Hockey headlines for February 4, 2018

Sunday, February 4, 2018

Maple Leafs are no match for Bruins (Boston Globe)
Preds beat Rangers in front of record crowd (The Tennessean)
Zajac powers Devils to 3-1 win over Pens (NorthJersey.com)
Capitals’ T.J. Oshie fined $5,000 for cross-check on Pittsburgh’s Kris Letang (Washington Post)
Support grows for altering NHL playoff format (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Return of Corey Crawford still Blackhawks’ best chance to rally for playoff spot (Chicago Sun-Times)
George McPhee’s Golden Knights resemble Capitals team he built (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Kings recover from big embarrassment with rout over Coyotes (Los Angeles Times)
Hutton gets shutout as Blues edge Sabres (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Islanders get much-needed win over Columbus to stay in playoff hunt (New York Newsday)
Panthers beat Red Wings in final seconds, claim third straight win (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
How the Stars' 6-1 win over the Wild means more than bragging rights in growing feud (Dallas Morning News)
Lightning holds on for 4-2 win over Canucks (Tampa Bay Times)
Senators give up two-goal lead in third, but top Flyers in the shootout (Ottawa Sun)
Jets grind down Avalanche 3-0 (Winnipeg Free Press)
Flames snap losing skid (Calgary Herald)
Logan Shaw starts outburst as Canadiens roll past Ducks (Orange County Register)
Coyotes blasted by Kings in shutout (Arizona Republic)
Flyers come out flat, lose to Senators in a shootout (Philadelphia Daily News)
Game of inches leaves stunned Sabres singing the Blues (Buffalo News)
Rangers get beaten down in every way possible (New York Post)
Jackets suffer fourth defeat in five games (Columbus Dispatch)
Red Wings lose, 3-2, on controversial late goal (Detroit Free Press)
Penguins cooled off in 3-1 loss at New Jersey (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Avalanche shut out by Winnipeg in Semyon Varlamov’s return (Denver Post)
Dallas makes most of power plays to blow out Wild 6-1 (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Blackhawks fall to Flames 4-3 in overtime (Chicago Tribune)
Leafs sink deeper in the Atlantic with loss to Bruins (Toronto Star)
Mike Hoffman makes the right move in Senators victory (Ottawa Sun)
Rielly, Hainsey return, Holl, Borgman scratched as Leafs take on Bruins in Boston (Toronto Star)
Two Rangers get knocked out by head-hunting Predators (New York Post)
Rangers’ Cody McLeod plays against his former team for first time (New York Newsday)
Ducks’ Francois Beauchemin savors final game played in hometown (Orange County Register)
Boychuk better, but not yet ready (New York Newsday)
Mark Stone closing in on a return to Senators lineup from injury (Ottawa Sun)
Kings’ Drew Doughty at 100 goals, wants to catch Rob Blake (Los Angeles Daily News)
Sniper's instinct pulls Red Wings' Helm out of funk (Detroit News)
It’s a different kind of season for Hurricanes’ Skinner (Raleigh News & Observer)
Jujhar Khaira one of the few bright spots in disappointing Edmonton Oilers season (Edmonton Sun)
Panthers' Nick Bjugstad remains confident in game despite 15-game goal drought (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Harvard’s Wiley Sherman could prove a shrewd selection by the Bruins (Boston Herald)