{"id":348685,"date":"2025-12-14T18:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/348685\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T18:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:42:12","slug":"deens-daily-central-division-separation-epic-collapse-solid-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/348685\/","title":{"rendered":"Deen&#8217;s Daily: Central Division Separation; Epic Collapse; Solid Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Division is starting to see some separation after the first-place Avs. Also, we had a solid debut in goal for the Oilers and an epic collapse for the Penguins.<\/p>\n<p>All that and more on this edition of Deen\u2019s Daily \u2014 December 14.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Hockey Now<\/p>\n<p>The Avalanche can\u2019t stop, won\u2019t stop winning at home. After yet another victory, this time 4-2 over the Nashville Predators, Colorado improved to 13-0-2 at Ball Arena. Those two losses were both in shootouts to Dallas and Carolina. They\u2019re also up to 11 consecutive wins at home.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how it went down on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradohockeynow.com\/2025\/12\/13\/the-aftermath-avalanche-continue-historic-home-dominance-defeat-predators-4-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Aftermath: Avalanche Continue Historic Home Dominance, Defeat Predators 4-2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around The NHL<\/p>\n<p>Florida Hockey Now: We\u2019re starting to see some separation at the top of the Central Division. After the Dallas Stars lost Thursday to Minnesota, they suffered yet another regulation loss against the Panthers. This time it was <a href=\"https:\/\/floridahockeynow.com\/florida-panthers-4-dallas-stars-0-dec-13-2025-marchand-scores-twice-lundell-goal-assist-bobrovsky-shutout\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a 4-0 shutout.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Stars are now six points back of Colorado and the Avs still have a game in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Hockey Now: On the same day that Tristan Jarry won in his Oilers debut in Toronto, the Penguins suffered an absolutely <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-game-recap-collapse-san-jose-sharks-sidney-crosby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">epic collapse<\/a>. They led 5-1 in the third period and managed to blow it against the San Jose Sharks. <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-grades-analysis-dan-muse-blames-himself-stars-deserve-it-too\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Muse<\/a> put the blame on himself.<\/p>\n<p>And before you ask, no, Stuart Skinner wasn\u2019t in goal for the Pens. He did not dress in this game. Could you imagine if that was his debut?<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Hockey Now:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/new-jersey-devils\/devils-news-focus-future-quinn-hughes-trade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sheldon Keefe<\/a> admitted that the Quinn Hughes trade rumors were impacting the Devils room. They got a big win in their first game after the Hughes trade to Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>NYI Hockey Now: The Islanders keep racking up big wins against really good teams. They\u2019re the only team to beat Colorado by multiple goals this year. They also have wins against Tampa Bay (twice), Vegas, and Anaheim. Here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/new-york-islanders\/islanders-silence-doubters-how-theyre-doing-it\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">how they\u2019re doing it.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/colhockeynow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CHNS-Tip-Jar.png\" alt=\"Contribute to CHN's travel and support local journalism!\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Central Division is starting to see some separation after the first-place Avs. Also, we had a solid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[1222,1223,831,385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-348685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-avalanche","9":"tag-colorado-avalanche","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}