Hockey headlines for February 17, 2019

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Nine is mighty fine as Blues extend streak (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Sharks top Canucks as Erik Karlsson returns to action (San Jose Mercury News)
Canes move into playoff wild-card spot by beating Stars (Raleigh News & Observer)
Bruins score twice late to beat Kings for fifth straight win (Boston Herald)
Andrei Vasilevskiy gets second straight shutout, sets team mark (Tampa Bay Times)
Canucks ship Sam Gagner to Oilers for Ryan Spooner (Vancouver Province)
How Scott Niedermayer turned the Anaheim Ducks into champions (Orange County Register)
For Islanders and Fans, There’s No Place Like Home, or Home (New York Times)
Lou Lamoriello knows all too well how tough trade deadline can be (New York Post)
Flyers acquire Carter Hart’s mentor, Cam Talbot, to give them ‘protection’ (Philly.com)
As trade deadline approaches several Preds know the uneasy feeling (The Tennessean)
Together again? Artemi Panarin could be on the move, and Patrick Kane would love to have him back with the Blackhawks (Chicago Tribune)
Roslovic, Appleton hope to stay put (Winnipeg Sun)
NHL players crave information as trade deadline nears (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Contracts, milestones and nostalgia: Much has changed since Auston Matthews' last Arizona visit (Arizona Republic)
The Leafs’ Auston Matthews keeps getting better because of his skating, not the home cooking (Toronto Star)
Josh Archibald rewards Coyotes in shutout win over Maple Leafs (Arizona Republic)
Islanders exit Brooklyn with win over Oilers (New York Newsday)
Golden Knights end 5-game home losing streak with 5-1 win (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Flames snap losing skid with high-tempo win over Penguins (Calgary Sun)
Panarin puts on show (Columbus Dispatch)
Travis Konecny’s goal gives Flyers a 6-5 OT win over Detroit (Philly.com)
Road warriors fight hard but take the loss in San Jose (Vancouver Province)
Lightning simply too good for Canadiens, beating them 3-0 (Montreal Gazette)
Senators down Jets 4-3 in OT (Winnipeg Free Press)
Return home for Leafs' Matthews memorable for all the wrong reasons (Toronto Sun)
Losses keep mounting as goals remain elusive for Oilers (Edmonton Journal)
Redirects torment Penguins, goalie Matt Murray in loss (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Matt Roy makes big call but Kings can’t answer bell in 4-2 loss to Bruins (Los Angeles Times)
Predators don't have much of a shot in loss to Vegas (The Tennessean)
Surging St. Louis Blues extend the Avalanche’s losing streak at home to six games (Denver Post)
Stars fail to overcome a pair of first-period goals in shutout loss to Carolina (Dallas Morning News)
Rough week for Blackhawks ends with 5-2 loss to Blue Jackets (Chicago Sun-Times)
Red Wings show 18 minutes of hell vs. Flyers. Here's what they learned (Detroit Free Press)
Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin hopes 2-goal game provides spark (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Stars forward Andrew Cogliano laments missed opportunities against Carolina: 'If they don't go in, they don't mean anything' (Dallas Morning News)
Justin Schultz returns to Penguins lineup after missing 53 games (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Fabbri back in lineup as Steen is out (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Canadiens' Jonathan Drouin says 'it's always cool' to be back in Tampa (Montreal Gazette)
Flames reckon with ups-and-downs of long road trip (Calgary Sun)
Boudreau looking at ‘whole lot of different things’ to get Wild back on track (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Capitals Coach Todd Reirden builds bonds with foreign players, a word and a meal at a time (Washington Post)
Kings defenseman Alec Martinez out 1 to 2 weeks (Los Angeles Daily News)
Kyle Okposo to join Sabres on road trip, Marco Scandella's status unknown (Buffalo News)
David Quinn: Brady Skjei is a game-time decision vs. Penguins (New York Newsday)
Blashill says Hronek will play, develop in return to Red Wings (Detroit News)
Kings call up defenseman Matt Roy, who looks to score (Los Angeles Daily News)
A Sabres season, a Senate setback and longing by long-distance : At home with the Housleys (Buffalo News)