Hockey headlines for April 12, 2019

Friday, April 12, 2019

Capitals survive third-period scare, open Stanley Cup defense with 4-2 win over Carolina Hurricanes (Washington Post)
Leafs reverse the curse, for one game at least, with big Beantown win (Toronto Sun)
'Smitty! Smitty! Smitty!': Mike Smith leads Flames to Game 1 victory (Calgary Sun)
Jets buckle up for Game 2 (Winnipeg Sun)
Isles know they have to improve in Game 2 (New York Newsday)
Predators staring down history after Game 1 loss to Stars (The Tennessean)
Capitals re-sign fourth-line center Nic Dowd to three-year, $2.25 million deal (Washington Post)
The Best Maple Leafs Forward Might Not Be Who You Think He Is (New York Times)
Inside Lou Lamoriello’s master plan making Islanders noise (New York Post)
Devils keep Rangers guessing over pivotal NHL draft decision (New York Post)
Time to dream: How Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko fit for Devils and Rangers (NorthJersey.com)
Could Dan Bylsma, with his connections to GM Chuck Fletcher, become Flyers’ next coach? (Philly.com)
Maple Leafs top Bruins in Game 1 (Boston Globe)
Calgary Flames take Game 1 as goalie Mike Smith shuts down Avalanche (Denver Post)
A mistake on a power play was the beginning of the end (Boston Globe)
Capitals’ questioned penalty kill comes up big in Game 1 (Washington Times)
Bruins flat start really is a reason to panic (Boston Herald)
Steady Freddie Andersen has Leafs’ backs in Game 1 win over Bruins (Toronto Star)
Matthew Tkachuk agitates, scores and plays spoiler in Game 1 (Calgary Sun)
First Maple Leafs playoff series, perhaps of many, is what Tavares had in mind in signing with Toronto (Toronto Sun)
Penalty kill was key to defeating the Lightning (Columbus Dispatch)
Penguins forced to thrive in Long Island hornet’s nest (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
After 'stealing' a win, Blues want to be better in Game 2 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Golden Knights need to play with more discipline in Game 2 (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Lightning’s loss in playoff opener may be more serious than you think (Tampa Bay Times)
Penguins seek improvement from blue line in Game 2 vs. Islanders (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Blue Jackets’ start to playoffs eerily similar to last year (Columbus Dispatch)
Blues vow to be better in Game 2 (Winnipeg Free Press)
Jets Scheifele says hit on Binnington was unintentional (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Why Stars' Jason Dickinson doesn't think check from Nashville's Brian Boyle in Game 1 was malicious (Dallas Morning News)
Beauvillier doesn't practice, status uncertain for Game 2 (New York Newsday)
Lehner making Islanders' two-goalie system harder to stick to (New York Post)
Defense, special teams abandoned Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay Times)
Pulock, Pelech have developed into pivotal pair (New York Newsday)
Kuhnhackl's playoff experience a benefit to Isles (New York Newsday)
Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson grapples with sitting out playoff opener (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
NHL stage hasn’t been too big for young Alexandre Texier (Columbus Dispatch)
The defenseman Tampa Bay passed on six years ago came back to haunt the Lightning in Game 1 (Tampa Bay Times)
Artemi Panarin is back in Tampa Bay ... but still a Blue Jacket (Tampa Bay Times)
Bowman wouldn't mind seeing Seabrook tweak off-season program (Chicago Daily Herald)
Veterans Jason Zucker, Eric Staal, Zach Parise still vital to boosting Wild offense (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)