{"id":340267,"date":"2025-12-12T10:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/340267\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T10:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:59:10","slug":"nhl-morning-recap-december-12-2025-the-hockey-writers-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/340267\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Morning Recap \u2013 December 12, 2025 – The Hockey Writers – NHL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to another edition of the NHL Morning Recap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All the Latest NHL Daily Recaps<\/a><\/p>\n

Today, we will be looking at the scores of the 13 NHL games<\/a>\u00a0that were played\u00a0on Dec. 11, 2025. Which included\u00a0the Montreal Canadiens taking on the Pittsburgh Penguins. As well as the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks battling it out in the late game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All that and more in the Morning Recap.<\/p>\n

Fowler Backstops Canadiens to 4-2 Victory over Penguins in Debut<\/a><\/p>\n

Canadiens Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 2:54 \u2013 Alexandre Texier (1), unassisted
P2 4:37 \u2013 Brendan Gallagher (2) from Lane Hutson (18), Juraj Slafkovsky (8)
P2 10:18 \u2013 Cole Caufield (17) from Nick Suzuki (26), Hutson (19)
P3 0:59 \u2013 Oliver Kapanen (10) from Slafkovsky (9), Ivan Demidov (18)<\/p>\n

Penguins Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P3 0:44 \u2013 Bryan Rust (9) from Sidney Crosby (14), Tommy Novak (10)
P3 15:07 \u2013 Erik Karlsson (2) from Kris Letang (12), Rust (14)<\/p>\n

Bjorkstrand Scores Twice as Lightning Annihilate\u00a0Devils 8-4<\/a><\/p>\n

Lightning Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 2:57 \u2013 Nick Paul (3) from Scott Sabourin (2)
P1 3:48 \u2013 Darren Raddysh (6) from Nikita Kucherov (24), Brandon Hagel (13)
P1 7:56 \u2013 Pontus Holmberg (3) from J.J. Moser (7), Yanni Gourde (6)
P1 15:00 \u2013 Jake Guentzel (15) from Oliver Bjorkstrand (9), Raddysh (16)
P2 6:19 \u2013 Oliver Bjorkstrand (3) from Guentzel (16), Brayden Point (10)
P2 16:35 \u2013 Brandon Hagel (18) from Kucherov (25), Declan Carlile (1)
P3 7:55 \u2013 Brayden Point (5) from Kucherov (26), Moser (8)<\/p>\n

Devils Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 7:00 \u2013 Luke Hughes (2) from Brenden Dillon (7), Paul Cotter (5)
P2 13:12 \u2013 Jesper Bratt (6) from Simon Nemec (10), Stefan Noesen (3)
P3 3:13 \u2013 Angus Crookshank (1) from Colton White (1), Nemec (11)
P3 15:28 \u2013 Paul Cotter (4) from Cody Glass (2), Hughes (15)<\/p>\n

Golden Knights Win After Regulation Again, Besting Flyers<\/a><\/p>\n

Golden Knights Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 6:07 \u2013 Zach Whitecloud (1) from Ivan Barbashev (14), Braeden Bowman (6)
P2 12:53 \u2013 Mark Stone (5) from Pavel Dorofeyev (8), Jack Eichel (27)
OT 2:47 \u2013 Stone (6) from Eichel (28)<\/p>\n

Flyers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 16:11 \u2013 Trevor Zegras (11) from Travis Sanheim (11), Christian Dvorak (13)
P2 16:08 \u2013 Noah Juulsen (1) from Dvorak (14), Carl Grundstrom (1)<\/p>\n

Bussi Makes History as the Hurricanes Defeat the Capitals 3-2 in a Shootout<\/a><\/p>\n

Capitals Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P2 5:00 \u2013 Connor McMichael (5) from Alex Ovechkin (16), Rasmus Sandin (6)
P3 11:32 \u2013 Nic Dowd (2) from Sandin (7), McMichael (12)<\/p>\n

Hurricanes Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P2 13:43 \u2013 Nikolaj Ehlers (7) from Logan Stankoven (8), Alexander Nikishin (7)
P3 17:45 \u2013 Stankoven (6) from Ehlers (14), Jalen Chatfield (5)<\/p>\n

