Thursday, April 5, 2018
- Ducks take coach’s words to heart, land playoff spot for sixth straight season (Los Angeles Times)
- Blues end home slate with a loss (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- Kings clinch playoff spot with Blackhawks’ win over Blues (Los Angeles Daily News)
- Sabres seal their dubious fate: last place in NHL (Buffalo News)
- Flyers control their playoff destiny, but have little margin for error (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- How can the Panthers make the playoffs? These are the ways Florida can earn a berth (Miami Herald)
- For Bruins, resting players less important that winning East (Boston Herald)
- Goaltending, gators, golf clubs and grocery stores: Roberto Luongo stories at 1,000 NHL games (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- Mathew Barzal, Star Rookie of the New York Islanders, on His Style Goals (New York Times)
- Joel Quenneville still hasn't discussed his future with Blackhawks brass (Chicago Tribune)
- Tavares: No assurances but hopes ‘it all works out’ with Isles (New York Newsday)
- Why Taylor Hall is a Hart Trophy favorite, according to his Devils teammates (NorthJersey.com)
- Rotating goalies has rarely worked in the NHL playoffs, but Caps will consider it (Washington Post)
- Duncan Keith, Blackhawks deliver devastating blow to Blues’ playoff hopes (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Sens sticks it to the Sabres to snap road skid (Ottawa Sun)
- Senators aren't sure if Erik Karlsson will play again this season (Ottawa Sun)
- Mike Sullivan, repeatedly, to Penguins: 'We have to be stingier defensively' (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- Gerard Gallant’s playoff plan includes resting key Golden Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Josh Anderson says he’s ready to return from knee injury (Columbus Dispatch)
- Injured Dermott likely to play in Maple Leafs' regular-season finale (Toronto Sun)
- Ovechkin ‘day-to-day’ after crashing into boards (Washington Times)
- Mark Barberio might return and bolster the Avalanche’s D-corps (Denver Post)
li>Lightning’s Andrei Vasilevskiy returns to form in record-setting win (Tampa Bay Times)
- Time is running out for Maple Leafs' Andersen to find peak form (Toronto Sun)
- Oilers goalie feels this disappointing season is an anomaly (Edmonton Journal)
- Knights’ Subban prepares for wrap-up role with playoffs in sights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Playoff-bound Kings have solid backup in Jack Campbell (Los Angeles Daily News)
- Mats Zuccarello is banged up but not calling it quits (New York Post)
- Zach Parise's recent outburst of goals balances offense (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- In his final season, Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin not slowing down (Orange County Register)
- Marleau's value can't be measured: Maple Leafs' Babcock (Toronto Sun)
- Jake Gardiner, Morgan Rielly give Maple Leafs a 50-50 shot (Toronto Star)
- Tanev looking forward to post-season crash-filled bash (Winnipeg Free Press)
- Alec Martinez will get asked to do even more for Kings' banged-up defense unit (Los Angeles Times)
- Gersich’s instincts have him In mix for playoffs (Washington Times)
- Red Wings reassign Evgeny Svechnikov, Joe Hicketts to Griffins (MLive.com)
- Jets expect playoff ticket rush, issue warning (Winnipeg Sun)
- Names of 1961 Blackhawks among those being removed from Stanley Cup (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Nashville Predators fan mails catfish to NHL (The Tennessean)