Hockey headlines for March 26, 2023

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Bruins beat Lightning to clinch Atlantic Division title at TD Garden (Boston Globe)
Wild turn it on late to beat 'Hawks, take Central Division lead (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Kings match franchise record with victory over Jets (Los Angeles Daily News)
Hurricanes find way past Maple Leafs to earn two big points as playoff race heats up (Raleigh News & Observer)
Kid Line propels Rangers past Panthers (New York Post)
Edmonton Oilers suffer costly loss in showdown with Vegas Golden Knights (Edmonton Sun)
‘We’re here to win’: Devils clinch long-awaited postseason berth, officially end dismal rebuild (NJ.com)
Potential buyers could be in the stands this week watching the Ottawa Senators (Ottawa Sun)
Evgeni Malkin's late goal, Casey DeSmith's stellar play lift Penguins over Capitals (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Eeli Tolvanen fittingly gives Kraken breathing room with two goals in crucial win over Predators (Seattle Times)
Aggressive play sparks Vancouver's short-handed goal trend (Vancouver Province)
Carter Hart’s 3-0 shutout vs. the Detroit Red Wings extends the Flyers’ winning streak to three games (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Harvey-Pinard becomes Bell Centre darling in whitewash 8-2 win over Columbus (Montreal Gazette)
Another lame Isles effort results in shutout loss to Sabres (New York Newsday)
Aho's late goal lifts Hurricanes past Maple Leafs 5-3 despite two from red-hot Auston Matthews (Toronto Sun)
Hollow performance in Hollywood (Winnipeg Free Press)
Panthers blow two-goal lead to Rangers, as ill-timed losing streak hits three games (Miami Herald)
Erik Karlsson sets team record as Sharks lose ninth straight game (San Jose Mercury News)
Former Nashville Predator Eeli Tolvanen scores 2 in Kraken victory on Pekka Rinne statue day (The Tennessean)
New Jersey Devils deliver difficult loss to Ottawa Senators in an entertaining Saturday show (Ottawa Citizen)
Stars unable to hold onto early lead without Jake Oettinger in loss to Canucks (Dallas Morning News)
Caps’ comeback goes for naught as late turnover leads to loss to Penguins (Washington Post)
Blackhawks try Andreas Athanasiou at center in narrow loss to Wild (Chicago Sun-Times)
Nikita Nesterenko scores 1st NHL goal as Ducks fall to Blues (Orange County Register)
Power play fails reeling Detroit Red Wings in 3-0 loss at Philadelphia Flyers (Detroit Free Press)
Blue Jackets come out flat after big OT win, crushed by Canadiens (Columbus Dispatch)
Rangers' Kane scores 450th career goal (New York Newsday)
Matty Beniers ends scoreless drought, hits 50-point milestone for Kraken (Seattle Times)
Blue Jackets lose Merzlikins again to apparent injury, so now what? (Columbus Dispatch)
Islanders’ Samuel Bolduc sees limited time in turnover-plagued outing (New York Post)
How Pekka Rinne soaked in statue unveiling at Bridgestone Arena: 'That thing is massive' (The Tennessean)
Senators playoff hopes suffer blow with Jakob Chychrun injury (Ottawa Citizen)
Ducks’ Adam Henrique: ‘I want to be healthy going into the summer’ (Orange County Register)
Mikko Rantanen’s quest for 50: Avalanche teammates marvel at many ways the Moose scores his goals (Denver Post)
Sabres recall Lukas Rousek with Tage Thompson's status uncertain (Buffalo News)
Penguins reassign goalie Dustin Tokarski to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Jets sign Providence College captain Ford to two-year deal (Winnipeg Sun)
For many, Canucks’ pride jerseys are a must (Vancouver Province)