Hockey headlines for April 14, 2023

Friday, April 14, 2023

Jonathan Toews scores in sendoff, but Blackhawks lose to Flyers in overtime (Chicago Sun-Times)
Bruins pick up 65th victory, will face Panthers in first round (Boston Herald)
Hurricanes win NHL’s Metro Division with 6-4 win over Panthers on final day of season (Raleigh News & Observer)
Leafs edge Rangers in season finale to finish with 50 wins (Toronto Star)
Lightning’s Brayden Point reaches 50-goal milestone in season finale (Tampa Bay Times)
Gaudreau gets five-year deal as Wild end regular season with loss (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog will miss Stanley Cup Playoffs due to knee injury: “It very well could linger into next year.” (Denver Post)
'This is it': Craig Anderson caps remarkable NHL career with 30 saves in Sabres OT win (Buffalo News)
Veteran forward Jets’ nominee for Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (Winnipeg Free Press)
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the Coyotes won't go anywhere if arena deal is approved (Arizona Republic)
Canada survives scare with Sweden to advance to semis of women’s world hockey championship (Toronto Star)
Wild's Dumba shaking off more talk of his uncertain future (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Evan Rodrigues’ goal keeps Avalanche alive to final day in Central Division race, but Avalanche’s 4-2 win over Winnipeg leaves two more players injured (Denver Post)
Stars close regular season with win but must wait for division fate, playoff match (Dallas Morning News)
Regular season for the ages has Oilers ready for the playoffs (Edmonton Sun)
Gaudreau's overtime goal lifts Blue Jackets to 3-2 win over Penguins (Columbus Dispatch)
Conor Garland's first hat-trick saves the day in season finale (Vancouver Province)
Panthers get Presidents’ Trophy-winning Bruins in Round 1 after loss in season finale (Miami Herald)
Jets Vegas-bound for first round (Winnipeg Sun)
Kraken close regular season with a 3-1 defeat, and still don’t know their playoff opponent (Seattle Times)
Adrian Kempe, Kings dismiss Ducks in regular-season finale, will face Edmonton in playoffs (Orange County Register)
Rangers drop finale, set for playoff showdown with Devils (New York Newsday)
Penguins lose to Blue Jackets in the season finale, ushering in an uncertain offseason (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
In Dallas, a quiet ending to a highly-disappointing Blues season (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Sliced up by Sabres: Senators drop season finale in overtime (Ottawa Sun)
With season-ending loss to Bruins, Canadiens cement 41.8% odds of a top-5 draft pick (Montreal Gazette)
Clayton Keller reaches franchise record, Coyotes bested by Canucks in overtime (Arizona Republic)
Capitals close season with a blown lead and a load of questions (Washington Post)
Detroit Red Wings end season with dud third period, lose at Lightning, 5-0 (Detroit Free Press)
The Senators close out the season with hope they'll be better next year (Ottawa Sun)
Stars forward Mason Marchment returns to lineup for regular-season finale (Dallas Morning News)
Vince Dunn named Kraken’s MVP for 2022-23 season (Seattle Times)
As the Caps season closes, a goalie from Curry College gets a surprise call (Washington Post)
Islanders get best-case scenario with Hurricanes in first round of playoffs (New York Post)
So many questions for Senators, including who will be charged with finding the answers (Ottawa Citizen)
Losing last five means Wings still have a chance at No. 1 NHL draft pick (Detroit Free Press)
Mike Sullivan reflects on lost season, backing Penguins' stars and vowing to improve (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Red Wings’ core, youth has Derek Lalonde excited about next season (MLive.com)
Kraken winger Burakovsky has surgery, will miss two or more playoff rounds (Seattle Times)
Sabres shut down Mattias Samuelsson for final two games because of injury (Buffalo News)
Canucks’ Andrei Kuzmenko cashes in an extra $850,000 for rookie season (Vancouver Province)
Maple Leafs sign university goalie to back up Woll in season finale in New York (Toronto Sun)
Ducks’ Lukas Dostal on World Championships: ‘Without a contract, I’m probably not going to go’ (Orange County Register)
Penguins assign defenseman Mark Friedman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Canucks put Noah Juulsen on waivers ahead of Abbotsford’s AHL Calder Cup playoffs push (Vancouver Province)
Phillips has been clutch for Flames’ farm club — and this AHL record proves it (Calgary Sun)