Hockey headlines for February 26, 2020

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Rangers take down Islanders in pivotal overtime thriller (New York Post)
Ovechkin scores 701st career goal, shootout winner as Capitals beat Jets (Washington Times)
Alain Vigneault ties for 10th in wins as Flyers top Sharks (South Jersey Courier-Post)
Predators back in playoff position for first time since November (The Tennessean)
David Ayres sounds warning siren for Canes but Stars win game 4-1 (Raleigh News & Observer)
Capitals will not play a regular season game in Russia next season (Washington Post)
Avalanche GM Joe Sakic on trade deadline additions: “We love the chemistry in our dressing room” (Denver Post)
Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman opts to look to the future with deadline trades of Robin Lehner and Erik Gustafsson: ‘There’s no question we’re positioned better down the road’ (Chicago Inquirer)
Patrick Marleau 'grateful' for chance to earn elusive Stanley Cup with Penguins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
It’s been hectic for Islanders’ deadline prize Jean-Gabriel Pageau (New York Post)
Conor Sheary excited to team up with Sidney Crosby and the Penguins again (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Sabres' new acquisition Wayne Simmonds 'can't wait to get started' (Buffalo News)
Blackhawks already miss goalie Robin Lehner’s big personality, honest voice (Chicago Sun-Times)
Dominik Kahun surprised by trade from Penguins, happy to play for Sabres (Buffalo News)
Wild star Zach Parise on trade that never happened: ‘A pretty stressful day’ (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Nick Holden says his priority was to stay with Golden Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Any Pietrangelo deal will likely wait until after the season (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Sonny Milano scores twice in his Ducks’ debut, including the OT winner (Orange County Register)
Youth leads the way in Stars 4-1 dispatching of the Hurricanes (Dallas Morning News)
Veteran presence: Staal, Koivu lead Wild to victory over Columbus (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Blues win a thriller, 6-5 over Blackhawks (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Cory Schneider earns 1st win as Devils down Red Wings; John Hayden ejected after defending Jack Hughes (NJ.com)
Green turns red to help ignite rally for victory (Vancouver Province)
Leafs upset Bolts, lose Muzzin (Toronto Sun)
Flames make statement with win in Boston (Calgary Sun)
Arizona Coyotes suffer blow in standings with loss to Florida Panthers (Arizona Republic)
Logan Couture returns, but Sharks’ road woes continue (San Jose Mercury News)
Despite Duncan Keith’s 100th goal, Blackhawks again collapse against Blues (Chicago Sun-Times)
Third-period rush not enough for weary Jackets (Columbus Dispatch)
Canadiens' inability to hold lead strikes again in OT loss to Canucks (Montreal Gazette)
Lightning lose third in a row for the first time this season (Tampa Bay Times)
Game of two truths ends with Jets claiming one point against Capitals (Winnipeg Sun)
Bruins fall to Flames in return home (Boston Herald)
Bobby Ryan's return to lineup not enough to lift Senators past Predators (Ottawa Sun)
Detroit Red Wings have another tough outing vs. New Jersey Devils, 4-1 (Detroit Free Press)
Tyler Ennis and Andreas Athanasiou both contribute but Oilers lose (Edmonton Journal)
Anton Khudobin’s 40-save game in Carolina has the Stars goalie in elite territory among NHL netminders (Dallas Morning News)
Newest Islander is biggest bright spot in tough loss (New York Post)
Lightning get Erik Cernak back without the defenseman missing a game (Tampa Bay Times)
Trotz thought he'd win challenge of third-period goal (New York Newsday)
Jets praise Ovie's excellence (Winnipeg Free Press)
Golden Knights will use final 18 games to evaluate goalies (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Kailer Yamamoto joins the walking wounded on Oilers (Edmonton Journal)
Brian Dumoulin, John Marino return to Penguins practice (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Ducks’ Troy Terry sent to San Diego Gulls to lead chase for AHL playoff berth (Orange County Register)
Penguins recall Sam Lafferty from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Ayres lives out the dream of Canes’ emergency goalie at PNC Arena (Raleigh News & Observer)