{"id":350928,"date":"2025-12-17T10:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/350928\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T10:57:10","slug":"nhl-morning-recap-december-17-2025-the-hockey-writers-nhl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/350928\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Morning Recap \u2013 December 17, 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 10 NHL games<\/a>\u00a0that were played\u00a0on Dec. 16, 2025. Which included the Toronto Maple Leafs taking on the Chicago Blackhawks. As well as the Colorado Avalanche and the Seattle Kraken battling it out in the late game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

Blue Jackets Down Ducks in Overtime to End Losing Streak<\/a><\/p>\n

Anaheim Ducks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P2 3:35 \u2013 Ryan Strome (2) from Ryan Poehling (9), Ian Moore (3)
P2 5:29 \u2013 Mikael Granlund (4) from Frank Vatrano (2)
P3 16:44 \u2013 Jackson LaCombe (6) from Poehling (10), Granlund (7)<\/p>\n

Columbus Blue Jackets Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 8:21 \u2013 Zach Werenski (10) from Boone Jenner (9), Yegor Chinakhov (3)
P2 3:59 \u2013 Werenski (11) from Brendan Gaunce (3), Kent Johnson (6)
P2 4:18 \u2013 Jenner (5) from Ivan Provorov (8)
OT 3:32 \u2013 Adam Fantilli (12) from Johnson (7), Werenski (25)<\/p>\n

Maple Leafs Score 2 Goals in 8 Seconds Late to Steal a 3-2 Win Over Blackhawks<\/a><\/p>\n

Anaheim Ducks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P2 3:35 \u2013 Ryan Strome (2) from Ryan Poehling (9), Ian Moore (3)
P2 5:29 \u2013 Mikael Granlund (4) from Frank Vatrano (2)
P3 16:44 \u2013 Jackson LaCombe (6) from Poehling (10), Granlund (7)<\/p>\n

Columbus Blue Jackets Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 8:21 \u2013 Zach Werenski (10) from Boone Jenner (9), Yegor Chinakhov (3)
P2 3:59 \u2013 Werenski (11) from Brendan Gaunce (3), Kent Johnson (6)
P2 4:18 \u2013 Jenner (5) from Ivan Provorov (8)
OT 3:32 \u2013 Adam Fantilli (12) from Johnson (7), Werenski (25)<\/p>\n

New York Islanders Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 4:27 \u2013 Emil Heineman (11) from Mathew Barzal (17), Jonathan Drouin (13)
P3 11:26 \u2013 Scott Mayfield (1) from Jean-Gabriel Pageau (8), Anders Lee (13)<\/p>\n

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Detroit Red Wings Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P3 2:03 \u2013 Axel Sandin-Pellikka (4) from Lucas Raymond (25)
P3 3:55 \u2013 Alex DeBrincat (19) from Moritz Seider (19), Raymond (26)
P3 17:43 \u2013 DeBrincat (20) from Seider (20), Raymond (27)<\/p>\n

Flyers Score Four Unanswered to Beat Host Canadiens 4-1<\/a><\/p>\n

Philadelphia Flyers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 19:39 \u2013 Carl Grundstrom (3) from Owen Tippett (11), Sean Couturier (13)
P2 6:26 \u2013 Trevor Zegras (14) from Travis Konecny (20), Emil Andrae (7)
P2 19:10 \u2013 Bobby Brink (9) from Matvei Michkov (10)
P3 18:25 \u2013 Konecny (9) from Christian Dvorak (16), Couturier (14)<\/p>\n

Montreal Canadiens Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 19:00 \u2013 Alexandre Texier (3) from Jake Evans (5), Josh Anderson (4)<\/p>\n

Utah Mammoth Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 8:34 \u2013 Barrett Hayton (4) from Sean Durzi (4), Daniil But (2)<\/p>\n

Boston Bruins Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 16:01 \u2013 Morgan Geekie (23) from David Pastrnak (24), Elias Lindholm (16)
P2 0:23 \u2013 Geekie (24) from Pastrnak (25), Nikita Zadorov (11)
P3 10:16 \u2013 Casey Mittelstadt (8) from Pavel Zacha (15), Marat Khusnutdinov (5)
P3 16:02 \u2013 Michael Eyssimont (6)<\/p>\n

