Puck News Here: Daily hockey headlines

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Hurricanes survive Ottawa’s desperate push, sweep Senators from 2026 NHL playoffs (Raleigh News & Observer)
Penguins stay alive in series with 4-2 win in Philadelphia (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Matt Boldy plays OT hero as Wild even their playoff series (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Kings searching for answers as Scott Wedgewood, Avalanche eye sweep in first round of NHL Playoffs (Denver Post)
Flyers’ comeback falls short as Penguins win 4-2 to push series back to Pittsburgh (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Marcus Foligno gets the last laugh as Stars' 5-on-5 issues prove costly in Game 4 loss (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Ottawa Senators refuse to go quietly into the off-season in Game 4 loss to Hurricanes (Ottawa Sun)
Flyers star goalie Dan Vladař shoulders the blame after a rare shaky start in Game 4: ‘We’re good.’ (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Arturs Silovs starting Game 4 for Penguins as they try to avoid sweep against Flyers (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Captain Brady Tkachuk held pointless for fourth straight game as Senators get swept by Hurricanes (Ottawa Sun)
Minnesota’s minutes man: Quinn Hughes eating up playoff ice time (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Hockey frenemies: They fight, they slash, they check, they chirp ... and then meet in the hallway to say hello (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Kings trying to fend off elimination, one game at a time (Los Angeles Times)
Ducks look to keep pressure on Oilers in back-and-forth series (Orange County Register)
If the Edmonton Oilers don't wake up, it's going to be a short series (Edmonton Sun)
In Game 3, the Utah Mammoth showed their stars can compete with the best (Salt Lake Tribune)
Changes are indeed on deck for Bruins in Game 4 (Boston Herald)
Utah’s top players have delivered. Golden Knights need theirs to do same in Game 4 (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A reason to be optimistic about the Lightning power play (Tampa Bay Times)
'They're going to be fine': St. Louis brushes off top line's struggles as Canadiens seek series stranglehold (Montreal Gazette)
Tortorella calls Golden Knights power play ‘too deliberate’ after quiet Game 3 (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Avalanche’s Josh Manson ‘unlikely’ for Game 4, Nick Blankenburg likely to make NHL Playoffs debut (Denver Post)
Plenty of places to point fingers, but not at Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay Times)
If Ingram starts Game 4 for Oilers, he should be on a short leash: Fuhr (Edmonton Sun)
After big playoff debut, Noah Ostlund gets a slot on Sabres' struggling power play (Buffalo News)