Hockey headlines for March 20, 2024

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Chris Simon, Stanley Cup champion with Avalanche, dies at 52 (Denver Post)
Point streak extends to 15 games, tying record (The Tennessean)
Scheifele hat trick powers Jets past Rangers 4-2 (Winnipeg Free Press)
Wild shut out Ducks 4-0 in Gustavsson's return to net (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Devils, Jake Allen make playoff race interesting again with 5-2 win over Penguins (NJ.com)
Blues' win streak ends at four with 4-3 loss to Mikko Rantanen, Avalanche (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Jets' Rick Bowness takes medical leave after 'minor' procedure (Winnipeg Sun)
Bills, Sabres hire Pete Guelli as new chief operating officer (Buffalo News)
For many Blackhawks, watching NHL games on TV keeps even nights off entertaining (Chicago Sun-Times)
Detroit Red Wings grab 2 points with 2 goals a minute apart in 4-3 OT win (Detroit Free Press)
Flyers hold off third-period rally from Maple Leafs, pick up crucial win as playoffs loom (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Elias Pettersson finds his pace, packs a big punch (Vancouver Province)
David Pastrnak hat trick lifts Bruins to third straight win, 6-2 (Boston Herald)
Kings take care of business against Blackhawks (Los Angeles Daily News)
Edmonton Oilers get bloody lucky, sneak by Montreal Canadiens (Edmonton Sun)
Rangers come up short versus elite Western Conference foe Jets (New York Post)
Maple Leafs fail to combat a motivated Flyers team in loss in Philly (Toronto Sun)
Sharks endure ’embarrassing’ loss to Nashville Predators to end pointless trip (San Jose Mercury News)
Penguins stumble again in wild playoff race, falling to Devils in pivotal game (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Wild hand struggling Ducks their 3rd shutout loss in 4 games (Orange County Register)
Blackhawks lose to Kings after Wyatt Kaiser returns, Colin Blackwell falls (Chicago Sun-Times)
Sorokin struggles as Islanders lose fifth straight (New York Newsday)
Sean Couturier ‘frustrated’ by John Tortorella’s decision to bench him Tuesday vs. Toronto (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Islanders’ Patrick Roy benches Pierre Engvall: ‘wasn’t too happy about his play’ (New York Post)
Derek Lalonde: Felt like Red Wings quit in first before battling back (Detroit Free Press)
Ruhwedel finally making his Rangers debut (New York Newsday)
Ex-teammates still in awe of ‘warrior’ Wheeler (Winnipeg Free Press)
Montreal Canadiens a walk down memory lane for Oilers coach Knoblauch (Edmonton Sun)
After a wild road trip out West, the Caps’ playoff hopes are still alive (Washington Post)
Rick Tocchet's simple prescription for penalty kill success (Vancouver Province)
Wild prospect Adam Beckman happy ‘to play in some meaningful games’ (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
'I'm finally here and I'm really excited,' Canadiens prospect Reinbacher says (Montreal Gazette)
Red Wings recall top prospect Simon Edvinsson (Detroit News)
Penguins recall forward Jonathan Gruden from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Flames reassign Jakob Pelletier to minors: ‘I just want to play games' (Calgary Sun)
Charlestown’s Matt Grzelcyk hoping this isn’t his swan song with Bruins (Boston Globe)
Sharks’ Bordeleau carries special message from NHL dad he’ll have forever (San Jose Mercury News)
Former Penguins forward Konstantin Koltsov dies at 42 (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)