NHL Morning Coffee Headlines – November 17, 2025
The Penguins defeat the Predators in the second game of the 2025 Global Series, Quinn Hughes leads the Canucks to victory over the Lightning, the Kings re-sign Adrian Kempe, and more in today’s NHL Morning Coffee Headlines.
RECAPS OF SUNDAY’S GAMES
NHL.COM: The Pittsburgh Penguins blanked the Nashville Predators 4-0 in the second and final game of their 2025 Global Series in Stockholm, Sweden. Sergei Murashov made 21 saves for his first NHL shutout while Parker Wotherspoon, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, and Blake Lizotte were the goal scorers for the 10-5-4 Penguins. Juuse Saros stopped 18 of 21 shots for the Predators, who dropped to 6-10-4.
Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes (NHL Images).
Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes collected four assists to lead his club over the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2. The Canucks (9-9-2) tallied six unanswered goals, with five of those in the third period. Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel tallied for the 7-2-1 Lightning.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Canucks winger Conor Garland left this game following the second period with an undisclosed injury.
The Colorado Avalanche extended their points streak to 10 games with a 4-1 victory over the New York Islanders, snapping the latter’s four-game win streak. Scott Wedgewood turned aside 28 shots, and Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist against his former club as the Avalanche (13-1-5) holds a four-point lead over the New Jersey Devils and Dallas Stars in the overall standings with 31 points. Emil Heineman replied for the 10-7-2 Islanders.
A power-play goal by Kirill Kaprizov with 10 seconds remaining in overtime lifted the Minnesota Wild over the Vegas Golden Knights by a score of 3-2. Mats Zuccarello picked up two assists for the 9-7-4 Wild, who’ve won four of their last five games. Pavel Dorofeyev and Reilly Smith scored for the Golden Knights (8-4-6), who are 1-3-2 in their last six contests.
Detroit Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond scored late in the third period to give his club a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers. Raymond finished the game with two points, and Alex DeBrincat also scored for the 11-7-1 Red Wings. Jonathan Quick kicked out 40 shots, and Mika Zibanejad scored for the Rangers (10-8-2) as their three-game win streak ended.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Quick started a bench-clearing scrum at the end of the game when he took offense to Wings forward Mason Appleton shooting the puck into the empty net after the final horn sounded.
Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan missed this game for personal reasons. He could also miss the start of the club’s upcoming three-game road trip.
HEADLINES
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Adrian Kempe has agreed to an eight-year contract extension with the Kings. The 29-year-old winger was eligible to become an unrestricted free agent next July. He will earn an average annual value of $10.625 million starting in 2026-27.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Next summer’s UFA class is getting thinner. Kempe is the latest notable star to sign an extension. With Anze Kopitar retiring at the end of this season, the Kings couldn’t risk the departure of their top goal scorer. Since his breakout performance in 2021-22, Kempe has tallied a team-leading 145 goals.
Kempe is almost doubling his salary with this new deal. He will be turning 30 next September, which means his cap hit could become a burden for the Kings in the final half of his contract when his performance inevitably declines. Nevertheless, it was the price they felt was worthwhile to keep him in the fold.
NESN: Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy travelled home from Montreal with his teammates after being struck in the jaw by a slapshot from Canadiens defenseman Noah Dobson. He was reportedly cleared after undergoing a series of tests. Bruins coach Marco Sturm was relatively optimistic regarding those tests.
THE MONTREAL GAZETTE: Canadiens center Kirby Dach has been sidelined for four to six weeks with a fractured foot suffered during Saturday’s game against the Bruins.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Dach missed considerable time over the last two seasons with a knee injury. He was off to a decent start to this season with seven points in 15 games.
CALGARY SUN: Flames forward Sam Honzek is out week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
THE MERCURY NEWS: The San Jose Sharks placed veteran winger Jeff Skinner (lower body) on injured reserve.
Just a shout out to Ray
I do realize this a hockey site and I haven’t been posting for the better part of the last two years, but I just wanted to give a nod and congrats out to Ray and any other Rider fan.
Was close, but glory does shine green in the prairies today.
Pengy? Where the F have you been?
And yes, HOW ‘BOUT THEM RIDERS!
Welcome back young fella.
Welcome back Pengy!! We’ve missed you and were worried about you! Don’t be a stranger!
You ain’t dead. Or is this zombie pengy?
Why is it that Pengy and 8787 never post in the same thread?
What’s a Rider?
No posts for an eon and then you don’t even post about our Pens?
We won in Sweden yesterday and are sitting in a playoff spot. Sid and Gino top 20 and Sid has 12 goals BTW!
……when he took offense to Wings forward Mason Appleton shooting the puck into the empty net after the final horn sounded.
Well, I have to say this might be the dumbest reason I’ve ever seen to start a scrum. Good lord, are we not adults?
lemme guess – something along the lines of “insulted our manhood” or some garbage.
Exactly what I thought. And it wasn’t like it was 4-5 seconds after the horn. He was kind of in the motion of shooting the puck already when the horn sounded. Just another embaressing home loss for a team that is already embarrassed playing at home.
On top of the Quick blowing up, their was a questionable call. Seider got called for shooting the puck over the glass but the puck, his body were in the nuetral zone, only his on skate was on the blue line. They called it intent, but the rule states the puck is shot over the glass while in the defensive zone. So now the referees can rule on intent?