Hockey headlines for February 3, 2022

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Wild's win streak reaches six games with shutout over Chicago (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Nugent-Hopkins saves the Oilers after their loud start in Washington (Edmonton Journal)
Ovechkin tests positive for COVID-19, will be replaced by Wilson at All-Star Game (Washington Times)
Golden Knights get another player into NHL All-Star Weekend (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Panthers center named league ‘rookie of the month’ (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Source: Ducks to hire Pat Verbeek as their new general manager (Los Angeles Daily News)
Rocky Wirtz destroys accountability with outburst over Blackhawks’ sexual assault scandal (Chicago Sun-Times)
Robin Herman, Who Pried Open Doors in the NHL, Dies at 70 (New York Times)
Hayley Scamurra's Olympic dream becoming a reality in Beijing (Buffalo News)
Here’s how NHL All-Star Weekend came to fruition in Las Vegas (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Leafs' Matthews ready to go 'outside the box' on all-star weekend (Toronto Sun)
Golden Knights’ Mark Stone savors first trip to All-Star Game (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dylan Larkin playing like the All-Star the Wings need him to be (Detroit Free Press)
Alex Pietrangelo excited to play at home for All-Star Weekend (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Pete DeBoer earns NHL All-Star appearance with steady hand (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Avalanche winning streak at Ball Arena is over. But a 21-game point streak exists. (Denver Post)
Panthers set up for ‘good final stretch.’ Where things stand heading into All-Star Break (Miami Herald)
Flyers roster needs major surgery not ‘two or three pieces’ to compete for a Cup (Philadelphia Inquirer)
As collapse vs. Calgary showed, the Dallas Stars are one of the NHL’s worst with a lead (Dallas Morning News)
Canucks’ biggest question? To keep or trade J.T. Miller (Vancouver Province)
Scheifele a shell of former self (Winnipeg Free Press)
Capitals goalie Ilya Samsonov lauded after highlight-reel saves (Washington Times)
Kraken finish off Islanders, road trip with franchise’s first shutout (Seattle Times)
Red Wings fall to Kings in final game before All-Star break (MLive.com)
Blackhawks routed by Wild as struggles continue (Chicago Sun-Times)
Isles enter break on down note with loss to expansion Kraken (New York Newsday)
Keller stays hot, but Coyotes fall to Flames in final game before All-Star break (Arizona Republic)
Islanders' Pulock trying to play himself back into game shape (New York Newsday)
Red Wings disappointed with battle level in final game before break (MLive.com)
Lightning have a knack for overtime success (Tampa Bay Times)
Evgeni Malkin, knee feeling stronger and confidence surging, expects big things after All-Star break (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Taylor Hall making net gains since Bruins shuffled lines (Boston Globe)
Wild roomies: Matt Boldy is bunking up with Jordan Greenway (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
With Sabres heading into break, Krebs and Samuelsson join restocked Amerks (Buffalo News)
Golden Knights reassign 4 players to Silver Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Penguins assign 4 to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Trio of Flames prospects already assured berth in 2022 Memorial Cup (Calgary Sun)
Blackhawks insist Pat Foley’s departure voluntary as replacement naming nears (Chicago Sun-Times)
Jon Hamm added to NHL all-star festivities (St. Louis Post Dispatch)