Hockey headlines for April 29, 2018

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Bruins keep their edge, rout Lightning in Game 1 (Boston Globe)
Couture nets double-OT winner as Sharks edge Golden Knights in Game 2 thriller (San Jose Mercury News)
Joy in Sabreland as Buffalo lands top pick in NHL Draft (Buffalo News)
Evgeni Malkin probable for Game 2 of Penguins-Capitals Sunday (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Preds’ Game 2 objective: Solve Hellebuyck (The Tennessean)
Hurricanes beat the odds, have No. 2 pick in 2018 NHL Draft (Raleigh News & Observer)
Canadiens get No. 3 overall pick in NHL Draft Lottery (Montreal Gazette)
Senators' Guy Boucher will state his case to management on Monday (Ottawa Sun)
Senators even suffer a loss in the NHL's draft lottery (Ottawa Sun)
Coyotes awarded No. 5 pick in NHL draft (Arizona Republic)
Red Wings will pick 6th in 2018 NHL draft (Detroit Free Press)
Blackhawks draw eighth pick in NHL draft lottery; Sabres nab top overall pick (Chicago Tribune)
Rangers fall to 9th after lottery but likely will try to trade up (New York Post)
Oilers will pick or trade the 10th selection in the NHL draft (Edmonton Journal)
Panthers remain with No. 15 pick after NHL draft lottery (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Blues lose draft lottery, so Flyers have two first-round picks (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Golden Knights fall 4-3 to Sharks in double OT (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Called off Knights’ goal ‘pretty clear’ interference to Sharks (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Interference calls overshadow Karlsson’s big game for Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rick Nash pumped up the Bruins and deflated the crowd (Boston Globe)
Golden Knights’ Bellemare stays with visor after Kane hit (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Boston’s top line was as good as advertised (Tampa Bay Times)
Lightning couldn’t match up with Bruins’ No. 1 line (Boston Globe)
'We can be quite a bit better': After stealing one, Jets plan on winning another (Winnipeg Free Press)
How the Capitals improved their defensive play in time for the postseason (Washington Post)
Washington Capitals coach Barry Trotz: 'You can't chase a matchup all the time' (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Perreault skates, closes in on return to active duty (Winnipeg Free Press)
Predators' Filip Forsberg using Stanley Cup playoffs as launching pad to stardom (The Tennessean)
Scheifele shining: Jets centre flourishing in second taste of Stanley Cup playoffs (Winnipeg Sun)
Dominik Simon having no problem fitting in on the second line (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Penguins call up 13 players from Wilkes-Barre (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Massive improvement makes the Colorado Avalanche’s season a resounding success (Denver Post)
Inconsistency defined season for Blue Jackets (Columbus Dispatch)
No lottery draft pick for Blues (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Red Wings Larkin, Jensen join Team USA for worlds (Detroit News)
Tage Thompson named to Team USA for World Championship (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)