NHL Morning Review – December 8, 2025 – Hockey Writers – NHL News

Welcome to another NHL Morning Review.
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Today, we will focus on the scores of eight NHL games played on December 7, 2025. That includes Sunday’s game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks also had a heated battle late in the game.
All this and more in the morning recap
Colorado Avalanche Goal Summary:
P1 8:28 – Brent Burns (4) from Martin Necas (25), Jake Drury (6)
P1 19:08 – Brock Nelson (10) via Nathan MacKinnon (25), Cal Makar (26)
P2 1:47 – Valeri Nichushkin (7) via Victor Olofsson (12), Devon Toews (9)
Philadelphia Flyers Goal Summary:
P1 2:09 – Sean Couturier (5) via Noah Juulsen (3), Owen Tippett (10)
P2 5:58 – Travis Konecny (7) via Emil Andrae (6), Christian Dvorak (11)
New York Islanders Goal Summary
P2 9:03 – Mathew Barzal (9) via Matthew Schaefer (13), Ryan Pulock (14)
Florida Panthers Goal Summary
P1 12:14 – Uvis Balinskis (1) via Mackie Samoskevich (11), AJ Greer (6)
P2 7:05 – Carter Verhaeghe (8) from Jeff Petry (6)
P3 13:57 – Seth Jones (5) from Anton Lendl (15), Sam Reinhart (12)
P3 17:06 – Reinhardt (15) from Gustav Forsling (13) – Empty net
Sharks beat Hurricanes 4-1, ending 2-game losing streak
San Jose Sharks Goal Summary
P1 0:33 – Colin Glover (5) from Macklin Celebrini (27), Will Smith (16)
P2 7:54 – John Klingberg (4), Philipp Kurashev (9) from Celebrini (28)
P2 15:14 – Alexander Weinberg (6) from Wilhelm Eklund (11), Klingberg (5)
P3 18:40 – Celebrini (15) from Weinberg (9) – Empty net
Carolina Hurricanes Goal Summary
P1 13:18 – Jordan Staal (8) via Shayne Gostisbehere (18), Andrei Svechnikov (8)
Stars spoil Jarry’s incredible night in 3-2 shootout victory over Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins Goal Summary
P1 18:18 – Connor Dewar (6) from Blake Lizotte (2), Noel Acciari (4)
P2 5:56 – Tommy Novak (4) via Chris Letang (11), Sidney Crosby (12)
Dallas Stars goal summary
P2 1:27 – Jamie Benn (4) from Roope Hintz (17), Jason Robertson (20)
P3 18:11 – Miro Heiskanen (6) from Wyatt Johnston (18), Mikko Rantanen (26)
Penalty shootout summary:
Colonel: Rantanen – Winner
Schenn leads Blues to 4-3 win over Canadiens on the road
St. Louis Blues Goal Summary
P1 8:57 – Brayden Schenn (5) from Cam Fowler (11), Dylan Holloway (8)
P2 0:26 – Holloway (8) via Schenn (7), Colton Parayko (9)
P2 1:05 – Pavel Buchnevich (5) from Robert Thomas (14), Justin Faulk (8)
P3 10:24 – Schenn (6) from Holloway (9), Mathieu Joseph (6)
Montreal Canadiens Goal Summary
P1 12:20 – Lane Hutson (5) via Zack Bolduc (7), Jared Davidson (1)
P1 19:03 – Cole Caufield (16) from Nick Suzuki (24), Noah Dobson (14)
P3 16:15 – Dobson (4) from Mike Matheson (12), Ivan Demidov (16)
Blue Jackets can’t fix Logan Thompson loss to Capitals
Washington Capitals Goal Summary
P2 0:50 – Jakob Chychrun (11) from Tom Wilson (15), Anthony Beauvillier (5)
P3 18:34 – Aliaksei Protas (10) from Martin Fehervary (8) – Empty net

Vegas Golden Knights Goal Summary
P1 0:36 – Brett Howden (5) via Mitch Marner (22), Mark Stone (15)
P3 19:08 – Thomas Hertl (13) from Stone (16), Jack Eichel (24)
OT 4:52 – Eichel (12) via Shay Theodore (14), Howerton (4)
New York Rangers Goal Summary
P2 9:08 – Mika Zibanejad (11) from Alexis Lafreniere (10), Matthew Robertson (2)
P2 13:01 – Lafreniere (7) via Zibanejad (13), Artemi Panarin (22)
Ducks shoot 53, beat Blackhawks 7-1
Chicago Blackhawks Goal Summary
P3 1:40 – Tyler Bertuzzi (15) via Connor Bedard (22), Artem Levshunov (13)
Anaheim Ducks Goal Summary
P1 10:16 – Jacob Trouba (5) unassisted
P2 6:40 – Mason McTavish (7) from Beckett Sennecke (15), Cutter Gauthier (16)
P2 9:26 – Sennecke (9) from Gauthier (17), Radko Gudas (5)
P2 16:09 – Alex Killorn (2) via Ryan Strome (3), Pavel Mintyukov (5)
P2 17:23 – Chris Kreider (7), Troy Terry (23), Leo Carlson (15)
P3 0:15 – Carlson (16), Jackson Lacombe (13) from Creed (8)
P3 18:08 – Frank Vatrano (3) from Oren Zellweger (7), Strome (4)




