Hockey headlines for March 27, 2018

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Golden Knights clinch playoff berth in first season (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Isles eliminated from playoff contention with loss (New York Newsday)
Calgary Flames eliminated from playoff contention by Los Angeles Kings (Calgary Herald)
Sabres, Jack Eichel end Leafs’ home win streak (Toronto Star)
Panthers keep up the pace to stay in the playoff race (Miami Herald)
Devils' Johansson rips Marchand for violent hit (NorthJersey.com)
Golden Knights owner happy to have his plans altered (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Sabres spinning wheels in rebuilding phase but hope is on the horizon (Toronto Sun)
Sabres' Botterill: Learning in NHL now will help Mittelstadt, team later (Buffalo News)
Kris Letang is Penguins nominee for 2018 Masterton Trophy (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Canadiens goaltender Antti Niemi nominated for Masterton trophy (Montreal Gazette)
Claude Giroux, feeling like 'just a kid playing hockey,' is Flyers' Masterton nominee (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Capitals score early and often, ease past Rangers for eighth win in nine games (Washington Post)
How the Sharks went from downward spiral to the hottest team in NHL (San Jose Mercury News)
Kings use three power-play goals to douse Flames (Los Angeles Daily News)
Foegele stars in NHL debut as Hurricanes top Senators (Raleigh News & Observer)
Lightning suffers loss to bottom-dweller Coyotes (Tampa Bay Times)
Rangers' prospects make noise in otherwise ugly loss to Capitals (New York Post)
'Step backward'; Red Wings' woes mount in loss to Canadiens (Detroit News)
Ejdsell solid in debut; Chicago Blackhawks fall in shootout (Chicago Daily Herald)
Depleted Senators unable to keep pace with Hurricanes (Ottawa Citizen)
Lightning needs Stamkos healthy for the long haul (Tampa Bay Times)
Cizikas sits out with upper-body injury (New York Newsday)
Detroit Red Wings prospect Joe Hicketts earns another audition (Detroit Free Press)
Avalanche defenseman Mark Alt was a standout quarterback in high school before choosing hockey (Denver Post)
Wings’ Ouellet feels at home back in Montreal (Detroit News)
For the Foegele family, the hugs were worth the wait (Raleigh News & Observer)
Success of Leafs’ power play could be limiting opportunities (Toronto Star)
Randy Carlyle ‘lit a fire’ under Ducks before comeback at Edmonton (Orange County Register)
Trouba OKed for contact (Winnipeg Free Press)
Has Rick Nash played his last game as a Bruin? (Boston Globe)
Braden Holtby progressing from injury, but Philipp Grubauer to make third straight start (Washington Post)
Henrik Lundqvist is doing all he can to return to net this week (New York Post)
Injury will shelve Foligno for 2-4 weeks (Columbus Dispatch)
Hellebuyck hopes to continue making it look easy (Winnipeg Free Press)
Matt Murray isn't sweating those high shot totals (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Hutton returns to Blues — but Allen is hot (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
One of most important things Stars franchise might do this season involves backup goalie Mike McKenna (Dallas Morning News)
Riley Sheahan nearly went goal-less last season. He's doing a lot better now. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Much glee for Oilers' Ethan Bear after he scores his first NHL goal (Edmonton Journal)
'Dynamic' Sikura gives Chicago Blackhawks fans reason to be excited for final 5 games (Chicago Daily Herald)
Predators prospect Eeli Tolvanen parts with KHL team (The Tennessean)
Panthers sign 2016 first-round pick Henrik Borgstrom to three-year entry-level contract (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Ducks sign Troy Terry to entry-level deal (Los Angeles Times)
Red Wings use final recall on defenseman Joe Hicketts (MLive.com)
Wild ready to put newly signed Jordan Greenway to work (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Kings coach John Stevens enjoys light moment when his son Nolan signs with the St. Louis Blues (Los Angeles Times)
Officials: Housing part of complex plan near Nassau Coliseum (New York Newsday)
How the Flyers connect fathers and sons will be theme of 'The Goldbergs' (Philadelphia Inquirer)