Hockey headlines for March 3, 2020

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Oilers explode in third period to smash Nashville Predators (Edmonton Sun)
Red Wings' snowball of futility keeps rolling downward, skid hits 6 after 2-1 loss to Avalanche (Detroit News)
Report: Sharks, Radim Simek agree to new four-year deal (San Jose Mercury News)
Senators' goaltender Marcus Hogberg leaves team for personal reasons (Ottawa Sun)
Edmonton Oilers welcome Kailer Yamamoto's return to lineup (Edmonton Sun)
As Blues hit the stretch run, it's all about the East (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Bruins defense turns corner after rough stretch (Boston Herald)
Blue Jackets’ comeback stuns even coach John Tortorella (Columbus Dispatch)
Barry Trotz says Islanders need to 'stay in the fight' (New York Newsday)
Despite Anton Khudobin’s excellent season, Rick Bowness says Ben Bishop is still the Stars top goalie (Dallas Morning News)
Blue Jackets’ Josh Anderson has shoulder surgery, is out four to six months (Columbus Dispatch)
Penguins' Dominik Simon week-to-week with upper-body injury (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
San Jose Sharks lose another defenseman to injury (San Jose Mercury News)
It's another injury for Red Wings, but Jeff Blashill is used to adjusting on the fly (Detroit News)
Morrissey eager to suit up vs. Sabres after missing last four games (Winnipeg Free Press)
Rielly, Ceci join Leafs for practice with eye toward returning next week (Toronto Sun)
Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin, John Marino close to returning (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Good news for bedraggled Sabres: Victor Olofsson, Linus Ullmark return to practice (Buffalo News)
Corey Crawford likes the new view from top perch (Chicago Daily Herald)
Little rest in store for heavy-duty Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Free Press)
'Going to be a lot of fun': Flames trade deadline acquisitions looking forward to playing in front of new home crowd (Calgary Herald)
Matthews putting more tricks in his bag as his goals continue to mount for Leafs (Toronto Sun)
Ryan Strome’s Rangers punishment is short-lived (New York Post)
In new situation with Flyers, Derek Grant building on career season (South Jersey Courier-Post)
Ryan Murray makes immediate impact upon return to Blue Jackets’ lineup (Columbus Dispatch)
Ducks’ Rickard Rakell sticking to script despite 14-game goal drought (Orange County Register)
Nicolas Roy earns promotion to 2nd line with Mark Stone injured (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
DiGiuseppe gets rave reviews in place of injured Kreider (New York Newsday)
Red Wings’ Anthony Mantha can build momentum with strong finish (MLive.com)
Penguins assign Zach Trotman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Detroit Red Wings' Timashov finally allowed to play in U.S., gets down to business (Detroit Free Press)
New Sharks defenseman explains how he became Joe Thornton’s houseguest (San Jose Mercury News)