Hockey headlines for April 28, 2021

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Lightning clinch postseason spot with impressive offensive outing (Tampa Bay Times)
Playoff Panthers! Florida rallies past Predators to make long-awaited postseason return (Miami Herald)
Merzlikins' shutout ends Blue Jackets' skid (Columbus Dispatch)
Devils beat Flyers to snap 10-game losing streak (NorthJersey.com)
Daniel Sprong’s early goal, Vitek Vanecek’s shutout let the Caps welcome back fans with a win (Washington Post)
Joe Veleno makes debut, but Red Wings' offense listless in 1-0 shootout loss (Detroit News)
NHL and Turner Sports Reach 7-Year Media Rights Deal (New York Times)
Kirill Kaprizov's Wild life: 'Rink, home, sleep, travel, eat' (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Wild draft pick, ex-67 Marco Rossi continues agonizing wait for his COVID-19 fog to clear (Ottawa Citizen)
Bruins answer back, beat Penguins, 3-1 (Boston Herald)
Staal leads the way as Hurricanes finish road trip with 5-1 win over Dallas Stars (Raleigh News & Observer)
Brendan Smith turns into Rangers’ unsung hero (New York Post)
Florida Panthers score four goals in third period to beat the Nashville Predators 7-4 (The Tennessean)
‘A step behind’: Stars’ 5-1 loss in final regular season home game leaves questions about playoff push (Dallas Morning News)
Devils outlast Flyers, 6-4, and end their 10-game losing streak (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Isles shut out by Caps, get swept in three-game series (New York Newsday)
Penguins unable to replicate playoff-style defense in 3-1 loss to Bruins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Isles start Sorokin, and that was the plan all along (New York Newsday)
Stars’ Jason Robertson extends point streak to nine straight games, narrowing lead on rookie leader (Dallas Morning News)
Colin Blackwell shakes off soreness, plays against Sabres (New York Newsday)
Flyers defenseman Egor Zamula makes NHL debut, calls it ‘the best day of my life’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)
‘Like a little kid starting all over’: Mike Lange returning to Penguins’ booth for game against Bruins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Mugged Jets lose ID (Winnipeg Sun)
Injury ends Korpisalo's season for Blue Jackets (Columbus Dispatch)
Reilly Smith, Keegan Kolesar practice, but 2 others don’t (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Mike Smith having Vezina-type season for Edmonton Oilers (Edmonton Journal)
Foligno's adjustments to Maple Leafs coming as he builds chemistry with Matthews, Marner (Toronto Sun)
Canucks’ Jake Virtanen continues to confound, strives to salvage sorry season (Vancouver Province)
Keefe: Leafs' plan is to give Sandin 'more runway' for the young D-man to prove he belongs (Toronto Sun)
Ducks rookie defenseman Jamie Drysdale finding his comfort zone (Orange County Register)
Flames goalie prospect Parsons returns to Heat after long layoff (Calgary Sun)
Perry Pearn's coaching odyssey took him to Russia and back (Edmonton Journal)
Miroslav Frycer’s wild life included a defection and seven seasons in Toronto (Toronto Star)
Former Jets, Red Wings remember the emotionally draining final 25 years ago (Winnipeg Free Press)