Fresh Links: Ducking Out Edition

(Yawn) The Bruins get another crack at it tonight against the LA Kings, 10:30 PM eastern. (Stretch, yawn)

• Hey, look on the bright side, David Pastrnak and Simon Gagne reached personal milestones. (With video) [MassLive]
• And as for Pastrnak, however you define hockey "It," yeah, he's got it in spades. [BostonHerald]
• Held up and robbed: Matt Bartkowski, don't fixate on justice. Hey, yay, maroon! [WEEI]
• The power play was not a complete fail, but the Bruins were noticeably deficient in PP faceoff wins.  [NESN]
• Got chances? The Bruins certainly did.[TheBostonGlobe]
• No, Reilly Smith did not score last night. [TheBostonGlobe]
• So Bruins fans should expect Dallas Stars fans (to peer upward 9 places or so in the NHL league standings) to crow about "winning" the Rich Peverley trade? [TheHockeyNews]

Elsewhere around the rink:

• These public service posters remind parents and spectators that it's only a game. [BarDown]
• Get an eyeful of this strikingly lit Moscow winter sports complex filmed by a drone. (Video, 1:30) [BarDown]
• Team USA has announced their WJC roster. [NHL]
• Enjoy this clip of Donald Duck as "The Hockey Champ." Heartwarming holiday fare! (Video, 12:58) [BarDown]
• An NHL player dishes on all the dirty laundry, and addresses whether or not the crowd noise affect players. [TheSportingNews]
• One tough tyke survived being clotheslined accidentally by a sheepish OHL player during pregame warmups.(With Video) [TheHockeyNews]
• Parity. You want parity? What the NHL standings have as of this weekend is a traffic jam! [Grantland]
• Just in time for the holidays, take a brief pictoral visit to the birthplace of hockey, Long Pond. [Puckstruck]
• "Unleash the bears!" Enjoy the annual Bakersfield Condors' Teddy Bear Toss. (Video, 4:53) [TheSportingNews]
• Here's a short history lesson on the Patt Quinn vs. Bobby Orr conflict of 1969.  [Puckstruck]
• Steve Lepore of Awful Announcing is... exposed. And now Adrian Dater? [Deadpin]