{"id":348708,"date":"2025-12-16T10:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/348708\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T10:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:41:10","slug":"nhl-morning-recap-december-16-2025-the-hockey-writers-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/348708\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Morning Recap \u2013 December 16, 2025 &#8211; The Hockey Writers &#8211; NHL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another edition of the NHL Morning Recap.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/tag\/nhl-daily-recap\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All the Latest NHL Daily Recaps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, we will be looking at the scores of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/scoreboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5 NHL games<\/a>\u00a0that were played\u00a0on Dec. 15, 2025. Which included a big rivalry game between the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. As well as the Los Angeles Kings and Dallas Stars battle it out in the late game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All that and more in the Morning Recap. <\/p>\n<p>Florida Panthers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 2:16 \u2013 Sam Reinhart (16) from Aaron Ekblad (8)<br \/>P1 3:48 \u2013 Anton Lundell (10) from Uvis Balinskis (5), Seth Jones (14)<br \/>P2 11:48 \u2013 Brad Marchand (19) from Carter Verhaeghe (16), Ekblad (9)<br \/>P2 18:08 \u2013 Reinhart (17) from Mackie Samoskevich (12)<br \/>P3 6:37 \u2013 Verhaeghe (10) from Balinskis (6)<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay Lightning Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 19:27 \u2013 Maxwell Crozier (1) from Oliver Bjorkstrand (10), Brayden Point (12)<br \/>P3 2:11 \u2013 J.J. Moser (3) from Point (13), Darren Raddysh (17)<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 7:18 \u2013 Jackson LaCombe (5) from Ryan Poehling (7), Jacob Trouba (10)<br \/>P3 5:51 \u2013 Cutter Gauthier (17) from Beckett Sennecke (17), Olen Zellweger (9)<br \/>P3 19:38 \u2013 Gauthier (18) from Leo Carlsson (24), Alex Killorn (8)<br \/>P3 19:57 \u2013 Pavel Mintyukov (3) from Poehling (8), Ross Johnston (6)<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Morning_Recap-copy-1200x724.jpg\" alt=\"NHL Morning Recap\" class=\"wp-image-1572540\"  \/>NHL Morning Recap (The Hockey Writers)<\/p>\n<p>New York Rangers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 16:18 \u2013 Matthew Robertson (2) from Artemi Panarin (23), Alexis Lafreniere (11)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/ottawa-senators-winnipeg-jets-recap-12-15-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Senators Come Back Late in Third; Defeat Jets 3-2 in Overtime<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ottawa Senators Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 10:47 \u2013 Nick Cousins (5) from Kurtis MacDermid (1), Tim Stutzle (16)<br \/>P3 18:06 \u2013 Jake Sanderson (7) from Stutzle (17)<br \/>OT 2:11 \u2013 Brady Tkachuk (2) from Stutzle (18), Sanderson (19)<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 15:37 \u2013 Neal Pionk (2) from Kyle Connor (26), Cole Perfetti (5)<br \/>P2 18:35 \u2013 Logan Stanley (6) from Morgan Barron (5), Gabriel Vilardi (14)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/forsbergs-hat-trick-leads-the-predators-to-another-win-over-the-blues-12-15-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forsberg\u2019s Hat Trick Leads the Predators to Another Win Over the Blues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nashville Predators Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 0:27 \u2013 Filip Forsberg (12) from Ryan O\u2019Reilly (15), Brady Skjei (9)<br \/>P2 1:23 \u2013 Michael Bunting (9) from Nick Perbix (4), Erik Haula (13)<br \/>P2 5:31 \u2013 Forsberg (13) from Steven Stamkos (4), Roman Josi (11)<br \/>P2 18:45 \u2013 Reid Schaefer (3) from Josi (12)<br \/>P3 16:09 \u2013 Forsberg (14) from O\u2019Reilly (16)<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P1 10:06 \u2013 Dalibor Dvorsky (4) from Hugh McGing (1), Justin Faulk (10)<br \/>P3 8:29 \u2013 Dvorsky (5) from Jake Neighbours (7), Pavel Buchnevich (12)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/desmith-stops-27-stars-defeat-kings-4-1-12-15-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DeSmith Stops 27, Stars Defeat Kings 4-1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Kings Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 11:03 \u2013 Andrei Kuzmenko (5) unassisted<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Stars Scoring Summary<\/p>\n<p>P2 15:42 \u2013 Matt Duchene (2) from Mikko Rantanen (30), Wyatt Johnston (22)<br \/>P3 6:12 \u2013 Oskar Back (2) from Radek Faksa (11), Colin Blackwell (5)<br \/>P3 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