The Chicago Blackhawks will play its first game against the expansion Golden Knights on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
HAWKS
**Crawford’s ability to make goaltending look easy sets him apart (Chicago Sun Times)
**How can the Blackhawks get their 3rd line going? (SCH)
**Unlike last season, Hawks penalty kill off to a strong start (Chicago Tribune)
**Week ahead: Chicago makes its first trip to Vegas (SCH)
**’Energy line’ can produce goals for Hawks as well as spirited play (Chicago Tribune)
**8-defensemen rotation tricky, but Hawks understand juggling act (NBC Sports Chicago)
CENTRAL DIVISION
**Wild’s Parise to undergo back surgery Tuesday (The Athletic)
**Yeo hopes Barbashev finds his game in AHL (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
**Blues look to re-energize power play (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
**Jets blueline of Morrissey, Trouba struggling badly (Winnipeg Free Press)
**Could the Stars trading Lehtonen to Vegas make sense? (Defending Big D)
NHL
**RECAP: Maple Leafs hang on, end Kings’ win streak (Pension Plan Puppets)
**Bizarre Quick incident adds confusion to concussion protocol (Sportsnet)
**RECAP: Jones, Couture help Sharks defeat Rangers (Fear The Fin)
**Ducks’ Eaves diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (Anaheim Calling)
**Flames lose Jagr to injured reserve following ‘lower-body injury’ (SBN)
**Capitals’ Ovechkin leaves practice early after getting ‘tangled up’ (Washington Post)
**Penguins waive goaltender Niemi (Pensburgh)
**Leafs send Calle Rosen to the AHL Marlies (Pension Plan Puppets)
**Leafs loan Kaskisuo to AHL Chicago Wolves (Pension Plan Puppets)
**Maple Leafs waive Eric Fehr (Pension Plan Puppets)
HOCKEY WORLD
**CHL Notebook: Blue Jackets prospect Sherwood adapts to Kitchener (Sportsnet)