🏒Thompson's 4-Goal 1st Period Ties NHL Record

Thompson scores five of nine Sabres goals in win against Blue Jackets, Pettersson scores in OT, Canucks rally past Sharks, Rangers score four straight in third, defeat Golden Knights, Hall scores two goals, Bruins shut out Avalanche, Oilers score eight, hand Coyotes sixth straight loss, Ovechkin scores two in Capitals win against Flyers, Boeser's agent has spoken to over six teams about a trade, Oilers' Puljujärvi unsure if his place is in the NHL, and Could Patrick Kane Reunite with Artemi Panarin in New York? Here are all the links you need before you get to the rink.

Boxscores

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Upcoming Games & Odds

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NHL News

• Thompson scores five of nine Sabres goals in win against Blue Jackets

• Pettersson scores in OT, Canucks rally past Sharks

• Rangers score four straight in third, defeat Golden Knights

• Hall scores two goals, Bruins shut out Avalanche

• Oilers score eight, hand Coyotes sixth straight loss

• Ovechkin scores two in Capitals win against Flyers

• Kaprizov scores in seventh straight game for Wild in loss to Flames

AHL News

• Belleville Sens Earn Hard-Fought Victory Over Marlies

• Griffins Tally Six Goals In Dominant Win Over Iowa

• Reichel Helps Hogs Solve Askarov, Admirals

• Crunch Rally Past Amerks, 5-1

• Wolf Pack Strike Three Time in First Period, Hang on to Beat Phantoms 3-2

• Silver Knights Triumph Over Ontario Reign, 3-1, On The Road

• Salminen keeping in rhythm with Moose

• Poulin to take leave of absence from Penguins for personal reasons

ECHL News

• ECHL Today - Dec. 8

• Smith's Overtime Goal Tops Greenville, 3-2

• Growlers Hurdle Heartlanders 4-3 in OT

• Kalamazoo hat trick sends Walleye to 6-1 loss in morning game

• Newton, Gerard Lead Royals Over Americans In Series Opener, 5-2

• Icemen Open Week with 5-2 Win Over Grizzlies

• Worcester Wraps Road Trip with 4-1 Loss to Lions

• Thunder Down Admirals, 4-2

• Puck Luck Lifts Cyclones, 3-2

• ECHL Transactions - Dec. 7

International News

• Larionov ties up series with Fedorov. December 7 round-up

• Scout's Analysis: Progress report on Canadiens prospects in NCAA and Europe

• THN On The 'Dub': Sabres Prospects in the WHL and WJC Camp

• Oliver Bonk Breaks Out in OHL London

• Sweden Announces 2023 WJC Roster

• Kraken expected to release Wright for World Juniors

• Kings loan Clarke to Canada for WJHC

• ‘It’s a real honour’: Marie-Philip Poulin named Canada’s athlete of the year

College News

• This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Struggling on offense, Notre Dame keeping heads high as Irish ‘just not scoring the way I thought we would’

• This Week in Hockey East: Scoring depth has Providence near top of tight conference race

• This Week in ECAC Hockey: After wins over Dartmouth, Harvard, rejuvenated Colgate squad ‘very dialed in and focused on our league games’

• HCA tabs Western Michigan’s Polin, Quinnipiac’s Graf, WMU’s McAllister, Niagara’s Veltri for November monthly honors

• AHCA extends executive director, longtime college hockey administrator Bertagna through June 2024

• Castor, Basse Establish Goaltending Rotation for St. Cloud

• Team of the Week: Ferris State

• NMU's Larson Comfortable and Confident in Marquette

• Maverick Momentum; Omaha Ending First Half on Roll

• Vermont’s Mlýnková, Saint Anselm’s Golini, Union’s Walsh, Yale’s Dukaric chosen for November HCA accolades

Signings, Trades, and Acquisitions

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Miscellaneous

• Daily fantasy hockey picks, projections

• Boeser's agent has spoken to over six teams about a trade

• Could Patrick Kane Reunite with Artemi Panarin in New York?

• Oilers' Puljujärvi unsure if his place is in the NHL: 'Maybe I just don't have it'

• NHL coaching hot seat index: Gerard Gallant in trouble?

• Do the Seattle Kraken Continue to Push for the Playoffs?

• Christmas may be new Thanksgiving as NHL playoff barometer

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NHL Injuries

• ANA Derek Grant C Lower Body Day-to-Day

• BUF Vinnie Hinostroza C Undisclosed Expected to be out until at least Dec 9

• BUF Ilya Lyubushkin D Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 9

• CHI Jonathan Toews C Illness Day-to-Day

• CHI Sam Lafferty C Back Day-to-Day

• COL Josh Manson D Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Jan 7

• COL Valeri Nichushkin RW Ankle IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 13

• COL Bowen Byram D Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 21

• COL Artturi Lehkonen LW Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Dec 9

• DET Gustav Lindstrom D Undisclosed Day-to-Day

• EDM Warren Foegele LW Undisclosed IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 9

• FLA Anton Lundell C Upper Body Day-to-Day

• FLA Aleksander Barkov C Illness Day-to-Day

• LV Brett Howden C Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 17

• LV Jack Eichel C Lower Body Expected to be out until at least Dec 9

• LV Alex Pietrangelo D Personal IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 13

• MON David Savard D Upper Body Day-to-Day

• MON Sean Monahan C Lower Body Day-to-Day

• NJ Nathan Bastian RW Upper Body Day-to-Day

• NYI Cal Clutterbuck RW Upper Body Day-to-Day

• PHI Wade Allison RW Oblique IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 13

• PHI Cam Atkinson RW Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Dec 9

• PIT Sam Poulin LW Not Injury Related Expected to be out until at least Apr 1

• PIT Ryan Poehling C Upper Body Day-to-Day

• SJ Steven Lorentz LW Illness Expected to be out until at least Dec 9

• STL Torey Krug D Upper Body Day-to-Day

• STL Pavel Buchnevich LW Lower Body Day-to-Day

• TB Haydn Fleury D Lower Body Day-to-Day

• VAN Travis Dermott D Concussion IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 14

• WAS Dmitry Orlov D Lower Body IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 13

• WAS Tom Wilson RW Knee IR. Expected to be out until at least Dec 13

• WAS Darcy Kuemper G Upper Body Expected to be out until at least Dec 9

Source: CBS Sports as of 6:43 AM ET, Dec. 8, 2022