Hockey headlines for February 27, 2021

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Fan-tastic win by Rangers over Bruins (New York Newsday)
Kirill Kaprizov sparks Wild as winning streak reaches five games (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Avalanche backup goalie Hunter Miska earns first career NHL victory, 3-2, at Coyotes (Denver Post)
Jeff Skinner says he doesn't want to be traded by Sabres after benching (Buffalo News)
San Jose Sharks place forward on waivers, get defenseman back off IR (San Jose Mercury News)
Battle of the North features NHL’s top scorers (Globe & Mail)
Stars Aligned: McDavid and Matthews Set, and Keep, the Pace (New York Times)
Auston Matthews and Connor McDavid are more than MVP favourites, they’re generational talents (Toronto Star)
Peter Laviolette gets teams to believe in him fast. His former players explain why. (Washington Post)
Facing grueling schedule and the specter of injuries, Stars GM Jim Nill insists on taking things day by day (Dallas Morning News)
Ryan sees upside to being traded, then rejoining Wings (Detroit Free Press)
Alcoholism and recovery drove former Flyer Chris Therien into the business of helping others (Philadelphia Inquirer)
40 years ago, the meek, mild, Minnesota North Stars started the greatest brawl in NHL history (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
San Jose Sharks return to practice after COVID result, but big challenge awaits (San Jose Mercury News)
Golden Knights enjoy aspects of NHL’s new schedule format (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Wild’s first-period flurry ends Kings’ 6-game win streak (Los Angeles Daily News)
Coyotes stage late rally again, but come up short in loss to Avalanche (Arizona Republic)
Miller comes off COVID-19 list, returns to Rangers lineup (New York Newsday)
Are the Blackhawks actually good? Reasons to believe, and reasons to doubt (Chicago Sun-Times)
'We know we're good': Getting down early, doesn't get the Jets down (Winnipeg Sun)
'Penguins staying in playoff race by way of success in 1-goal games (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Flames look for middle ground between season highs and lows (Calgary Sun)
Blue Jackets show progress defensively (Columbus Dispatch)
Tight Canucks tenser as they keep trying to ‘turn the tide’ (Vancouver Province)
Golden Knights find mojo on penalty kill (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tarasenko's return to Blues' lineup drawing closer (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Sabres' Jack Eichel 'day to day;' goalie Linus Ullmark out vs. Flyers (Buffalo News)
Lightning’s Andrei Vasilevskiy continues to improve with age, experience (Tampa Bay Times)
Rangers seeing progress in Alexis Lafreniere's game (New York Post)
Ducks winger Max Comtois heeded offseason call to raise his game (Orange County Register)
Penguins assign forward Jordy Bellerive to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Wild’s Matt Dumba focuses on diversity with inaugural hockey camp (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
United Center parking lot could distribute up to 6,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine per day; will be open March 10 to eligible Illinois residents (Chicago Tribune)