Hockey headlines for February 18, 2020

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Lightning set franchise record with 11th straight win (Tampa Bay Times)
Capitals’ road trip ends with another thud in a 3-2 loss to the Golden Knights (Washington Post)
Kings trade Tyler Toffoli to Canucks for two players and two draft picks (Los Angeles Times)
Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen to miss “weeks” with upper-body injury suffered in overtime loss to Lightning (Denver Post)
Ducks, left wing Nicolas Deslauriers find comfort zone with 2-year extension (Orange County Register)
Sabres suspend Zach Bogosian for failure to report to Rochester (Buffalo News)
Bouwmeester comes home; postponed game rescheduled for March 11 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Character players are in short supply in today’s NHL, and they’re not filling the pipeline either (Toronto Star)
Edmonton Oilers starting to make believers of skeptics (Edmonton Sun)
Oilers' Leon Draisaitl should be getting more Hart Trophy consideration (Edmonton Sun)
Ex-Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson taking AHL’s reins (Columbus Dispatch)
'I can hold my head high,' Boudreau says of his Wild tenure (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Now that Wild GM Bill Guerin has put team on notice, who could be next? (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Devils’ recent trades could entice Blackhawks to be sellers at deadline (Chicago Sun-Times)
Travis Zajac 'isn't going anywhere' as NJ Devils sell ahead of NHL trade deadline (NorthJersey.com)
Frustrated Kings fans keep perspective: ‘We saw some really cool stuff happen’ (Los Angeles Times)
Golden Knights hold on to beat Capitals (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Conor Garland scores 20th goal in Arizona Coyotes’ win over Islanders (Arizona Republic)
Isles finally score, still fall to Coyotes for third straight loss (New York Newsday)
Flames end home-ice skid with comeback against Ducks (Calgary Sun)
Ducks allow five third-period goals, cough up lead in loss to Calgary Flames (Orange County Register)
Miscues cost depleted Sharks in loss to Florida Panthers (San Jose Mercury News)
Mangiapane checks first NHL hat trick off list (Calgary Sun)
Lightning and Avalanche get emotional, physical in third period (Tampa Bay Times)
Brenden Dillon emotional as trade deadline approaches (San Jose Mercury News)
Bruins currently at their best (Boston Herald)
Canadiens refuse to give up hope of making the playoffs (Montreal Gazette)
As in-game troubles mount, Leafs trying to find ways to get back on course (Toronto Sun)
Red Wings’ scorers aren’t scoring, complicating severe offensive drought (Detroit News)
Canadiens' Shea Weber makes a quick recovery from ankle injury (Montreal Gazette)
Nolan Patrick still confident he’ll play this season for Flyers (South Jersey Courier-Post)
Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson still has critics, but he’s more comfortable in Year 2 (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
How Ryan Carpenter has helped turn around the Blackhawks’ penalty kill (Chicago Sun-Times)
Lindgren does his pest work bugging Rangers' opponents (New York Newsday)
On the heels of Miro Heiskanen, the Stars have another teenage defenseman nearly ready to make an NHL impact (Dallas Morning News)