NHL Morning Coffee Headlines – December 23, 2023
Recaps of Friday’s action, an update on David Perron’s suspension, Samuel Girard returns to the Avalanche, and more in today’s NHL Morning Coffee Headlines.
GAME RECAPS
NHL.COM: A four-goal third period lifted the Edmonton Oilers over the New York Rangers by a score of 4-3. Warren Foegele and Ryan McLead each had a goal and an assist for the Oilers as they improved to 15-15-1. Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider each had two points for the 22-8-1 Rangers, who remain in first place in the Eastern Conference with 45 points.
Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Kane (NHL Images).
Winnipeg Jets forward Gabriel Vilardi extended his goal streak to five games while Nino Niederreiter scored twice and collected an assist in a 5-1 win over the Boston Bruins. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 24 shots as the Jets (20-9-3) regained first place in the Central Division with 43 points. Brandon Carlo scored for the 19-6-6 Bruins, who remain in second place in the Eastern Conference with 44 points.
Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Kane scored two goals and set up another and scored the winning goal in a shootout to nip the Philadelphia Flyers 7-6. Alex DeBrincat collected three assists for the Red Wings (16-13-4), who sit two points out of the final Eastern Conference wild-card berth with 36 points. Scott Laughton had a goal and an assist for the Flyers (18-11-4) as they sit in second place in the Metropolitan Division with 40 points.
The Montreal Canadiens overcame a 2-0 deficit in a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovsky and David Savard each had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens (15-13-5), who moved within three points of an Eastern wild-card spot with 35 points. Ryan Donato and Jason Dickinson tallied for the 10-21-1 Blackhawks.
HEADLINES
DAILY FACEOFF/TSN: NHL commissioner Gary Bettman upheld the six-game suspension levied on Red Wings forward David Perron by the league’s department of player safety. The NHL Players Association is expected to appeal to an arbitrator.
SPORTSNET: Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard has been cleared to resume practicing as he enters the next phase of the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program.
VEGAS HOCKEY NOW: The Golden Knights signed defenseman Ben Hutton to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of $975K. They also placed goaltender Adin Hill (leg) on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 17.
THE HOCKEY NEWS: Fresh off signing a professional tryout offer with the Carolina Hurricanes, goaltender Aaron Dell will play for Team Canada in the upcoming 2023 Spengler Cup. The invitational tournament begins on Dec. 26 and ends on Dec. 31.
Patrick Kane – what a “terrible” signing by Detroit, eh Boomer ?
đź‘€Kane, 9 point in 9 games……đź‘Ś
Jets gutted and then grilled the Bruins. 22 straight games allowing 3 or less goals by the Jets. Go Jets Go!
Full marks to Winnipeg, played a total team game, relentless from start to finish.
Boston best player last night was Mason Lohrei
Hoping last night game isn’t an indication of tonight’s game for Boston against Minny. If that’s the effort they plan on bringing just give the wild the 2pts and go start your Christmas break.
Hats off to the Jets and Bowness – they are winning with solid playoff type hockey. My Wings do not look anything like Cup contenders, and my wish would be that Winnipeg or Vancouver win the big prize.
I’m hoping to see Vancouver and Winnipeg keep up there success. Would love to see either of them make it to the Cup finals.
Yes that Jet stat is super impressive. Especially considering all the experts for the last few years keep telling us how they (badly) need a dman upgrade. Just needed a coach with a system and a team wide buy in.
There fun to watch. Bums in the seats will now follow so we can move on to other teams attendance issues
This Bruins team as built right now will end up being a .500 hockey team …. Can’t get puck out of D Zone … team D is bad … 1 maybe 2 legit goal scorers ..no # 1 center …no team toughness … goaltending is going to lose its trade value quickly..