Hockey headlines for March 26, 2021

Friday, March 26, 2021

Avalanche blasts Golden Knights, 5-1, to tie Vegas atop the West Division standings (Denver Post)
Stars claw out desperately needed first regular-season regulation win over Lightning in over five years (Dallas Morning News)
Mika Zibanejad goes off as Rangers steamroll Flyers (New York Post)
Kevin Lankinen earns his 2nd shutout and Patrick Kane scores his 13th goal of the season in the Chicago Blackhawks’ 3-0 win over the Florida Panthers (Chicago Tribune)
Sabres' latest calamity forces GM Kevyn Adams to coach 16th consecutive loss (Buffalo News)
Canadiens player tested positive for COVID-19 variant (Montreal Gazette)
4 Ducks off NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list after ‘false alarm’ (Orange County Register)
Colorado Avalanche honor community and victims of mass shooting with “Boulder Strong” jersey (Denver Post)
From the district to the world: Ducks celebrate roots with Mighty Ducks jerseys (Los Angeles Times)
Wings stand by NHL refs, say they do good work in light of hot-mic incident (Detroit Free Press)
What Predators think about how NHL handled Tim Peel's hot-mic incident (The Tennessean)
Sabres restructure scouting staff as interviews begin for assistant GM opening (Buffalo News)
Real-dollars salary expenditure has team 21st in NHL (Vancouver Province)
Should the Edmonton Oilers go all in to bring back Tyson Barrie? (Edmonton Journal)
The Maple Leafs are alone again atop North Division after OT win over Senators (Toronto Star)
Kirill Kaprizov’s snipe, Cam Talbot’s shutout lead Wild past Blues (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
With multiple milestones and a Casey DeSmith shutout, Penguins roll over Sabres again (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Rocco Grimaldi has 4 goals, including first-period hat trick (The Tennessean)
Hurricanes turn back Blue Jackets 4-3 in overtime as Sebastian Aho gets the winner (Raleigh News & Observer)
Beauvillier's OT goal gives Isles a win over Bruins (New York Newsday)
Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin help Capitals rally past Devils (Washington Post)
Lightning, Vasilevskiy have win streaks end in Dallas (Tampa Bay Times)
Golden Knights fall into tie for 1st place with Avalanche (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Panthers drop 3rd straight — 2nd in a row without Barkov — and lose Hornqvist to injury (Miami Herald)
A bad rerun: Flyers again embarrassed by Rangers as Mika Zibanejad has second straight 6-point game vs. Philly (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Blues fire blanks — 37 of them — in 2-0 loss to Wild (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Bjorkstrand scores late, Jackets lose in OT (Columbus Dispatch)
NJ Devils still winless (0-4-1) vs. Washington (NorthJersey.com)
Bruins blow two-goal lead, fall in OT in front of limited Garden crowd (Boston Herald)
'It's totally unacceptable:' Predators pummel Red Wings 7-1 (Detroit News)
Forsberg's heroics not enough as Senators lose to Leafs in OT (Ottawa Sun)
Matthews' play in overtime the kind of sequence only the greats can put together (Toronto Sun)
Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask pulled after one period because of upper-body injury (Boston Globe)
Jake Oettinger’s game-changing play kept hope alive for Stars against Lightning (Dallas Morning News)
Matt Dumba returns to Wild lineup after lower-body injury (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Samuel Morin recalled from minors and inserted into Flyers’ lineup vs. Rangers (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Edmonton Oilers defence 'solidified' as Klefbom undergoes surgery (Edmonton Journal)
Penguins forward Kasperi Kapanen sidelined on 'week-to-week' basis (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Isles hope to have Dobson, who tested positive, back next week (New York Newsday)
Injured Stars forward Tyler Seguin resumes skating at practice facility in Frisco (Dallas Morning News)
Tkachuk hopes to be part of the solution for struggling Flames (Calgary Sun)
Defenseman Sam Girard putting up career numbers as role expands for Avalanche (Denver Post)
'It's real': Copp, Jets, have come to expect results (Winnipeg Sun)
Penguins recall forward Drew O'Connor to taxi squad (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Rangers trying to find the best fit for Vitali Kravtsov (New York Newsday)
Blackhawks prospect Josiah Slavin hopes to replicate brother Jaccob’s success (Chicago Sun-Times)
Devils sign prospect Aarne Talvitie out of Penn State (NorthJersey.com)
First-round picks Cam York, Jay O’Brien among Flyers prospects playing in NCAA Tournament (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Plager's death hits Perron, Blues hard (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)