Morning Bag Skate: Blackhawks fall to Sharks in shootout

San Jose Sharks forward Kevin Labanc scored the deciding goal in the fourth round of the shootout to hand the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-3 loss Monday at United Center.

BLACKHAWKS

**Spirited effort falls short as youth-oriented Hawks lose in shootout (Chicago Sun-Times)

**Hawks prospect Gilbert, Notre Dame advance to Frozen Four (SCH)

**Sikura signs with Hawks (SCH)

CENTRAL DIVISION

**RECAP: Avs loses in Las Vegas, still holds wild-card spot (Mile High Hockey)

**Avalanche defenseman Mark Alt was a standout quarterback in high school before choosing hockey (The Denver Post)

**Preds prospect Tolvanen terminates contract with KHL Jokerit (The Tennessean)

**Rexrode: Predators are in some trouble ... or have we lost perspective? (The Tennessean)

**Prospect Greenway signs 3-year ELC with Wild (Hockey Wilderness)

**With Greenway signed, concerns about his fit remain (Hockey Wilderness)

**Zucker’s road to Wild stardom capped off with 30-goal milestone (Hockey Wilderness)

NHL

**How Hockey Night in Canada comes together, controlled chaos and all (Toronto Star)

**Golden Knights clinch playoff berth in inaugural season (Knights On Ice)

**RECAP: Maple Leafs lose to Sabres, fail to gain in Atlantic (Die By The Blade)

**RECAP: Reimer, Panthers shut out Islanders, gain in wild-card race (NHL.com)

**RECAP: Hurricanes top Senators, gain in wild card (Canes Country)

**RECAP: Ovechkin, Capitals increase lead in Metropolitan, defeat Rangers (NHL.com)

**RECAP: Gallagher’s two goals propel Canadiens past Red Wings (NHL.com)

**RECAP: Lightning lose to Coyotes, fail to pad Atlantic lead (NHL.com)

**RECAP: Kings shut out Flames, move into first wild card in West (NHL.com)

**Sabres sign 2017 first-round pick Mittelstadt to ELC (Die By The Blade)

**Canucks sign NCAA leading scorer Gaudette to entry-level deal (Nucks Misconduct)

**Ducks sign prospect, Denver star Terry to 3-year deal (Anaheim Calling)

**Blue Jackets’ Foligno out 2-4 weeks with lower-body injury (Columbus Post-Dispatch)

**Denver star, prospect Borgstrom agrees to 3-year ELC to Panthers (theScore)

**Prospect Dylan Gambrell leaves Denver to sign with Sharks (Fear The Fin)

HOCKEY WORLD

**CWHL: Markham Thunder win their first Clarkson Cup championship (The Ice Garden)

**#OneLeague debate hangs over Clarkson Cup, women’s hockey (Sportsnet)

**Report: Sean Burke, Martin Brodeur to co-GM Canada’s world championship team (theScore)

**OHL Roundup: No. 1 Greyhounds beat Spirit to take 3-0 series lead (Sportsnet)

**QMJHL Roundup: Drummondville beats Cape Breton to take series lead (Sportsnet)

**WHL Roundup: Glenn Gawdin leads Broncos to Game 3 win over Pats (Sportsnet)