Hockey headlines for August 9, 2020

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Flyers win 4-1 over Lightning, take East’s top playoff seed with 2 goals from Nic Aube-Kubel (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Golden Knights secure No. 1 seed in Western Conference (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Stars look to flip the switch in a ‘do or die’ round robin finale vs. the Blues (Dallas Morning News)
Blues hope players-only meeting leads to course correction (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Round-robin finale will determine Bruins’ playoff foe (Boston Herald)
Columbus Blue Jackets do their best not to dwell on stunning collapse as Game 5 awaits (Columbus Dispatch)
Rangers hope to have winning ticket in Lafreniere sweepstakes (New York Newsday)
Avalanche now No. 2 seed heading into 16-team playoff after overtime loss to Golden Knights (Denver Post)
Lightning’s Victor Hedman injured, leaves game in first period (Tampa Bay Times)
Flyers happy with NHL’s solution, but hope to go back to old playoff format next season (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Golden Knights to play Blackhawks to open NHL playoffs (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Blackhawks to face Golden Knights, Robin Lehner in Stanley Cup playoffs (Chicago Sun-Times)
Coyotes to face Avalanche next in Stanley Cup Playoffs (Arizona Republic)
Canadiens to face Flyers in first round of playoffs (Montreal Gazette)
Isles' next opponent: Either the Capitals or Bruins (New York Newsday)
Who's next? Flames await Round 1 foe for NHL playoffs (Calgary Sun)
Todd Reirden, confident and calm, guides Caps during an unconventional postseason (Washington Post)
Status of Blue Jackets’ Zach Werenski, Ryan Murray for Game 5 unclear (Columbus Dispatch)
The Jason Spezza scrap was a wakeup call for the Leafs. Fighting is up in the playoffs — and Don Cherry is watching (Toronto Star)
Isles were refocused after pause, and it showed vs. Panthers (New York Newsday)
Marc-Andre Fleury or Robin Lehner in goal? Stay tuned (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Blackhawks’ Corey Crawford shows he’s back in top form with Game 4 heroics (Chicago Sun-Times)
Islanders star's 'have fun' mantra paying off big-time (New York Post)
Surreal season produces tremendous adversity, hell of a fight from Jets (Winnipeg Sun)
Wild's old issues re-emerge as bubble bursts in sudden fashion (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
The fun is over: Edmonton Oilers turn Hub City into Flub City (Edmonton Sun)
What went wrong for Penguins against the Canadiens? (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Predators have plenty of time to ponder strange 2019-20 season (The Tennessean)
Wild players stunned by sudden end to season (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Magic not there for Oilers forward Kailer Yamamoto against Blackhawks (Edmonton Journal)
'Easy decision': Red Wings loan forward Filip Zadina to Czech team (Detroit News)
Joe Bowen's overtime Leafs goal call was loud and clear (Toronto Sun)