Hockey headlines for February 24, 2020

Monday, February 24, 2020

Capitals show signs of life in 5-3 win over rival Penguins (Washington Post)
Golden Knights beat Ducks in OT for 6th straight win (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Blues do what’s needed, beat Wild for fourth straight win (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Connor McDavid returns to lead Oilers past the Kings (Edmonton Journal)
Capitals acquire veteran winger Ilya Kovalchuk from the Canadiens (Washington Post)
Red Wings deal Mike Green to Oilers for Kyle Brodziak, draft pick (Detroit News)
Lightning sign former Sabres defenseman Zach Bogosian (Tampa Bay Times)
St. Louis Blues will be Wild's Winter Classic opponent (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
A day in his honour, stick in the Hall of Fame, booked on The Today Show. It’s good to be David Ayres (Toronto Star)
Emergency goalie David Ayres an unlikely star: 'I could not ask for much more' (Toronto Sun)
Rangers running out of time to extend Kreider (New York Newsday)
Wild captain Mikko Koivu won’t waive his no-move clause (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Red Wings’ Andreas Athanasiou awaits fate on trade deadline day (MLive.com)
Keeping Jean-Gabriel Pageau remains a priority with decisions to make ahead of trade deadline (Ottawa Sun)
The other Rangers winger who could be hot trade commodity (New York Post)
Dubas can add if he wants, but it's on the Leafs core that will remain to right the ship (Toronto Sun)
Numerous Blackhawks potentially on the move at NHL trade deadline Monday (Chicago Sun-Times)
Kings may have already made their biggest trades as NHL deadline approaches (Los Angeles Daily News)
Should sizzling Flyers stand pat at trade deadline, or is that a decision they would regret? (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Here is every move Flames GM Brad Treliving has made at trade deadline (Calgary Herald)
Blue Jackets likely quiet on trade deadline day. But then again... (Columbus Dispatch)
The Lightning try not to think about trade deadline uncertainty (Tampa Bay Times)
Avalanche sweeps two-game SoCal trip with shootout victory at L.A. Kings (Denver Post)
Stars regain their identity in a defensive battle against the Blackhawks (Dallas Morning News)
Islanders handle Sharks for needed playoff boost (New York Post)
Kyle Okposo scores twice, delivers strong defensive performance in Sabres win (Buffalo News)
Flames beat Red Wings to open road trip (Calgary Herald)
McDavid shines in return from injury, Oilers hold off Kings (Los Angeles Daily News)
Ducks center Derek Grant sits out OT loss to Vegas with trade deadline near (Orange County Register)
Offense sputters again as Sharks lose to Islanders (San Jose Mercury News)
Blackhawks’ losing ways continue against staunch Stars, but Lucas Carlsson’s debut a bright spot (Chicago Sun-Times)
Wild's momentum squelched by Blues (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
'It's not fun': Red Wings come up short against Flames as trade deadline looms (Detroit News)
Sluggish Jets lose snails' race 2-1 to Sabres (Winnipeg Sun)
Unselfish Lee passes up hat trick by passing to Bailey (New York Newsday)
Dominik Kahun scratched again after testing injury in warmups (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Change seems imminent, but how active will Doug Wilson be? (San Jose Mercury News)
David Backes pleased to be with the Ducks instead of against them after trade (Orange County Register)
Disappointed with trade, Eakin still happy to be in the playoff fight with Jets (Winnipeg Sun)
The more Predators coach John Hynes changes lines, the more his lines stay the same (The Tennessean)
Islanders likely bringing back two-goalie plan (New York Post)
Improved play from the Leafs has to start with Andersen (Toronto Sun)
Golden Knights recall forward Patrick Brown from AHL (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Hurricanes recall goalies Nedeljkovic, Forsberg, face other trade deadline decisions (Raleigh News & Observer)
Penguins waive forward Andrew Agozzino (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Tuesday to be ‘David Ayres Day’ in Raleigh in honor of Zamboni driver/goalie (Raleigh News & Observer)