Hockey headlines for February 14, 2024

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Morgan Rielly to serve five-game suspension for cross-check on Ridly Greig (Globe & Mail)
McDavid goes wild with six assists, leads Oilers to 8-4 rout of Wings (Edmonton Sun)
Brad Marchand plays his 1,000th game for Bruins, but Lightning spoil things by winning in shootout (Boston Globe)
Sabres' offense finally breaks through, UPL earns another shutout in 7-0 win (Buffalo News)
Artturi Lehkonen breaks out as Avalanche ends four-game losing streak with win over Washington (Denver Post)
McMann leads under-manned Maple Leafs to win over Blues (Toronto Sun)
Podcast comment sparks fan donations supporting Columbus Blue Jackets' Patrik Laine (Columbus Dispatch)
Free agent forward Phil Kessel 'working out in Abbotsford this week' (Vancouver Province)
Blackhawks players buzzing about hosting Winter Classic next season: ‘That’s pure hockey’ (Chicago Sun-Times)
Flyers have several players in limbo as the March 8 trade deadline nears (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Evgeni Malkin still believes the Penguins are a playoff team (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Kraken defeat Islanders in shootout for desperately needed win (Seattle Times)
Third line awarded an 'A' in another chemistry test (Vancouver Province)
Connor McDavid torches Detroit Red Wings with record 6-assist night in Wings' 8-4 loss (Detroit Free Press)
Islanders generate little offense, lose to Kraken in shootout (New York Newsday)
Nashville Predators fall to New Jersey Devils as home woes continue at Bridgestone. (The Tennessean)
‘Tired of losing,’ Capitals come up short again against the Avalanche (Washington Post)
Blues finish road trip with 4-1 loss to Maple Leafs as Bobby McMann has hat trick (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Hawks lean on Mrazek in loss to Vancouver (Chicago Daily-Herald)
Philipp Grubauer finally back in goal for Kraken, but Joey Daccord still has grasp on No. 1 job (Seattle Times)
Edmonton Oilers play in front of home crowd for first time in 17 days (Edmonton Sun)
Rangers have looked like a different team since All-Star break (New York Newsday)
For Mike Sullivan and the Penguins, necessity is the mother of reinvention (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Roy's message to Wahlstrom: Be more consistent and shoot the puck! (New York Newsday)
Stars forward Evgenii Dadonov to miss extended time with lower-body fracture (Dallas Morning News)
Defenseman can’t quite enjoy milestone after Knights’ loss (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Kaapo Kakko starting to find role on Rangers’ revamped third line (New York Post)
Jets' Vilardi needs legs, body to catch up with hands amid slump (Winnipeg Sun)
Namestnikov ‘a true pro’ (Winnipeg Free Press)
He rarely plays, but here’s how one Florida Panthers player still leaves his mark (Miami Herald)
‘A pure character kid’: Brayden Pachal proving to be nice fit with Flames (Calgary Sun)
Rangers waiving Tyler Pitlick to give Adam Edstrom bigger chance (New York Post)
Red Wings reassign defenseman Jared McIsaac to Switzerland’s HC Ambri-Piotta (Detroit Free Press)
Why former Predators captains Shea Weber, Mike Fisher, Tom Fitzgerald, Kimmo Timonen are in town (The Tennessean)
Islanders' owner Ledecky big fan of the Stadium Series games (New York Newsday)