Hockey headlines for August 20, 2020

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Avalanche advances to second round with dominating victory over Coyotes in Game 5 (Denver Post)
Lightning win Game 5 against Blue Jackets in overtime to advance to East semifinals (Tampa Bay Times)
Bergeron, Bruins beat Hurricanes 2-1 to advance in playoffs (Boston Herald)
Markstrom holds fort, Motte scores winner for Vancouver series lead (Vancouver Province)
Canadiens stave off elimination with gutsy Game 5 performance (Montreal Gazette)
Isles determined to play their own way vs. desperate Caps (New York Newsday)
Clutterbuck expected to play in Game 5 (New York Newsday)
Tkachuk's return up in the air for Flames' Game 6 (Calgary Herald)
Jets mourn Hawerchuk, will memorialize star with statue (Winnipeg Sun)
Ex-Jets Arniel, Hawerchuk, friends to the end (Winnipeg Sun)
Blues 'fell asleep' with 3-1 lead in Game 5 and now face elimination in playoffs (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Nick Suzuki’s goal lifts desperate Canadiens past Flyers, 5-3, and extends series (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Hurricanes’ postseason comes to an end as Bruins take 2-1 win to clinch series (Raleigh News & Observer)
Brayden Point's goal in OT knocks Blue Jackets from playoffs (Columbus Dispatch)
Bruins’ veterans close the deal (Boston Herald)
NHL playoff scoring leader Nathan MacKinnon closing in on Joe Sakic postseason record (Denver Post)
David Krejci in playoff form (Boston Globe)
Phil Myers’ emergence showing why then-Flyers GM Ron Hextall took gamble on him (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Nazem Kadri sheds hot-head image as Avalanche advances past Coyotes in first round (Denver Post)
Blues newbie Scandella calls playoff hockey 'special' (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
In what may have been his final game, Justin Williams was on the ice at the end (Raleigh News & Observer)
The Capitals still face an uphill climb. But they have started to believe. (Washington Post)
How the Stars’ checking line has neutralized Calgary’s biggest offensive threats (Dallas Morning News)
Barry Trotz issues Game 5 challenge for Islanders (New York Post)
Do or die? Flames goalie Cam Talbot has been in this situation before (Calgary Herald)
Tyler Seguin: Stars have ‘a lot of confidence’ in backup Anton Khudobin as Ben Bishop remains out (Dallas Morning News)
Golden Knights get chance to rest, recover before next series (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Gerard Gallant glad he doesn’t have to choose Golden Knights’ goalie (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
What will happen with Crawford, Kubalik, Strome and others? (Chicago Daily Herald)
Playoff run shows Blackhawks have pieces to build around but a long way to go (Chicago Sun-Times)
Sabres prospect Matej Pekar pays tribute to junior coach Dale Hawerchuk (Buffalo News)