Hockey headlines for April 3, 2025

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Carolina Hurricanes blow out Capitals as Alex Ovechkin picks up career goal No. 892 (Raleigh News & Observer)
Maple Leafs lock up ninth straight Stanley Cup playoff berth (Toronto Star)
Rangers snag thrilling overtime win over Wild to earn two crucial points in wild-card race (New York Post)
Bruins sign UMass forward Dans Locmelis to entry-level contract (Boston Globe)
New Rogers-NHL broadcast deal comes with lots of dollar decisions (Toronto Sun)
Jets rebuff ‘measuring stick’ comment after Kings’ season series sweep (Winnipeg Free Press)
Kraken deal a blow to rival Canucks' playoff chances (Seattle Times)
Wild drop game to Rangers in overtime, mistakes turning costly over and over (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Blackhawks crumble late against Avalanche as young players keep learning, not winning (Chicago Sun-Times)
The boo birds come out (Vancouver Province)
Panthers without captain Aleksander Barkov for key divisional game against Maple Leafs (Miami Herald)
Boston College ex-mates attend Gabe Perreault’s Rangers debut (New York Post)
Former Ranger Mats Zuccarello honors Sam Rosen with pregame jersey (New York Post)
The moment it all went awry for the Isles (New York Newsday)
Ducks continue to focus on progress with two weeks left (Orange County Register)
Injured Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin to travel for upcoming road trip (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
It's a wait-and-see approach for Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa Sun)
Could the Dallas Stars’ Miro Heiskanen and Tyler Seguin return in time for the playoffs? (Dallas Morning News)
Ottawa Senators winger Nick Cousins may return this season (Ottawa Sun)
Knights’ health trending up as center returns to practice: ‘Good for us’ (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Mukhamadullin’s status unclear after hit; Warsofsky talks lack of response (San Jose Mercury News)
Back on track: How a training tweak and a prove-it mindset propelled Penguins' Rickard Rakell to a big year (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Shaking off frustration of ill-timed injury, Penguins' Ryan Shea eyes strong finish (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
'Unsung hero' Noel Acciari remains valued by his Penguins teammates (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Why, at 29, ex-Shark Walman feels his NHL career is ‘just getting started’ (San Jose Mercury News)
Jimmy Snuggerud 'fit in' with the Blues in NHL debut, Jim Montgomery says (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Karsen Dorwart to make NHL debut Saturday for Flyers: ‘It is going to be a dream come true’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Penguins recall forward Joona Koppanen from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)