Hockey headlines for February 17, 2021

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Wild's offense shows up sluggish in return to action after layoff (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Devils beat Rangers in first game since COVID shutdown (NorthJersey.com)
With a spark from Alex Ovechkin, the Capitals end their losing streak (Washington Post)
Nazem Kadri scores last-minute goal as Avalanche downs Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 (Denver Post)
Stars also postpone Tuesday night’s game against Nashville due to Dallas’ continuing power issues (Dallas Morning News)
Sabres' Rasmus Ristolainen, Dylan Cozens, Curtis Lazar removed from Covid-19 list (Buffalo News)
Arizona Coyotes rebuke report critical of team's business practices, organizational culture (Arizona Republic)
Rangers, Devils, Islanders' schedules updated amid NHL COVID chaos (New York Post)
NHL announces Avalanche schedule changes (Denver Post)
Coyotes' schedule updated after February postponements (Arizona Republic)
Isles' Sorokin blanks Sabres for first NHL win (New York Newsday)
Rangers come out flat in loss to rusty Devils (New York Post)
Avalanche score in final minute to edge Golden Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Wild return to ice woefully shorthanded, especially on the blue line (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Penguins stumble through loss to Capitals (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Rangers lose defenseman to upper-body injury (New York Post)
Wild's Addison makes 'poised' NHL debut vs. Kings (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Golden Knights’ Shea Theodore returns against Avalanche (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Beauvillier activated by Isles after missing nine games (New York Newsday)
Momentum, points slip away from Blue Jackets (Columbus Dispatch)
Ducks’ attempts to balance risk versus reward backfire at critical times (Orange County Register)
The ailing power play was supposed to be a ticket to the playoffs (Vancouver Province)
Canadiens coach Claude Julien plans to keep rolling his four lines (Montreal Gazette)
Canadiens' week off a double-edged sword, Julien says (Montreal Gazette)
Time ticking as Jets' Dubois nears return (Winnipeg Sun)
Blackhawks goaltender Malcolm Subban quietly excelling in backup role (Chicago Sun-Times)
David Pastrnak excited to play with his mentor David Krejci (Boston Herald)
The man trying to provide the Flyers some light during a difficult time (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Pumped-up Pettersson a positive sign for better times (Vancouver Province)
Move to center spurs Vladislav Namestnikov's goal-scoring surge for Red Wings (Detroit News)
Robertson set to put the work in with Marlies to get back to Maple Leafs (Toronto Sun)
Evan Bouchard worth the wait for Edmonton Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
‘This is what you dreamed of’: Flames rookie Mackey arrives at NHL level (Calgary Sun)
Brendan Shanahan's grand designs for the Maple Leafs logo (Toronto Sun)