Hockey headlines for April 10, 2024

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Capitals snap six-game skid with hard-fought win in Detroit (Washington Post)
Matthews on Route 66, heading for 70 goals, in Maple Leafs' win over Jersey (Toronto Sun)
Stars move one step closer to clinching Central Division with another come-from-behind win (Dallas Morning News)
Islanders hang on for crucial win over Rangers (New York Newsday)
Nashville Predators got what they needed to clinch playoff spot in 4-3 OT loss to Jets (The Tennessean)
Wild eliminated from playoff chase after thrashing by Avalanche (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Ducks deny Kings a chance to clinch playoff spot (Los Angeles Daily News)
Flyers drop eighth straight game in blowout loss at the Montreal Canadiens (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Canadiens sign Florian Xhekaj to NHL entry-level contract (Montreal Gazette)
Connor McDavid misses practices, possibly games with lower-body injury (Edmonton Sun)
Devils superstar out for season (NJ.com)
Nathan MacKinnon eviscerates Wild defense in much-needed Avalanche victory (Denver Post)
Carolina spanks the Bruins on the road, 4-1 (Boston Herald)
Panthers shut out Senators, near home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs (Miami Herald)
Shane Wright scores again, Philipp Grubauer makes 39 saves as Kraken blank Coyotes (Arizona Republic)
‘A dream come true’: Flames rookie Wolf earns win in hometown (Calgary Sun)
Quinn issues warning as Sharks’ status as NHL’s worst team could be cemented soon (San Jose Mercury News)
Islanders-Rangers game ends with controversy with Vincent Trocheck irate over no-call (New York Post)
Flyers captain Sean Couturier returns for a crucial game against the Canadiens (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Red Wings’ Andrew Copp suffers broken cheekbone on missed high-sticking call (MLive.com)
Adam Pelech hit on Mika Zibanejad ‘accidental’ not intentional: Patrick Roy (New York Post)
Rangers’ Peter Laviolette furious over ‘vicious’ hits in loss to Islanders (New York Post)
Adam Larsson’s ironman streak with Kraken comes to end for best possible reason (Arizona Republic)
Injured Thatcher Demko and Elias Lindholm skate, prepare for return to lineup (Vancouver Province)
Injured Blake Wheeler unlikely to return in playoffs for Rangers (New York Post)
Blues defenseman Justin Faulk likely out for rest of regular season with upper-body injury (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
The adrenaline rush is over for Avalanche center Casey Mittelstadt. Now the finishing touches on settling in remain (Denver Post)
Knights’ new forward says ‘I know I will be better’ after debut (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Connor Bedard goes back to center with Lukas Reichel on his line — but is that where the Chicago Blackhawks rookie belongs? (Chicago Inquirer)
Blackhawks’ Andreas Athanasiou nearing end of brief, disappointing season with one goal in hand (Chicago Sun-Times)
Penguins prospects Emil Jarventie, Kalle Kangas join Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)