Hockey headlines for January 26, 2018

Friday, January 26, 2018

Caps top Panthers on another milestone night for Alex Ovechkin (Washington Post)
Fill-ins help keep Bruins on a roll (Boston Globe)
Leafs thump Stars to make it back-to-back road wins heading into break (Toronto Sun)
Penguins roll into All-Star break with 6-3 win over Minnesota (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Alex DeBrincat, Anthony Duclair lead the way as Blackhawks snap four-game skid (Chicago Sun-Times)
Joe Thornton has surgery on right MCL, no timetable for return. So what now? (San Jose Mercury News)
Devils' Brian Boyle to replace Taylor Hall at All-Star Game (NJ.com)
Bruins’ Brad Marchand on suspension: ‘I let my teammates down’ (Boston Herald)
Jets expecting to take act to Finland next season (Winnipeg Free Press)
NHL's All-Star Skills Competition undergoes some changes (USA Today)
Construction on downtown Senators arena could start in 2019 (Globe & Mail)
Decades after Gretzky, hockey thriving in Golden State (Winnipeg Free Press)
These former players are on track to be the Panthers’ management team of the future (Miami Herald)
Vancouver hopes home is where the contract is for Sabres' Kane (Buffalo News)
Trade rumors don't bother Wings' Mike Green (Detroit Free Press)
Flames goalie Mike Smith treating family to trip to all-star game (Calgary Sun)
Ex-Red Wing Datsyuk to lead Russian Olympic hockey team (Detroit News)
Preds enter All-Star break with win (The Tennessean)
Force is with Blues in win against Avs (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Lightning tops Flyers (Tampa Bay Times)
Atkinson scores winning goal in first game back (Columbus Dispatch)
Rangers salvage final game of road trip with 6-5 win over Sharks (New York Daily News)
Isles hold to beat Golden Knights (New York Newsday)
Sabres' message after unreal road trip: 'This was no fluke' (Buffalo News)
Ryan Miller wins in relief as Ducks top Jets in shootout (Orange County Register)
Edmonton Oilers beat Calgary Flames in shootout thriller (Edmonton Sun)
Shorthanded Devils lose 3-0 to Predators (NorthJersey.com)
Avalanche loses at St. Louis in final game before all-star break (Denver Post)
Stars' five-game point streak snapped heading into the All-Star Break (Dallas Morning News)
Lightning snap Flyers' 4-game winning streak (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Overmatched Wild blown away by Penguins (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Blue Jackets push past Coyotes in 3rd period (Arizona Republic)
Second period dooms Sharks in loss to Rangers, first game without Thornton (San Jose Mercury News)
Golden Knights fall to Islanders 2-1 in final game before All-Star break (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Red Wings 'aren't good enough' in loss to Blackhawks (Detroit News)
Panthers head into All-Star break on three-game losing streak with loss to Capitals (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Jets drop 4-3 decision to Ducks in shootout to end road trip (Winnipeg Free Press)
Flames beaten by rival Oilers in shootout (Calgary Sun)
Condon allows late weak goal in latest Senators loss (Ottawa Citizen)
'Review this': Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid vents after scoring shootout winner (Edmonton Sun)
Miller enjoys bounce back game after being benched (New York Newsday)
Ian Cole returns to the Penguins' lineup with Matt Hunwick out (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Coming back to Pittsburgh is 'really special' for Matt Cullen (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Wild's Matt Cullen gets warm reception in Pittsburgh (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Penguins' Mike Sullivan lays it out: Matt Murray is top goalie (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Anthony Beauvillier goes from AHL to red-hot scorer for Islanders (New York Newsday)
Rangers claim enforcer Cody McLeod off waivers from Predators (New York Newsday)
Johannson remembered by former Flames farm club teammates (Calgary Sun)
Eddie Olczyk on cancer: 'I’m still scared to death, that’s for sure' (Chicago Tribune)