Hockey headlines for April 22, 2022

Friday, April 22, 2022

Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur dies at 70 (Montreal Gazette)
Florida Panthers beat Red Wings, tie franchise record with 12th victory in a row (Miami Herald)
Stars fall to the Flames as the grasp of a playoff spot continue to loosen (Dallas Morning News)
Fiala scores twice for Wild, who will face Blues in playoffs (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Andrew Copp’s hat trick propels Rangers past rival Islanders (New York Post)
Hurricanes come from behind again, beat Jets to keep pace with Rangers in division race (Raleigh News & Observer)
Lightning bring the boom in rout of Maple Leafs (Tampa Bay Times)
Wheeler shoulders blame for Jets’ subpar season (Winnipeg Free Press)
Blue Jackets 'excited' to face Colorado Avalanche in Finland next season (Columbus Dispatch)
Sharks in Europe: Hertl’s reaction, and what season-ticket holders need to know (San Jose Mercury News)
Steven Stamkos followed in Marty St. Louis’ path to become Lightning’s most prolific scorer (Tampa Bay Times)
New Canadiens management team welcomes back CH legends (Montreal Gazette)
Penguins' Casey DeSmith makes franchise-record 52 saves in shutout of Bruins (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Kings dispatch Blackhawks, move closer to playoff berth (Los Angeles Daily News)
Blues grind out 3-1 win over San Jose (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Flyers beat Canadiens, 6-3, and as a result cannot tie record for most losses in franchise history (Philadelphia Inquirer)
The wild ride is just about over (Vancouver Province)
Bruins blanked by Penguins, 4-0 (Boston Herald)
Sharks’ offense stifled by playoff-bound St. Louis Blues (San Jose Mercury News)
Blackhawks show ‘no energy, no emotion’ in blowout loss to Kings (Chicago Sun-Times)
Tampa Bay dominates Leafs in penalty-filled potential first round preview (Toronto Star)
Carey Price has rough outing as Canadiens lose seventh straight game (Montreal Gazette)
Comrie puts on heroic performance in Jets loss (Winnipeg Sun)
Jake Guentzel joins elite Penguins company with his second 40-goal year (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
With four assists, Panarin sets career-high with 96 points (New York Newsday)
Blackhawks’ Alex DeBrincat reaches 40-goal milestone as prolific season winds down (Chicago Sun-Times)
Linus Högberg slated to become ninth Flyers player to make NHL debut this season (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Barry Trotz says some of his players 'cheated the game' in loss to Rangers (New York Newsday)
Jon Cooper sees 'a hell of team' in Maple Leafs, but knows playoffs the true test (Toronto Sun)
With five games left, Capitals’ playoff foe still very much in the air (Washington Times)
Oilers rolling up wins while Colorado's home and cooled for playoffs (Edmonton Sun)
Penguins goalies Casey DeSmith, Louis Domingue each likely to see action by season's end (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Jakub Vrana’s goal-scoring pace bodes well for Red Wings’ future (MLive.com)
Defenseman hits ‘another level’ to fuel Knights’ playoff hopes (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rangers’ Braden Schneider preparing for first trip to ‘ramped up’ postseason (New York Post)
Sharks’ Reedy was rushed into lineup seven weeks ago. Here’s why he’s played in every game since (San Jose Mercury News)
Hurricanes assistant coach Jeff Daniels suffers injury when hit in the head by a puck (Raleigh News & Observer)
Sabres coach Don Granato says Amerks' playoff push is good for development (Buffalo News)
Former Leafs player traded hockey for crypto and found a new home on the other side of Bay Street (Toronto Star)