Hockey headlines for February 25, 2021

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Anton Khudobin’s shutout ends Stars’ three-week losing skid with 3-0 win over Florida (Dallas Morning News)
Montreal Canadiens fire Claude Julien and Kirk Muller (Montreal Gazette)
Cal Petersen helps Kings extend win streak to 6 games (Los Angeles Daily News)
Claude Giroux sparks Flyers’ 4-3 win over Rangers after he returns from COVID-19 absence (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Wild finish off stellar road trip with 6-2 win over Avalanche (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Flyers lose Mark Friedman as Penguins GM Ron Hextall claims defenseman on waivers (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Rangers rookie Miller added to NHL's COVID-19 protocol list (New York Newsday)
Sharks’ Tomas Hertl enters COVID protocol, NHL postpones game vs. Golden Knights (San Jose Mercury News)
Serious allegation against Artemi Panarin a reminder of Vladimir Putin's effect on Russian athletes (USA Today)
How Russian Rangers star got into this 'fabricated mess' (New York Post)
More ex-teammates defend Artemi Panarin: ‘Villains’ after Rangers star (New York Post)
Canadiens will keep paying Claude Julien $5 million for another season (Montreal Gazette)
'Dom was my guy,' Bergevin says as Ducharme takes Canadiens' reins (Montreal Gazette)
New Canadiens coach Dominique Ducharme looks calm, cool and confident (Montreal Gazette)
'Getting fired out of Canada is tough': Maurice (Winnipeg Free Press)
Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane growing as a leader while maintaining elite offensive production (Chicago Sun-Times)
Dubois has success with shift to left side on top line (Winnipeg Free Press)
Kasperi Kapanen honors his family name while making one for himself with the Penguins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
With Tkachuk brothers set for four straight showdowns, mom is ‘a nervous wreck’ (Calgary Sun)
'Comeback' Coyotes rally again, stun Ducks in overtime shootout (Arizona Republic)
Andrei Vasilevskiy, Lightning blank Hurricanes, 3-0 (Tampa Bay Times)
Will and a way: Nylander's pair propels Maple Leafs past Flames (Toronto Sun)
Avalanche falls 6-2 to Wild for first back-to-back losses of season (Denver Post)
Losing streak reaches three as Blues fall 2-1 to Kings (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Hurricanes fall to Lightning again as Tampa Bay’s Vasilevskiy notches the shutout (Raleigh News & Observer)
Rangers star's hat trick not enough in loss to rival (New York Post)
Flames fall short despite rock-solid Rittich (Calgary Sun)
Kreider's hat trick is result of hard work in front of net (New York Newsday)
Lightning’s Ross Colton scores in NHL debut against Hurricanes (Tampa Bay Times)
The Caps made small tweaks to their power play. They already see improvement. (Washington Post)
Edmonton Oilers say believe it, this is who they really are (Edmonton Sun)
Wings can't score, stuck between finding chemistry, tweaking lineups (Detroit Free Press)
Blue Jackets' centers again a central focus (Columbus Dispatch)
Tomas Nosek returns to practice for Golden Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Loss of Jeremy Lauzon to a broken hand leaves Bruins trying to figure out how to adjust on defense (Boston Globe)
Penguins prepare for apparent stretch without injured forward Jason Zucker (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Stick-throwing, F-bomb dropping Miller a window on world of losing (Vancouver Province)
Pageau has brought just what the Isles expected (New York Newsday)
Wild's Hartman standing out as a playmaking center (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Rangers' Smith showing his versatility once again filling in for Trouba (New York Newsday)
Isles fans can return to Nassau Coliseum on March 18 (New York Newsday)
Arizona Coyotes' celebration of Black History Month is visible on and off ice (Arizona Republic)