washington Post)
How Swede it is: Steen and dad return to family homeland with Stanley Cup (Winnipeg Free Press)
Interest in suspended Ranger Lias Andersson about what you’d expect (New York Post)
Ducks ride second-period flurry to victory over Golden Knights (Orange County Register)
Wild perseveres in back-and-forth battle to trip Avalanche (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Minnesota Wild rallies to defeat Avalanche 6-4 (Denver Post)
Zibanejad scores twice as Rangers beat Hurricanes (New York Newsday)
T.J. Oshie’s OT goal completes Capitals’ comeback win over Blue Jackets (Washington Post)
Patrice Bergeron strikes twice in Bruins win over Sabres (Boston Herald)
Maple Leafs win in overtime after Devils score own goal (Toronto Sun)
Sloppy Golden Knights lose to Anaheim Ducks (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Sharks blow late lead, suffer crushing OT loss to Kings (San Jose Mercury News)
Predators get banged up, beat down by Penguins (The Tennessean)
Blue Jackets fall to Capitals in OT (Columbus Dispatch)
Devils lose to Maple Leafs on own goal in OT following offensive slugfest (NJ.com)
Lehner reminds Isles what they're missing in one-sided loss (New York Newsday)
Champion Blues survive Jets' comebacks (Winnipeg Sun)
Rangers winger Lemieux breaks hand, out indefinitely (New York Newsday)
Sabres lose Jeff Skinner to upper-body injury in shutout loss to Boston (Buffalo News)
Predators defenseman Dan Hamhuis takes puck to the face, leaves game bleeding (The Tennessean)
Golden Knights rookie Cody Glass returns against Ducks (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Blackhawks prepare for life without 15-year veteran Brent Seabrook: ‘You miss his presence for sure’ (Chicago Tribune)
Trotz not happy with schedule after the break (New York Newsday)
Senators back from the break, still waiting for veterans to return to shore up defence (Ottawa Citizen)
Rick Bowness is gradually putting his imprint on the Stars (Dallas Morning News)
Kings place Trevor Lewis on injured reserve amid flurry of roster moves (Los Angeles Times)
Concussion sidelines Maple Leafs' Moore entering 2020 (Toronto Sun)
Patric Hornqvist rejoins Penguins at practice, 'close' to returning from lower-body injury (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Is this the year Lightning’s Alex Killorn scores 20 goals? (Tampa Bay Times)
Struggling Colin White stays positive as he returns to Senators after the Christmas break (Ottawa Citizen)
Penguins recall Joseph Blandisi, Thomas Di Pauli, Kevin Czuczman from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Caley Chelios' NHL broadcasting career 'kick-started' by father Chris' advice (Detroit News)
Justin Bieber invited Maple Leafs stars to play shinny in Stratford on Boxing Day (Toronto Star)