Hockey headlines for May 2, 2025

Friday, May 2, 2025

Maple Leafs finally eliminate Senators in Game 6 on Max Pacioretty's late tiebreaker (Toronto Sun)
King Slayers do it again! Edmonton Oilers bury L.A. for a fourth time (Edmonton Sun)
‘Tough series’: Knights finally tame Wild, advance to 2nd round (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Crazy Stars own goal helps Avalanche complete comeback, force Game 7 (Denver Post)
Jets look to win series Friday that has favoured the home side (Winnipeg Free Press)
'A huge void': Mark Scheifele out of Jets-Blues series, for now (Winnipeg Sun)
Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov named a Hart Trophy finalist (Tampa Bay Times)
Edmonton Oilers' Leon Draisaitl nominated for NHL's Hart Memorial trophy (Edmonton Sun)
Hellebuyck up for Hart Trophy (Winnipeg Free Press)
Rangers in advanced talks with Mike Sullivan to be next head coach (New York Post)
What we learned in the first week of the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial (Toronto Star)
After bad bounce dooms Stars in Colorado, Dallas will need to make its own luck in Game 7 (Dallas Morning News)
Kings’ season ends in another playoff loss to Oilers: ‘This one hurts a little more’ (Los Angeles Times)
Wild knocked out of playoffs by Golden Knights (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Auston Matthews, core back up their words as Maple Leafs advance (Toronto Sun)
Cale Makar leads trio of breakout efforts to help Avalanche win wild Game 6 (Denver Post)
Mikko Rantanen on Ball Arena boos after four-point night: “I didn’t really hear them” (Denver Post)
Capitals set sights on rival Hurricanes for second-round series (Washington Times)
‘He got rewarded’: Panthers forward has career day in series-clinching win over Lightning (Miami Herald)
How Mark Jankowski is making the most of his playoff opportunity with Hurricanes (Raleigh News & Observer)
How Devils plan to improve after ‘average’ season (NJ.com)
A tearful end to long NHL career for Canadiens’ David Savard (Montreal Gazette)
Devils defenseman could miss start of next season. Here’s why (NJ.com)
Devils’ Brenden Dillon’s injury revealed: ‘Crappy short-term, hopefully good long-term’ (NJ.com)
Red Wings seem to have a plan for Vladimir Tarasenko (MLive.com)
After reviving NHL career with Penguins, Matt Grzelcyk's future in Pittsburgh is unclear (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Islanders duo hopes World Championships can be springboard for 2026 Olympics (New York Post)
Flyers forward Tyson Foerster to play for Canada at upcoming World Championships (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Rangers broadcaster Micheletti retires (New York Newsday)
Former Flyers captain and Broad Street Bully Ed Van Impe dies at 84 (Philadelphia Inquirer)
After tepid state response, Wild and St. Paul scale back Xcel Energy Center renovation plans (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
They might not know much about hockey. But they know what Utah’s NHL team should be called. (Salt Lake Tribune)