Shootout Summary:<\/p>\n

CAR: Seth Jarvis \u2013 Winner<\/p>\n

Islanders Score 3 Goals in First Period to Take Down Ducks 5-2<\/a><\/p>\n

Islanders Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 8:18 \u2013 Travis Mitchell (1) from Simon Holmstrom (6), Scott Mayfield (4)
P1 10:16 \u2013 Anders Lee (7) from Tony DeAngelo (11), Holmstrom (7)
P1 19:06 \u2013 Lee (8) from DeAngelo (12), Mathew Barzal (15)
P3 6:06 \u2013 Holmstrom (6) from Lee (11), Adam Pelech (3)
P3 14:46 \u2013 Ryan Pulock (1) from Jean-Gabriel Pageau (7), Lee (12)<\/p>\n

Ducks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P2 5:34 \u2013 Leo Carlsson (17) from Troy Terry (24), Olen Zellweger (8)
P3 2:37 \u2013 Terry (9) from Ryan Poehling (6), Jackson LaCombe (14)<\/p>\n

Blue Jackets Unable to Recover From 3-0 Hole in Loss to Senators<\/a><\/p>\n

Senators Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 6:58 \u2013 David Perron (4) from Dylan Cozens (11), Drake Batherson (15)
P1 8:11 \u2013 Drake Batherson (13) from Perron (11), Cozens (12)
P1 14:55 \u2013 Tim Stutzle (13) from Batherson (16), Cozens (13)
P1 19:26 \u2013 Michael Amadio (7) from Claude Giroux (14), Ridly Greig (7)
P2 17:59 \u2013 Stutzle (14) from Amadio (6), Artem Zub (9)
P3 18:37 \u2013 Giroux (5) from Amadio (7)<\/p>\n

Blue Jackets Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 18:04 \u2013 Boone Jenner (4) from Adam Fantilli (10), Zach Werenski (22)
P2 3:02 \u2013 Dante Fabbro (2) from Jenner (8), Kent Johnson (4)
P2 8:10 \u2013 Dmitri Voronkov (12) from Kirill Marchenko (16), Werenski (23)<\/p>\n

Sharks Tie it Late & Beat the Maple Leafs 3-2 in Overtime<\/a><\/p>\n

Sharks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P2 15:31 \u2013 Dmitry Orlov (1) from John Klingberg (7), Alexander Wennberg (10)
P3 18:35 \u2013 Klingberg (5) from Macklin Celebrini (29), Wennberg (11)
OT 2:49 \u2013 Alexander Wennberg (7) from William Eklund (12)<\/p>\n

Maple Leafs Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 14:33 \u2013 Dakota Joshua (5) from Jake McCabe (9), William Nylander (22)
P2 14:32 \u2013 Auston Matthews (13) from Nylander (23), Morgan Rielly (18)<\/p>\n

Steven Stamkos Scores 4 Goals, Predators Win 7-2 vs. Blues<\/a><\/p>\n

Predators Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 8:22 \u2013 Steven Stamkos (9) from Matthew Wood (5), Fedor Svechkov (5)
P1 11:19 \u2013 Stamkos (10) from Roman Josi (9), Nick Perbix (3)
P2 8:38 \u2013 Ryan O\u2019Reilly (10) from Luke Evangelista (17)
P2 11:43 \u2013 Filip Forsberg (11) from Evangelista (18), Brady Skjei (8)
P2 12:06 \u2013 Stamkos (11) from Nick Blankenburg (9), Svechkov (6)
P2 15:33 \u2013 Stamkos (12) from Wood (6), Josi (10)
P3 7:36 \u2013 Michael Bunting (8) from Evangelista (19), Blankenburg (10)<\/p>\n

Blues Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P2 4:17 \u2013 Hugh McGing (1) from Robby Fabbri (1), Philip Broberg (9)
P2 13:56 \u2013 Robert Thomas (7) from Broberg (10), Jake Neighbours (5)<\/p>\n

