Hockey headlines for April 27, 2023

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Kraken hold on to beat Avalanche in Game 5, can clinch series in Seattle (Seattle Times)
Panthers survive 3 blown leads, keep season alive with thrilling OT win in Boston (Miami Herald)
There's plenty of past and present motivation for Maple Leafs to finish off Lightning in Game 5 (Toronto Sun)
Rangers tweak their power play ahead of Game 5 (New York Newsday)
Pete DeBoer: Stars forward Joe Pavelski a ‘game-time decision’ for Game 6 vs. Minnesota (Dallas Morning News)
Red Wings to play two games in Sweden next season (Detroit News)
Wild to play a pair of regular-season games in Sweden next season (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Maple Leafs will play two games in Sweden in November (Toronto Star)
Senators headed to Stockholm next season (Ottawa Sun)
Massive moment as Maple Leafs attempt to end 19-year drought by winning series over Tampa (Globe & Mail)
Smith says she hopes arena deal won't be election issue; NDP won't commit to support (Calgary Sun)
Unlike Calgary, Vancouver unlikely to subsidize a new sports arena (Vancouver Province)
Would Calgary arena financing deal fly in Ottawa? (Ottawa Citizen)
Bruins can’t close the deal, lose to Panthers 4-3 in OT (Boston Herald)
Despite OT loss, Patrice Bergeron happy to be back in the playoffs (Boston Herald)
Facing elimination, it’s life or death with Nathan MacKinnon and Avalanche’s stars: “If we’ve gotta play him 30, we’ll do it.” (Denver Post)
New dad, new guy find the net in second period of Kraken’s Game 5 stunner (Seattle Times)
In wake of Cale Makar suspension, Jared Bednar takes issue with Will Borgen’s cross-check to head of Darren Helm earlier in Avs-Kraken series: “I didn’t like that one” (Denver Post)
Kings get needed extended rest before Game 6 with Edmonton (Los Angeles Daily News)
Penalties, missed chances make Wild a desperate team (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Let’s try again: What do the Hurricanes need to do in Game 6 to close out the Islanders? (Raleigh News & Observer)
Rangers say day off was ‘really good for everybody’ (New York Post)
Hold on a minute or two, where is the nastiness in this Oilers/Kings series? (Edmonton Journal)
Maple Leafs' Keefe sticking with winning lineup, so Bunting will sit for Game 5 (Toronto Sun)
Islanders’ Lane Lambert unsure if he will keep line changes for Game 6 (New York Post)
Islanders' Romanov fights through injury to make an impact (New York Newsday)
No sign of Superman in Jets sweater, so Ehlers will have to do (Winnipeg Sun)
Knights could get injured player back for Game 5 against Jets (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Scheifele ruled out for Game 5 (Winnipeg Free Press)
Andrei Vasilevskiy knows Lightning’s problem as do-or-die Game 5 looms (Tampa Bay Times)
Stars’ Jake Oettinger made NHL postseason history in Game 5 shutout (Dallas Morning News)
Artemi Panarin searching for answers with Rangers in need of his high-risk style (New York Post)
Brett Howden takes advantage of opportunity with Knights (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Elias Pettersson isn’t going to the world championships (Vancouver Province)
After rookie season, what's next for Blue Jackets' Kent Johnson? (Columbus Dispatch)
Canadiens' Harvey-Pinard says he has showed he belongs in the NHL (Montreal Gazette)
Penguins forward Jake Guentzel to miss IIHF World Championship as precaution (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Penguins forward Alex Nylander to join Sweden for IIHF World Championship (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Sabres prospect Jiri Kulich flourishing in Rochester and ready for playoff debut (Buffalo News)
Which players from AHL Springfield could factor into the Blues' plans next season? (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
AZ lawmaker withdraws Tempe-Coyotes ballot complaint (Arizona Republic)
Former Flyer Riley Cote appears in ESPN special examining the use of psychedelics for mental health treatment (Philadelphia Inquirer)