Hockey headlines for December 28, 2023

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Kris Letang’s record night, Penguins’ 6-goal period provide path for commanding win vs. Islanders (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Rangers crush Capitals to continue dominance in revenge games (New York Post)
Wild show how far they've come, overwhelm Red Wings 6-3 for fourth straight win (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
‘Luuuke!’ Devils, Luke Hughes snag 12th comeback of season in OT win over Blue Jackets (NJ.com)
Bruins return to action, snap losing streak with win over Sabres (Boston Globe)
Rookie Connor Bedard scores game-winner in overtime as Hawks top Jets (Chicago Sun-Times)
Back from break, Kraken edge Flames behind 37-save Chris Driedger effort (Seattle Times)
Blues, Joel Hofer return from Christmas break with 2-1 win over Stars (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Kevin Fiala, Kings bounce back from slow start to beat Sharks (Los Angeles Daily News)
Ducks’ fast start propels them past Golden Knights (Orange County Register)
'Tough one to swallow.' Maple Leafs fight a losing Battle of Ontario against Senators (Toronto Star)
Familiar problems haunt Sharks as losing streak grows to six games (San Jose Mercury News)
Yaroslav Askarov makes appearance in Nashville Predators' loss to Carolina Hurricanes (The Tennessean)
'Sloppy DNA stuff': Third-period collapse costs Wings in 6-3 loss vs. Wild (Detroit News)
Lack of offense limits the Caps again in a blowout loss to the Rangers (Washington Post)
Flames getting big boost from short-handed scoring (Calgary Sun)
Bedard scores twice, including OT winner, as Chicago outlasts Winnipeg (Winnipeg Sun)
Petr Mrazek keeps Blackhawks alive long enough for Connor Bedard to seal win over Jets (Chicago Sun-Times)
Rangers' Zibanejad hits milestone: 800 games (New York Newsday)
Devils’ Luke Hughes looked Niedermayer-esque in game-saving goal vs. Columbus (NJ.com)
Lambert not worried about Sorokin after clunker vs. Pens (New York Newsday)
Islanders’ defensive problems are ‘fixable’: Lane Lambert (New York Post)
Rangers’ Jacob Trouba exits with upper-body injury (New York Post)
Isles admire Penguins blueliner Karlsson for offensive skills (New York Newsday)
Dillon, DeMelo lovin’ life with Jets (Winnipeg Free Press)
Patrick Kane on Wild coach John Hynes: ‘He was really good for me.’ (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
San Jose Sharks’ lengthy injury list grows by one (San Jose Mercury News)
How Dakota Joshua found his game, how everybody knows his name (Vancouver Province)
New system, new teammates: Nikita Zadorov adjusting to life as a Canuck (Vancouver Province)
Devils recall goalie from AHL club (NJ.com)
Predators goalie prospect Yaroslav Askarov back in town as backup (The Tennessean)
Blues GM Doug Armstrong to go to Sweden to watch seven prospects in World Juniors (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)