Hockey headlines for May 1, 2025

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Panthers roll past Lightning in Game 5, advance to second round of Stanley Cup playoffs (Miami Herald)
Caps take Game 5, eliminate Canadiens and advance in Stanley Cup playoffs (Washington Post)
Jets down Blues 5-3, back in control of series (Winnipeg Free Press)
Core Four talk doesn't change as Maple Leafs again will try to eliminate Senators (Toronto Sun)
Kings go to Edmonton with another season on the line (Los Angeles Daily News)
A season on the line: Wild face Golden Knights in elimination game (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Avalanche must find different outcome in familiar situation — an elimination game at Ball Arena (Denver Post)
Avalanche stars Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar are Ted Lindsay Award finalists (Denver Post)
Report: The Flyers interviewed Western Michigan’s Pat Ferschweiler for their head coaching job (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Utah Hockey Club may have just accidentally leaked its new name (Salt Lake Tribune)
Leafs go into Game 6 against Senators looking for complete team effort (Globe & Mail)
Steve Yzerman 'absolutely' willing to pay big bucks to improve Wings (Detroit Free Press)
Blues lose Game 5 5-3 to Jets, face elimination on Friday (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Blues take out Scheifele, while Jets' Arniel fumes (Winnipeg Sun)
Start of Blues-Jets series have featured plenty of rest, and plenty of hits (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Coaches don't leave. This one still left the Vancouver Canucks (Vancouver Province)
Head coach search spans Peter Laviolette to Manny Malhotra (Vancouver Province)
‘We weren’t even supposed to be in the playoff’: Fans react as Canadiens eliminated (Montreal Gazette)
‘I would buy season tickets’: Panthers-Lightning rivalry electrifies Florida hockey (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Edmonton Oilers feel like a playoff bear again after 10-month hibernation (Edmonton Sun)
Ottawa Senators unearth ghosts of Leafs' playoff disappointments (Ottawa Sun)
Ottawa Senators ready to write another chapter in Battle of Ontario comeback story (Ottawa Sun)
Calvin Pickard goes from backup to playoff stud for Edmonton Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
Knights star ‘exerted his dominance’ in crucial Game 5 win over Wild (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Evander Kane quickly makes a meaningful impact for Oilers after season on LTIR (Edmonton Sun)
Hurricanes eliminated the Devils, so ... now what? Taylor Hall contract, for one (Raleigh News & Observer)
After crushing playoff loss, emotional Devils look inward: ‘It’s hard to be positive’ (NJ.com)
One of Nashville Predators' 3 first-round draft picks improves thanks to Florida Panthers (The Tennessean)
What will New Jersey Devils’ playoff ouster mean for Calgary Flames on draft day? (Calgary Sun)
Red Wings need more mental toughness to take next step (MLive.com)
Here is what the Bruins’ roster looks like heading into a critical offseason (Boston Globe)
Red Wings 'need better goaltending,' still looking for workhorse to emerge (Detroit News)
Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic knows he'll have to battle to keep his job (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
UPL or Devon Levi may be Sabres' most realistic goalie options with few available (Buffalo News)
Mathew Barzal was forced to watch Islanders’ collapse after gut-wrenching injury: ‘It killed me’ (New York Post)
Flames coach Ryan Huska on invite to world championship: ‘It is such an honour’ (Calgary Sun)
Sources: Horvat, Dobson, Cuylle expected to be on Team Canada for Worlds (New York Newsday)
Red Wings need to fill two vacancies on coaching staff (MLive.com)
Tailor-made: Hawerchuk statue gets the Tam treatment for Jets playoffs (Winnipeg Sun)