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NHL HIGHLIGHTS.
Oilers center Connor McDavid celebrates his OT goal against the Sabres.
EDMONTON SUN: Connor McDavid scored twice to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres. It was the first NHL game between McDavid (the 2015 first overall pick) and the Sabres’ Jack Eichel, the second-overall pick in last year’s draft.
THE TENNESSEAN: Nashville Predators captain Shea Weber returned from injury to net three points in a 5-3 victory over the Dallas Stars, marking the Preds’ fifth straight win.
MIAMI HERALD: Reilly Smith scored twice and Jaromir Jagr potted the game winner to lift the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets. Jagr now moves within two points of Gordie Howe for third on the NHL’s all-time points leader list.
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NOTABLE NHL HEADLINES.
NHL.COM: Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf, Washington Capitals left wing Alexander Ovechkin and Nashville Predators winger Filip Forsberg are your NHL stars of the month for February 2016.
CBS SPORTS: The NHL Department of Player Safety suspended Boston Bruins forward Zac Rinaldo five games for an illegal hit on Tampa Bay’s Cedric Paquette.
OTTAWA SUN: Senators goaltender Craig Anderson left last night’s game against the St. Louis Blues with an undisclosed lower-body injury.
THE NEWS & OBSERVER: Carolina Hurricanes forward Andrej Nestrasil will miss the remainder of the 2015-16 season with a fractured vertebra.
THE HOCKEY NEWS: Ilya Kovalchuk could attempt to terminate his KHL contract in May. There’s been speculation Kovalchuk could return to the NHL.
SPORTSNET: Russia and Finland unveiled their rosters for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
To my fellow Bruins fans.
I was looking at the Bruins final 18 games down the stretch. A Brutal schedule. They play 13 of their final 18 games against playoff bound teams the majority against the best teams in the league. Chi twice, Was, NYR, TB, Flo twice, SJ, Anh, LA, StL. Ouch! Of the teams they drew not in the playoffs they have 2 against Car, 1 against NJ, & 1 against Ott all good teams & finally 1 against Tor.
They play 8 of their final 12 on the road including a 4 game trip with 3 games in California with games on back to back nights. I have a very bad feeling about this. They have 7 points of Philly. Philly has 2 games in hand but has a far softer schedule. I sure hope they can hold on, it’s going to be tight. Boston has struggled against the better teams for the majority of the season. Good thing they beat Calgary last night. They can’t afford to lose any games against teams they should beat.
All 30 teams won`t agree to let Kovalchuk back , so he`ll have to sit out a year, He`s no Jagr, at his age good luck