Hockey headlines for May 1, 2022

Sunday, May 1, 2022

Red Wings make clean sweep of Jeff Blashill, coaching staff (Detroit Free Press)
Carey Price looking for answers as he ponders his future (Montreal Gazette)
Mathew Barzal has no desire to leave Islanders: ‘This is home’ (New York Post)
Coyotes star Jakob Chychrun knows trade is a possibility this offseason (Arizona Republic)
Jeff Petry open to remain in Montreal, but Canadiens might have other plans (Montreal Gazette)
Avalanche’s Kurtis MacDermid and Logan O’Connor fined by NHL (Denver Post)
Armstrong sizes up the Wild, looks back on Blues’ regular season (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
The playoffs are all Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe has left to prove (Toronto Star)
Streaking Panthers roll into playoffs trying to forget past postseason performances (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Playoff Oilers need to prove they're as good as regular season Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
Home must be a castle for the Maple Leafs in playoff series against Bolts (Toronto Sun)
Familiarity runs deep in Rangers-Penguins first-round playoff series (New York Post)
Flames set sights on Stars with playoff matchup set (Calgary Sun)
Playoff success for Lightning begins, ends with Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay Times)
Leafs goaltender Jack Campbell has been showing signs of his early-season form. That’s what Toronto will need in the playoffs (Toronto Star)
Hurricanes ‘rolled the dice’ on goalies. Are they better off this year than last? (Raleigh News & Observer)
'Everything stays the same' for Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith in playoffs (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Kaprizov and Zuccarello have creative connection for Wild (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Where would the Kings be without Phillip Danault? (Los Angeles Daily News)
Wild's Fiala playing his best hockey but thinks he has 'much, much more to go' (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
‘I think I can push my game to a different level:’ Hampus Lindholm is thinking big with the Bruins (Boston Globe)
Penguins recall Drew O'Connor from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After tough season, San Jose Sharks know change is imminent (San Jose Mercury News)
Change seems inevitable after missing playoffs six of last seven seasons (Vancouver Province)
Blue Jackets finish season feeling optimistic (Columbus Dispatch)
Flyers urge fans to be patient, promise to be better next season (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Kraken’s strategy toward building fan base in need of an offseason boost (Seattle Times)
‘It’s honestly been the hardest year of my life’: Flyers defenseman Ryan Ellis finally has a plan in place to treat pelvic injury (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Ilya Sorokin set to be Islanders' backbone in goal (New York Newsday)
Emotional trauma pulls Blue Jackets' Merzlikins, Legace even closer (Columbus Dispatch)
Craig Anderson views Sabres as 'ideal situation' if he decides to continue playing (Buffalo News)
Ottawa Senators goalie Matt Murray says he's focused on trying to recover from concussion (Ottawa Sun)
Kevin Lankinen’s positivity about second Blackhawks season doesn’t match up with numbers (Chicago Sun-Times)
Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher confident he can bounce back (Montreal Gazette)
Future looks bright for Canadiens' Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield (Montreal Gazette)
Alex Tuch's 'dream come true' brightened Sabres' outlook, sparked change (Buffalo News)