Wednesday, May 4, 2022
- Penguins top Rangers in triple OT thanks to Louis Domingue, Malkin winner (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Landslide! Avalanche pours it on in Game 1 rout of Nashville Predators (Denver Post)
- Comeback Caps rally past powerful Panthers to grab a 1-0 series lead (Washington Post)
- NHL hands out multiple fines to Lightning, Maple Leafs (Tampa Bay Times)
- Wild captain Spurgeon fined $5,000 for cross check late in playoff loss (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- Ducks hire Blues executive Rob DiMaio as assistant GM (Orange County Register)
- Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau did 'terrific job,' but won’t get summer contract extension (Vancouver Province)
- Mike Yeo will not return as Flyers head coach; Chuck Fletcher to begin coaching search Wednesday (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Canadiens greats, hockey luminaries bid adieu to Le Démon Blond (Montreal Gazette)
- Rielly feeling rowdy as Maple Leafs start playoffs with a bang (Globe & Mail)
- Mourners salute Guy Lafleur for his athleticism and humanity (Montreal Gazette)
- Chuck Fletcher says he will be 'aggressive in all phases' to ensure Flyers' immediate and long-term success (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Jets' Chipman sends message from above (Winnipeg Free Press)
- GM Kyle Davidson on Toews and Kane, 'stark' gulf between Blackhawks and league's best (Chicago Daily Herald)
- Rich Tocchet, John Tortorella among available coaching candidates Flyers could consider (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- David Rittich pulled, Predators humiliated by Avalanche in Game 1 NHL playoff loss (The Tennessean)
- Panthers ‘self-destruct’ vs. Caps and fall behind — again — in first round of playoffs (Miami Herald)
- Stars (literally) put up a fight, but failed to capitalize on chances as Flames win fiery Game 1 (Dallas Morning News)
- Evgeni Malkin kickstarts the Penguins' postseason with a signature moment (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Rangers on late disallowed goal: ‘It was a 50-50 call’ (New York Post)
- Igor Shesterkin’s 79-save masterpiece not enough for Rangers (New York Post)
- Flames blueliners step up after Andersson's game misconduct (Calgary Sun)
- Penguins’ Rickard Rakell leaves Game 1 after high, hard hit by Rangers’ Ryan Lindgren (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- Penguins G Casey DeSmith suffers lower-body injury during 2nd OT of Game 1 vs. Rangers (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- ‘He’s acting tougher than he is’: Stars’ John Klingberg takes shot at Flames’ Rasmus Andersson (Dallas Morning News)
- Gallant, citing leadership, puts Reaves in lineup for Game 1 (New York Newsday)
- Predators’ Matt Duchene gives nod to Avalanche home crowd despite taunts: “They’ve always had an amazing fanbase here” (Denver Post)
- It's now or never as Game 7 comes early for Edmonton Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
- Lightning have shown ability to rebound from playoff losses. Can they again? (Tampa Bay Times)
- Kings look for most of the same against Edmonton in Game 2 (Los Angeles Daily News)
- Wild tries to turn around 'head-scratcher' power-play futility against Blues (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- Wild claim rival Blues aren’t in their head, but recent struggles suggest otherwise (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- Lightning expect goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy to bounce back after Game 1 loss to Leafs (Toronto Star)
- Michael Bunting nears return as Maple Leafs get ready for Game 2 (Toronto Star)
- Oilers Notes: Nugent-Hopkins third line has to produce more five-on-five in Game 2 (Edmonton Journal)
- Canucks’ ‘franchise goalie’ Thatcher Demko to see more relief from ‘solid’ Spencer Martin (Vancouver Province)
- What happened between Golden Knights and Robin Lehner? (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Dylan Larkin’s optimism hasn’t waned followed chaotic Red Wings season (MLive.com)
- Jackets' Texier to play for France in world championships (Columbus Dispatch)