Hockey headlines for April 5, 2024

Friday, April 5, 2024

Isles move into second wild-card spot after beating Blue Jackets (New York Newsday)
Brad Marchand reached a scoring milestone, and the Bruins wrapped up a solid road trip with a win (Boston Globe)
Vilardi’s first hat trick powers Jets past Flames 5-2 (Winnipeg Sun)
Surging Penguins win their showdown with the Capitals, inching closer to a playoff spot (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Rangers' Jacob Trouba: Line brawl with Devils wasn't arranged (New York Newsday)
Sharks sign high-scoring college forward to three-year deal (San Jose Mercury News)
Arizona Coyotes 'fully committed' to winning June state land auction, building new arena (Arizona Republic)
Hockey’s unwritten rules: Here’s why you don’t snow the goalie (Seattle Times)
Auston Mathews wants to get to 70 goals. His Maple Leafs teammates might want it more (Toronto Star)
Could this Stanley Cup champion — with ties to Devils’ GM — fill NJ’s coaching void? (NJ.com)
Sidney Crosby selected as Penguins' nominee for Masterton Trophy (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Carolina Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen is the team’s Masterton Trophy nominee (Raleigh News & Observer)
Brossoit gets Jets’ Masterton nod (Winnipeg Free Press)
‘Nothing short of spectacular’: Sean Couturier named Flyers’ Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy nominee (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Ilya Samsonov's strong turnaround earns Leaf Masterton Trophy nod (Toronto Sun)
Devils’ Curtis Lazar nominated for NHL’s Masterton Trophy (NJ.com)
Red Wings’ Masterton nominee epitome of perseverance, dedication (MLive.com)
‘It’s happy news’: Flames’ Kylington ‘honoured’ to be Masterton Trophy nominee (Calgary Sun)
Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin lead Avalanche to critical win against Wild (Denver Post)
Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi score in win (The Tennessean)
Lightning continue their winning ways on the road in Montreal (Tampa Bay Times)
Oh oh, Edmonton Oilers get whipped with another measuring stick (Edmonton Sun)
Hurricanes could still win Presidents’ Trophy in final regular-season push. Is it worth it? (Raleigh News & Observer)
When will the San Jose Sharks-Los Angeles Kings rivalry be great again? (San Jose Mercury News)
Avalanche clinch season series with Wild and severely dent playoff chances (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Blues foiled by special teams, Juuse Saros in 6-3 loss in Nashville (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Caps fall to Penguins, running winless streak to four at most inopportune time (Washington Post)
Zary scratched, Pospisil ejected as Flames eliminated with loss to Jets (Calgary Sun)
Slumping Noah Dobson scores game-winner in Islanders’ victory (New York Post)
Bruins captain Brad Marchand nets 400th career goal (Boston Globe)
'A big blessing': A year after injury, Daniil Miromanov grateful for opportunity with Flames (Calgary Sun)
Streaking Dallas Stars could mean trouble for rest of NHL this postseason (Dallas Morning News)
JJ Peterka's path to NHL helped the Sabres winger become a 'real scoring threat' (Buffalo News)
New Knights forward finds home: ‘We just kind of complete each other’ (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Penguins recall forward Sam Poulin from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Blackhawks turning NBC Sports Chicago Plus into cartoon network for a day (Chicago Sun-Times)