Jets Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 5:59 \u2013 Morgan Barron (4) from Josh Morrissey (21), Cole Koepke (4)
P1 13:37 \u2013 Alex Iafallo (5) from Dylan DeMelo (12), Dylan Samberg (5)
P2 17:46 \u2013 Gabriel Vilardi (14) from Cole Perfetti (4), Kyle Connor (23)<\/p>\n

\"BostonBoston Bruins center Sean Kuraly celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the Ottawa Senators (Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

Bruins Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 8:24 \u2013 David Pastrnak (12) from Charlie McAvoy (15), Morgan Geekie (11)
P1 10:28 \u2013 Casey Mittelstadt (7) from Mason Lohrei (11), Hampus Lindholm (10)
P1 11:08 \u2013 Sean Kuraly (3) from Tanner Jeannot (10), Mark Kastelic (6)
P2 14:36 \u2013 Lindholm (2) from Pastrnak (22), Geekie (12)
P3 14:43 \u2013 Elias Lindholm (5) from Pastrnak (23), Nikita Zadorov (10)
P3 18:04 \u2013 Pastrnak (13) from Geekie (13), Lindholm (15)<\/p>\n

Wild Bounce Back, Take Down Stars 5-2<\/a><\/p>\n

Wild Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 16:10 \u2013 Joel Eriksson Ek (6) from Matt Boldy (17)
P2 17:30 \u2013 Zach Bogosian (1) from Zeev Buium (11), Vladimir Tarasenko (9)
P3 8:40 \u2013 Marcus Johansson (10) from Boldy (18), Eriksson Ek (15)
P3 18:29 \u2013 Boldy (17) from Kirill Kaprizov (16)
P3 19:10 \u2013 Johansson (11) from Tarasenko (10), Jared Spurgeon (5)<\/p>\n

Stars Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 9:32 \u2013 Jason Robertson (20) from Miro Heiskanen (22), Wyatt Johnston (21)
P2 10:19 \u2013 Heiskanen (7) from Esa Lindell (8), Radek Faksa (10)<\/p>\n

Hyman\u2019s Hat Trick Lifts Oilers to 4-1 Win Over Red Wings<\/a><\/p>\n

Oilers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 14:25 \u2013 Zach Hyman (3) from Connor McDavid (29), Leon Draisaitl (22)
P2 2:46 \u2013 Mattias Ekholm (3) from McDavid (30), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (17)
P2 17:48 \u2013 Hyman (4) from McDavid (31), Darnell Nurse (6)
P3 18:43 \u2013 Hyman (5) from McDavid (32), Draisaitl (23)<\/p>\n

Red Wings Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P2 5:41 \u2013 Simon Edvinsson (4) from Nate Danielson (5), Elmer Soderblom (1)<\/p>\n

Avalanche Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 1:14 \u2013 Sam Malinski (3) from Martin Necas (28), Nathan MacKinnon (28)
P1 18:30 \u2013 Brock Nelson (12) from Cale Makar (27), Valeri Nichushkin (8)
P2 5:05 \u2013 Gavin Brindley (5) from Brent Burns (12), Josh Manson (6)
P2 7:18 \u2013 MacKinnon (25) from Samuel Girard (3), Malinski (14)
P2 12:31 \u2013 Artturi Lehkonen (12) from Brindley (4), Devon Toews (10)
P3 6:18 \u2013 Gabriel Landeskog (6) from Manson (7), Nelson (10)<\/p>\n

Panthers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 7:21 \u2013 Noah Gregor (1) from Seth Jones (12)
P3 13:08 \u2013 Mackie Samoskevich (4) from A.J. Greer (7), Evan Rodrigues (8)<\/p>\n

Sabres Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 7:36 \u2013 Rasmus Dahlin (3) from Ryan McLeod (11), Jack Quinn (10)
P2 9:12 \u2013 Tage Thompson (15) from Dahlin (22)
P2 14:46 \u2013 Zach Benson (1) from Josh Doan (13), Thompson (13)<\/p>\n

Canucks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 19:49 \u2013 Kiefer Sherwood (13) from Conor Garland (10), Quinn Hughes (21)
P2 6:15 \u2013 Max Sasson (6) from Jake DeBrusk (6), Elias N. Pettersson (3)<\/p>\n

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