Hockey headlines for March 21, 2019

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Andrei Vasilevskiy leads the way in exciting Lightning win (Tampa Bay Times)
Hellebuyck gets first shutout of season as Jets down Ducks 3-0 (Winnipeg Free Press)
Leafs finally sound at both ends of the ice for much-needed win over Sabres (Toronto Sun)
Detroit Red Wings extend Jimmy Howard, hope to pay him playoff bonus (Detroit Free Press)
Sabres going global with games in Sweden next season against Tampa Bay (Buffalo News)
Report: Red Wings, Jeff Blashill closing in on extension in 'coming days' (Detroit News)
It's official: Blackhawks will play in Europe for the 1st time since 2009 — opening next season in Prague vs. the Flyers on Oct. 4 (Chicago Tribune)
NHL tabs Lightning for two regular-season games in Sweden (Tampa Bay Times)
Alexis Lafreniere Would Rather You Didn’t Compare Him to Sidney Crosby (New York Times)
Austin Watson 'grateful' for latest chance with Predators after reinstatement from indefinite suspension (The Tennessean)
Canadiens' Carey Price voted best goalie in the NHL by players (Montreal Gazette)
Golden Knights’ Ryan Reaves ranks among NHL’s best trash-talkers (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NHL Players’ Association thinks Kings’ Drew Doughty is a funny guy (Los Angeles Daily News)
Ducks GM Bob Murray preaches stability, but is willing to experiment too (Orange County Register)
Late-game struggles sully solid effort (Vancouver Province)
Sabres again fail to win back-to-back games, despite Carter Hutton standing tall vs. Leafs (Buffalo News)
Ducks stay close but can’t solve Connor Hellebuyck in loss to Jets (Los Angeles Times)
Another Nylander hopes a long NHL career is in its infancy (Toronto Star)
Time running out for Blue Jackets to fix offense (Columbus Dispatch)
Blackhawks' Colliton puts Kane, Toews back together (Chicago Daily Herald)
Trotz needs to guide Islanders to playoff spot (New York Newsday)
Flyers interim coach Scott Gordon gives his players a mental break — from him (Philly.com)
Oilers running out of excuses (Edmonton Journal)
Filppula out four weeks with upper-body injury (New York Newsday)
Sharks’ Joe Pavelski provides update on his health (San Jose Mercury News)
Jordan Eberle 'day-to-day' with mysterious upper body injury (New York Post)
Red Wings cautious with Jacob de la Rose after heart scare (Detroit News)
Thomas Chabot could suit up for the Senators on Saturday (Ottawa Sun)
Reinforcements on their way for Flames (Calgary Sun)
Confident Malcolm Subban helping Golden Knights stay hot (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Back with a bang: Blues' Perron shows no signs of long layoff (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Shooter's touch of Wild's Donato has been years in the making (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Predators' Kyle Turris on being benched for two games: 'I don't think there's anything gained' (The Tennessean)
Red Wings call up rookie Libor Sulak to bolster battered defense (Detroit News)
Penguins call up forward prospect Adam Johnson (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Against all odds, Cross Lake's Brady Keeper makes the NHL (Winnipeg Sun)