Hockey headlines for August 7, 2020

Friday, August 7, 2020

Flames advance to Round 1 after ousting Jets in play-in series (Calgary Herald)
Blue Jackets rally to beat Maple Leafs in OT, take series lead on Dubois hat trick (Columbus Dispatch)
Markstrom, timely goals help surging Canucks in Game 3 (Vancouver Province)
Golden Knights rally again, improve to 2-0 in round robin (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Kevin Hayes, Scott Laughton carry Flyers past Caps to clinch at least No. 2 seed in East (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Bubble, Bubble, Edmonton Oilers in big trouble (Edmonton Sun)
Islanders know the clincher is the toughest to win (New York Newsday)
Ducks sign defenseman Jacob Larsson to 2-year contract extension (Orange County Register)
San Jose Sharks ownership lays off 16 business staff employees (San Jose Mercury News)
NHL seems to have pulled off something very impressive with hub city playoffs (Winnipeg Sun)
Trotz in favor of permanent 24-team playoff format (New York Newsday)
For rapid COVID-19 testing, it helps to be an athlete (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Wild on brink of elimination after 3-0 loss to Canucks in Game 3 (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Leafs on brink of elimination after blowing three-goal lead in Game 3 OT loss (Toronto Sun)
Third-period collapse results in 6-4 Blues loss to Vegas (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Capitals are sloppy and a step slow in 3-1 loss to Flyers, continuing their bubble struggles (Washington Post)
Golden Knights’ Zach Whitecloud unflappable after 1st NHL goal (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Wild star Kevin Fiala laments ‘stupid penalties’ in Game 3 (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Petes coach proud of progress of Leafs' Robertson, who scores first NHL goal in Game 3 (Toronto Sun)
Wild players hope urgency of situation brings out their best (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Former Flames captain/coach Lowry watching play-in series as proud dad (Calgary Sun)
‘We’re not ready to be done yet’: Panthers to play for their season once again (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
To stay alive, Penguins must offset Canadiens’ blue line contribution (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Lightning will need the less-fancy goals in the playoffs (Tampa Bay Times)
The latest on Jonathan Huberdeau’s status heading into a must-win Game 4 for the Panthers (Miami Herald)
Barry Trotz: Islanders need to be their best to eliminate Panthers (New York Post)
Tocchet seeks focus as Coyotes on brink of advancing in Stanley Cup playoffs (Arizona Republic)
Blackhawks’ Jeremy Colliton uses last change to alter matchups against Oilers’ stars (Chicago Sun-Times)
Predators coach John Hynes on Matt Duchene's offside: 'A detail we can't have' (The Tennessean)
Point shots through traffic creating steady stream of ‘dirty goals’ for Blackhawks (Chicago Sun-Times)
‘It’s not over’: Evgeni Malkin and the Penguins say they still have life left in them (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Carey Price isn't the only Canadien at the top of his game (Montreal Gazette)
Facing early elimination not overly daunting to veteran Penguins (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
How Miro Heiskanen’s rare poor defensive night led to Avalanche’s frequent odd-man rushes (Dallas Morning News)
Denis Gurianov: Defensive liability or Stars offensive necessity? (Dallas Morning News)
Rangers will quickly find out draft fate with No. 1 pick in play (New York Post)
Sabres' Rasmus Dahlin on watching playoffs: 'You feel a bit like a loser' (Buffalo News)