Hockey headlines for February 16, 2024

Friday, February 16, 2024

Connor Bedard makes surprise early return, earns assist in Blackhawks’ loss to Penguins (Chicago Sun-Times)
Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov dominates matchup between NHL’s top scorers (Tampa Bay Times)
Strong performances from top players lead Blues to 6-3 win over Edmonton (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Kreider's hat trick powers Rangers to sixth straight win (New York Newsday)
Anthony Stolarz shuts out Sabres as Florida Panthers win 10th consecutive road game (Miami Herald)
Hats on the ice: Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews is on pace for 71 goals, passing legends as he goes (Toronto Star)
Wild sign forward Mason Shaw for rest of season (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Flyers captaincy a long time coming for Sean Couturier: ‘Time to give him the reins’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Morgan Rielly's appeal of five-game suspension to be heard on Friday (Toronto Sun)
Vancouver downplays Phil Kessel signing, add emphasis on team (Vancouver Province)
Nikita Zadorov says two-game suspension for 'bad hit' was deserved (Vancouver Province)
Columbus Blue Jackets fire general manager Jarmo Kekalainen (Columbus Dispatch)
Blue Jackets explain team firing longest-tenured GM Jarmo Kekalainen (Columbus Dispatch)
Blue Jackets restart process of building with Kekalainen's firing (Columbus Dispatch)
Flames’ Nazem Kadri on trade rumours: ‘More than half of it is B.S.’ (Calgary Sun)
What Juuse Saros said about Nashville Predators possibly trading him (The Tennessean)
Isles impressed with MetLife as host for Stadium Series game vs. Rangers (New York Newsday)
Mathew Barzal iffy for Islanders’ MetLife Stadium clash vs. Rangers (New York Post)
Detroit Red Wings taking on Blue Jackets in 2025 at 'The Horseshoe' in Columbus (Detroit Free Press)
Wild goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury still enjoying every moment (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Kraken come up with upset of Bruins for .500 mark on post-break road trip (Seattle Times)
Two forwards enjoy career nights as Sharks beat Calgary Flames (San Jose Mercury News)
Sometimes the goalie just isn't looking (Vancouver Province)
Latest Edmonton Oilers win streak grinds to halt after one game (Edmonton Sun)
Bruins lose third straight and fourth in five games since return from All-Star break, to Kraken (Boston Globe)
Flyers keep pace with Toronto but unable to outlast them in overtime (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Juuse Saros pulled, Matt Duchene scores twice as Predators suffer another embarrassing loss (The Tennessean)
Mistakes costly as Flames collapse in second period, fall to lowly Sharks (Calgary Sun)
Detroit Red Wings forget offense in 4-1 loss to Vancouver Canucks (Detroit Free Press)
Blake Wheeler helped off ice in ugly Rangers injury scene (New York Post)
Joey Daccord shows off for his hometown crowd by leading Kraken past Bruins (Seattle Times)
Rangers’ Alex Belzile scores easy payday as healthy scratch after recall (New York Post)
Stars defenseman Nils Lundkvist exits game vs. Predators after suffering upper-body injury (Dallas Morning News)
Flames goalie Dustin Wolf determined to learn from rough outing against Sharks (Calgary Sun)
Matt Duchene talks about departure from Nashville Predators, playing guitar at Tootsies (The Tennessean)
Coach Jacques Martin's second stint with the Senators is getting results (Ottawa Sun)
After fourth knee surgery, Wild's Shaw back in NHL (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Knights hope returning stars can boost slumping power play (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Penguins face major challenge with Jake Guentzel on long-term injured reserved (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Red Wings’ Ville Husso ‘week to week’ with latest injury (MLive.com)
Wild's new top line shows a new look — and is a success so far (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Maple Leafs' Bobby McMann enjoying cell-ebrity status after first NHL hat trick (Toronto Sun)
‘He’s blown us away’: Kuzmenko already a locker-room fave with Flames (Calgary Sun)
Sabres recall Dustin Tokarski from Rochester in response to UPL's injury (Buffalo News)
Jets locker room layout designed for bonding, building relationships (Winnipeg Free Press)
Jaromir Jagr's Penguins teammates recall when they realized they were playing with a legend-to-be (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Bossy's daughter puts her share of late father's memorabilia up for sale (New York Newsday)