Hockey headlines for March 17, 2018

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Predators clinch playoff spot, increase lead in NHL standings by toppling Avalanche (The Tennessean)
Braden Holtby gets back into win column in Capitals’ fourth straight (Washington Post)
Kane’s four-goal game charges Sharks to victory over Flames (San Jose Mercury News)
Vegas baby! Hometown kid Jason Zucker leads Wild past Golden Knights (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Canadiens' Carey Price hoping to play again this season (Montreal Gazette)
Bruins’ David Backes won’t face additional discipline for hit (Boston Globe)
St. Patrik's Day: Jets sniper quietly sets teen scoring streak standard (Winnipeg Sun)
Patrick Kane leading by example on the ice for Blackhawks (Chicago Tribune)
Ducks show plenty of fight in handling Red Wings (Orange County Register)
Senators shoot down Stars in overtime (Ottawa Sun)
Wild hand Golden Knights fourth straight home loss, 4-2 (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Islanders continue slide with another loss to Capitals (New York Newsday)
Avalanche loses to Western Conference-leading Predators (Denver Post)
How costly was the Stars OT loss to the Senators (Dallas Morning News)
Red Wings show fight in loss at Anaheim, 4-2 (Detroit Free Press)
Flames in deep water now after loss to Sharks (Calgary Herald)
Capitals’ Evgeny Kuznetsov leaves game early with undisclosed upper-body injury (Washington Post)
Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie extends points streak to nine games (Denver Post)
Wild winger Jason Zucker relishes Las Vegas homecoming (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Zucker family enjoys homecoming as son faces Golden Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Depth at forward fuels offensive resurgence (Columbus Dispatch)
Fading Flyers searching for consistency, better starts as playoff race tightens (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Amid all the losses, Blackhawks are trying to reinforce a ‘winning culture’ (Chicago Sun-Times)
The Senators will take no chances with Chris Wideman's return from serious injury (Ottawa Sun)
Forsberg, Berube in a battle of the backups for Blackhawks (Chicago Daily Herald)
Inconsistency mars Coreau’s return with Red Wings (Detroit News)
Rebuilding Rangers want to ‘find out about’ goalie Alexandar Georgiev (New York Daily News)
Giroux, Flyers formidable in faceoff circle (Philadelphia Daily News)
Penguins' trio of Carl Hagelin, Patric Hornqvist and Evgeni Malkin fueling recent surge (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
JVR puts his mind to work on goals (Toronto Sun)
Cam Atkinson steps up play in stretch drive (Columbus Dispatch)
Make no mistake, Jake Muzzin is a key cog for the Kings' defense (Los Angeles Times)
Bryan Rust brings a jolt of life to the Penguins' third line (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Spooner: 'I'm lucky to be here' with Rangers (New York Newsday)
Kings’ Paul LaDue makes the most of his minutes (Los Angeles Daily News)
Rattie sees opening in quest to stick with Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
Pavel Buchnevich's transition to life in US just got easier (New York Post)
Panthers, Dale Tallon open to Henrik Borgstrom joining the team this season (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)