Hockey headlines for December 30, 2023

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Kraken beat Flyers in OT to tie franchise-record points streak (Seattle Times)
It wasn’t pretty, but Avalanche snaps road losing skid with late Devon Toews goal in St. Louis (Denver Post)
Kings sign defenseman Angus Booth to 3-year, entry-level deal (Los Angeles Daily News)
Filip Chytil returning to Czechia for ‘reset’ in next step of concussion recovery (New York Post)
Islanders’ new minority owner John Collins eyes hosting ‘tentpole’ events (New York Post)
Plan is for open roof Monday for NHL Winter Classic at T-Mobile Park (Seattle Times)
As he nears NHL milestones, Wild’s Marc-Andre Fleury shows no signs of losing his edge (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Fleury last of a dying breed (Winnipeg Free Press)
Which Lightning milestone is next for Steven Stamkos? (Tampa Bay Times)
‘He’s my idol’: Evgeni Malkin on passing Sergei Fedorov for 2nd-most goals by Russian-born player (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
World Juniors: Canucks prospect Tom Willander leads Sweden to win over Canada (Vancouver Province)
Alex DeBrincat's Gordie Howe Hat Trick powers Detroit Red Wings to 5-4 win over Nashville (Detroit Free Press)
Isles rebound from clunker to defeat Capitals (New York Newsday)
Late goal by Avalanche sinks Blues, ends three-game win streak (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Rangers come out flat, can’t overcome powerful Panthers in road defeat (New York Post)
Samsonov struggles again, Leafs errors costly in OT loss to Jackets (Toronto Sun)
Flyers skate out of Seattle still streaking, but not how they wanted (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Ducks struggle against Connor Ingram, Coyotes (Orange County Register)
Nashville Predators lose to Detroit Red Wings in overtime 5-4 (The Tennessean)
Caps lose Charlie Lindgren, Martin Fehervary in ugly loss to Islanders (Washington Post)
'A step back': Ottawa Senators fall flat in loss to New Jersey Devils (Ottawa Sun)
Aleksander Barkov ties Panthers record for career assists, his last major mark to achieve (Miami Herald)
Not a ‘must-win,’ but Red Wings needed this one desperately (MLive.com)
Jason Dickinson returns to Dallas as one of the Chicago Blackhawks’ top scoring threats, but ‘my main goal is to shut somebody down’ (Chicago Daily-Herald)
Jonathan Quick makes case for save of the year during series of unreal Rangers stops (New York Post)
It's official (kind of), Edmonton Oilers are making the playoffs (Edmonton Sun)
Jets know what needs to improve on struggling power play (Winnipeg Sun)
Semyon Varlamov’s injury leaves Islanders thin in net ahead of road trip (New York Post)
Forwards Bryan Rust, Jesse Puljujarvi rejoin Penguins practice (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Blue Jackets' Kuraly 'lucky to be in good shape' (Columbus Dispatch)
Knights goalie moves on from ‘toughest month of my career’ (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Devon Levi 'learning how to manage' challenges as a rookie goalie for the Sabres (Buffalo News)
Mired in goal and point droughts, Blues captain Brayden Schenn tries to work through cold spell (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Flames need Andrew Mangiapane to rediscover ‘dog-on-a-bone’ mentality (Calgary Sun)
Georgii Merkulov gets his shot with Bruins (Boston Herald)
Detroit Red Wings activate goalie Alex Lyon from IR; Demote Michael Hutchinson (Detroit Free Press)
Sabres assign Tyson Jost to Rochester after the veteran forward clears waivers (Buffalo News)
Joe Iginla 'loves scoring goals', following in his father's footsteps (Calgary Sun)
Meet the Vancouver composers behind the Canucks home-opener video (Vancouver Province)