Hockey headlines for March 20, 2018

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Predators' point streak reaches record 15 games in victory against Sabres (The Tennessean)
Kings win in Minnesota with wild comeback (Los Angeles Times)
Luongo notches third shutout of season in Panthers’ victory (Miami Herald)
X marks the playoff spot as Golden Knights look to clinch (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Hurricanes' Hanifin sidelined indefinitely with concussion (Raleigh News & Observer)
Calgarian Larry Kwong, first Chinese-Canadian player in NHL, dies at age 94 (Calgary Herald)
Mark Borowiecki says Melnyk should be praised, not pushed out (Ottawa Sun)
Cam Atkinson delivers winning goal in OT (Columbus Dispatch)
OEL scores No. 100 as Coyotes down Flames (Arizona Republic)
Ryan Donato sparkles in NHL debut, but Bruins bow to Blue Jackets in overtime (Boston Globe)
Wild in decent shape despite falling to Kings in overtime (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Coyotes sink teeth into Flames playoff aspirations (Calgary Sun)
Rick Nash a late scratch for Bruins (Boston Globe)
New England Olympians honored before Bruins game (Boston Globe)
Penguins say focus over final 10 is 'playing the right way,' not catching Capitals (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Wings learning to fight through adversity during skid (Detroit News)
Blues' defense getting offensive again (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Jets' PK makes huge progress: improvements while shorthanded run deep (Winnipeg Sun)
Oilers remain frustrated by power-play outage (Edmonton Journal)
Maurice has full confidence in Little (Winnipeg Free Press)
Colorado Avalanche has its top defenseman Erik Johnson back for playoff push (Denver Post)
With Matt Murray returning, what else is on the Penguins’ to-do list? (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Sharks get good, bad news on recent injuries (San Jose Mercury News)
Trouba 'feeling pretty darn good,' but undergoing concussion evaluation (Winnipeg Free Press)
Leafs in no hurry to bring back Auston Matthews (Toronto Star)
Patrice Bergeron skates before Bruins practice (Boston Globe)
Dzingel won't play, but he doesn't have a concussion (Ottawa Sun)
Henrik Lundqvist is ready to see some action again (New York Post)
Trotz open to using both Holtby, Grubauer for playoffs (Washington Times)
Lightning’s Louis Domingue solid as a backup (Tampa Bay Times)
Mika Zibanejad regaining confidence during his Rangers resurgence (New York Daily News)
Approaching 40 goals, Wild’s Eric Staal nears milestone … and maybe a franchise record (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Goals are nice but Ducks’ Rickard Rakell wants to be complete (Orange County Register)
Chicago Blackhawks' Anisimov looking for more assists (Chicago Daily Herald)
Versatility enables Bryan Rust to fill variety of roles for Penguins (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Jesper Fast gets his big Rangers chance and doesn't disappoint (New York Post)
Blackhawks’ snakebitten Brandon Saad still waiting for the floodgates to open (Chicago Sun-Times)
New defenseman Ian Cole blends right in (Columbus Dispatch)
Josh Jooris back 'where he wants to be' with Penguins (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Blackhawks' Connor Murphy sees no need to compare himself to Niklas Hjalmarsson (Chicago Tribune)
Flames defenceman Andersson hoping to generate buzz in latest call-up (Calgary Sun)
Flyers' Mrazek hopes to get call in return to Detroit (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Tristan Jarry sent back to AHL; Matt Murray's return looms (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Pierre Groulx impressed with goalie prospect Filip Gustavsson (Ottawa Sun)
Maple Leafs keep quiet on possible ECHL team in St. John's (Toronto Sun)
Evander Kane, Sharks, respond to criticism from Don Cherry on Hockey Night in Canada (San Jose Mercury News)
Sydney Esiason engaged to hockey star her dad has accepted (New York Post)