Hockey headlines for May 7, 2018

Monday, May 7, 2018

Golden Knights reach Western finals with 3-0 victory over Sharks (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Lightning beats Bruins, rolls to Eastern Conference final (Tampa Bay Times)
P.K. Subban guarantees win for Predators in do-or-die Game 6 against Winnipeg Jets (The Tennessean)
Capitals have two chances to break 20-year ‘D.C. Sports Curse’ (Washington Times)
Penguins defense must bounce back in pivotal Game 6 (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Capitals’ Nicklas Backstrom likely to play in Game 6 despite upper-body injury (Washington Post)
If there's trouble, Auston Matthews and Mike Babcock want it solved before summer (Toronto Sun)
With Paul Stastny, the Jets are primed for takeoff (Globe & Mail)
The Lonely Existence of Winnipeg Jets Fans in Atlanta (New York Times)
Red Wings’ Slava Fetisov prevailed in man vs. machine saga (Detroit News)
Why Stars are so confident handing the keys of their $75 million machine over to a rookie head coach (Dallas Morning News)
Bruins’ season ends with a playoff disappointment (Boston Herald)
Bruins’ playoff ride ends in a traffic jam (Boston Globe)
How Tampa Bay beat Boston at what it does best (Tampa Bay Times)
Tough down the stretch, Andrei Vasilevskiy helps Lightning close out Bruins (Tampa Bay Times)
Tampa Bay’s Shadow line was on Point (Boston Globe)
Golden Knights’ Schmidt had ‘no idea’ he scored goal in Game 6 (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Ryan Reaves makes presence felt in playoff debut for Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Offseason provides chance for Sharks to lament missed opportunities (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights fans rejoice as historic playoff run lives on (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Coach confident Jets can tough it out in Game 6 against Preds (Winnipeg Free Press)
To beat Penguins, Capitals have had to match champions’ resiliency (Washington Times)
Who needs the Vezina? — Jets’ Hellebuyck outplaying Rinne when it counts most (Winnipeg Sun)
Wheeler realized long ago Jets were a special bunch (Winnipeg Free Press)
Jets top line heats up: Eight points for first line in Game 5 victory (Winnipeg Sun)
Detroit Red Wings' Filip Hronek shows promise at World Championship (Detroit Free Press)