Hockey headlines for March 4, 2021

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Capitals beat Bruins in a shootout, making for a happy Zdeno Chara homecoming (Washington Post)
Nathan MacKinnon suffers injury late in Avalanche’s 4-0 victory at San Jose (Denver Post)
'We feel pretty good': Maple Leafs make it a sweep against McDavid and Oilers (Toronto Sun)
Blues power (play) their way past Anaheim (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Golden Knights knock off Wild, extend win streak to 4 games (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Hurricanes’ Nino Niederreiter fined $5,000 by the NHL for hit on Predators’ goalie (Raleigh News & Observer)
Sidney Crosby remains on covid list, keeps dialed in to Penguins virtually (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Sharks’ Bob Boughner gives update on Tomas Hertl after positive COVID test (San Jose Mercury News)
Canadiens GM says Carey Price had no input in decision to fire coach (Montreal Gazette)
NHL’s Rising Stars Power Chicago and Minnesota (New York Times)
The Maple Leafs stickhandle lockdown life while NHL arenas slowly open south of the border (Toronto Star)
If Kings are buyers at the NHL trade deadline, who might they target? (Los Angeles Daily News)
Blackhawks thankful yet careful as NHL’s COVID-19 rate rapidly improves (Chicago Sun-Times)
Coyotes come up big in second period, hold on for road win over Kings (Arizona Republic)
No push-back as Oilers dismantled by Leafs for third-straight game (Edmonton Journal)
Kings done in by poor second period against Coyotes (Los Angeles Daily News)
Ducks’ penalty-killing units fail them as they lose another to Blues (Orange County Register)
San Jose Sharks’ offense dries up in loss to Colorado Avalanche (San Jose Mercury News)
Wild struggle to solve Marc-Andre Fleury in loss to Golden Knights (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Golden Knights return to original top-6 forward lines (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Parise a healthy scratch after Monday's miscue: 'I don't agree with the decision' (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Flames feeling urgency to end slide, but ‘there’s no panic in our situation’ (Calgary Sun)
Stars forward Alexander Radulov is getting closer, but return from injury is ‘hard to pinpoint’ (Dallas Morning News)
With Brian Dumoulin nearing return, Penguins' once-patchwork blue line is beginning to show its depth (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Markstrom, Ryan could return Thursday for Flames (Calgary Sun)
Why Lightning’s Curtis McElhinney turned his stick into part of a fishing net (Tampa Bay Times)
Stuck at no goals, Sabres winger Kyle Okposo still waiting for breakthrough (Buffalo News)
Rangers' Mika Zibanejad still can't snap out of season-long funk (New York Newsday)
Pavel Buchnevich’s breakout leaves one final problem for Rangers’ top line (New York Post)
Valtteri Filppula latest veteran Red Wing waived for roster flexibility (MLive.com)
Brown and Formenton continue their auditions for spots with big-league Senators (Ottawa Citizen)
Is Jamie Drysdale next to be called up to the Ducks? (Orange County Register)
Student-athletes in the NHL? Believe it or not, the Dallas Stars have a few (Dallas Morning News)
From Russia with love: Blues work to get prospects back in US (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)