Canucks Take Down Rangers With a 3-0 Win<\/a><\/p>\n

Vancouver Canucks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 1:46 \u2013 Evander Kane (6) from Brock Boeser (8), Elias N. Pettersson (4)
P2 3:24 \u2013 Liam Ohgren (1) from Linus Karlsson (6)
P3 16:52 \u2013 Conor Garland (7) from Filip Hronek (15)<\/p>\n

Draisaitl Records 1,000th Career Point as Oilers Defeat Penguins 6-4<\/a><\/p>\n

Edmonton Oilers Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 11:38 \u2013 Zach Hyman (8) from Connor McDavid (35), Leon Draisaitl (27)
P1 11:52 \u2013 Connor McDavid (19) from Leon Draisaitl (28), Evan Bouchard (26)
P2 4:35 \u2013 Matt Savoie (7) from Alec Regula (2), Mattias Janmark (5)
P2 9:36 \u2013 Evan Bouchard (6) from McDavid (36), Draisaitl (29)
P3 6:47 \u2013 Vasily Podkolzin (9) from Draisaitl (30), Mattias Ekholm (14)
P3 18:41 \u2013 McDavid (20) from Hyman (5)<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Penguins Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 19:15 \u2013 Tommy Novak (6) from Anthony Mantha (11)
P2 6:24 \u2013 Erik Karlsson (3) from Sidney Crosby (16), Rickard Rakell (7)
P3 16:51 \u2013 Bryan Rust (12) from Mantha (12), Karlsson (22)
P3 19:46 \u2013 Danton Heinen (1) from Novak (11), Ryan Shea (11)<\/p>\n

Wild\u2019s Tarasenko Scores Twice in 5-0 Win Over the Capitals<\/a><\/p>\n

Minnesota Wild Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 2:09 \u2013 Vladimir Tarasenko (4) from Danila Yurov (6), Brock Faber (12)
P2 12:51 \u2013 Kirill Kaprizov (21) from Joel Eriksson Ek (17), Quinn Hughes (22)
P3 4:23 \u2013 Tarasenko (5) from Yurov (7)
P3 8:53 \u2013 Yurov (4) from Tarasenko (11)
P3 14:12 \u2013 Matt Boldy (19) from Matt Kiersted (1)<\/p>\n

Sharks Get Offense From Multiple Sources in Win Over Flames<\/a><\/p>\n

San Jose Sharks Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 1:02 \u2013 John Klingberg (8) from Macklin Celebrini (32)
P1 6:00 \u2013 Barclay Goodrow (2) from Zack Ostapchuk (1), Vincent Iorio (1)
P1 19:41 \u2013 Goodrow (3) from Celebrini (33), Ty Dellandrea (8)
P3 2:46 \u2013 Celebrini (17) from Collin Graf (10), Igor Chernyshov (1)
P3 12:53 \u2013 Tyler Toffoli (10) from William Eklund (14), Alexander Wennberg (15)
P3 18:50 \u2013 Celebrini (18) from Dmitry Orlov (17), Goodrow (3) \u2013 Empty Net<\/p>\n

Calgary Flames Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 11:01 \u2013 Blake Coleman (10) from MacKenzie Weegar (6), Connor Zary (3)
P1 14:23 \u2013 Ryan Lomberg (1) from Adam Klapka (4)
P3 13:31 \u2013 Nazem Kadri (7) from Jonathan Huberdeau (11)<\/p>\n

MacKinnon Scores Twice as Avalanche Top Kraken 5-3<\/a><\/p>\n

Colorado Avalanche Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P1 12:19 \u2013 Artturi Lehkonen (13) from Martin Necas (30), Josh Manson (8)
P2 13:29 \u2013 Samuel Girard (1) from Valeri Nichushkin (9), Brent Burns (14)
P3 2:40 \u2013 Nathan MacKinnon (27) from Cale Makar (29), Necas (31)
P3 8:25 \u2013 Brock Nelson (13) from MacKinnon (30), Makar (30)
P3 19:36 \u2013 MacKinnon (28) from Nichushkin (10), Gabriel Landeskog (10) \u2013 Empty Net<\/p>\n

Seattle Kraken Scoring Summary<\/p>\n

P2 3:03 \u2013 Shane Wright (6) from Jani Nyman (1), Kaapo Kakko (3)
P2 5:48 \u2013 Jordan Eberle (10) from Adam Larsson (6), Matty Beniers (14)
P2 19:24 \u2013 Chandler Stephenson (7) from Eeli Tolvanen (12), Vince Dunn (14)<\/p>\n

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