Hockey headlines for February 29, 2020

Saturday, February 29, 2020

Golden Knights top Sabres in goalie Robin Lehner’s debut (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Kreider suffers broken foot in loss to Flyers (New York Newsday)
Wild keeps shooting, keeps scoring, keeps winning big (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Detroit Red Wings owner supports Jeff Blashill, but coach's fate rests with Steve Yzerman (Detroit Free Press)
Golden Knights’ purchase of AHL franchise becomes official (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Islanders near Nassau Coliseum decision for playoffs, next season (New York Post)
David Ayres’s wild, wonderful and wacky week (Globe & Mail)
Claude Giroux, Jake Voracek carry Flyers to fifth straight win and reach last season’s victory total (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Ducks hang on to beat Penguins despite illnesses and injuries (Orange County Register)
Hurricanes rally in third but Avalanche pulls out 3-2 victory (Raleigh News & Observer)
Rematch even worse than the original for Jackets (Columbus Dispatch)
Penguins' losing streak alive and kicking (them) with 3-2 loss to Anaheim (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Rangers’ Pavel Buchnevich struggles in return from car accident (New York Post)
Goalie Carter Hart shuts down the Rangers to win again at home (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Capitals leaning on veteran experience in an increasingly light-hearted room (Washington Post)
Quest for the NHL playoffs: Edmonton Oilers control their own fate down the stretch (Edmonton Sun)
Penalty-kill's rise from the ashes fuels Jets' plan to March into playoffs (Winnipeg Free Press)
Golden Knights’ Mark Stone sidelined with lower-body injury (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Couture makes good on wish to help out struggling Sharks after injury (San Jose Mercury News)
Acciari hits 20-goal mark. Could bigger role be in store for Panthers’ ‘repair man?’ (Miami Herald)
Healthy Athanasiou resumes first line audition (Edmonton Sun)
Kapanen or Scrapanen, the Maple Leafs are getting the jolt they needed (Toronto Star)
Dominik Kubalik should’ve been on the Blackhawks’ top power-play unit long ago (Chicago Sun-Times)
Sharks’ Aaron Dell on getting past trade deadline: “I’m glad I’m still here” (San Jose Mercury News)
Sean Kuraly has no problem winging it (Boston Herald)
Don't forget Dunn: Blues defenseman continues to make his mark (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Anders Bjork learning lessons with Bruins (Boston Herald)
Isles loan Ho-Sang to Blues' affiliate in San Antonio (New York Newsday)
Cherry Hill’s Bobby Ryan starts a new life…again (South Jersey Courier-Post)