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The Washington Capitals downed the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-1, Thursday night time at Capital One Area. With the win, the sequence is tied 1-1 within the best-of-seven sequence.
The Capitals and ‘Canes had been scoreless by way of the primary twenty minutes earlier than Connor McMichael scored his fourth aim of the postseason lower than three minutes into the second interval. John Carlson added an influence play aim early within the third interval, which was answered practically midway by way of the body by Shayne Gostisbehere on an influence play of Carolina’s personal. Tom Wilson added an empty-net aim to safe the victory for Washington. The Hurricanes outshot Washington 29-21, whereas each golf equipment scored on certainly one of their three energy play alternatives.
LINEUP
Logan Thompson (4-2-0, 2.17 GAA, .926 sv%) received the beginning between the pipes for the Capitals in Recreation 2. Frederik Andersen (4-1-0, 1.45 GAA, .935 sv%) received the beginning in aim for the visiting Hurricanes. The beginning ahead strains and defensive pairs for the Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome —Anthony BeauvillierConnor McMichael – Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom WilsonAndrew Mangiapane – Lars Eller — Ryan LeonardBrandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Aliaksei Protas
Jakob Chychrun — John CarlsonRasmus Sandin — Matt RoyAlex Alexeyev – Trevor van Riemsdyk
Logan ThompsonCharlie Lindgren
Scratches: Taylor Raddysh, Dylan McIlrath, Ethan Bear, Ethan Frank, Mitchell Gibson.
Injured: Martin Fehervry (undisclosed), Sonny Milano (upper-body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (again).
1ST PERIOD
The Capitals and Hurricanes ended the primary interval with one energy play alternative granted apiece (the Caps’ PP extending into the second) and neither in a position to beat the opposing netminder. The ‘Canes largely outplayed Washington for a lot of the primary twenty, outshooting Spencer Carbery’s crew by a 7-5 margin (and over 22 shot makes an attempt).
2ND PERIOD
Regardless of their persevering with energy play ending with no aim, Connor McMichael lifted the Caps to their first lead of the night time simply over two minutes in, scoring his fourth of the postseason at 2:16.
Connor McMichael speeds by way of the Carolina protection and tallies on the breakaway, 1-0 Capitals!#ALLCAPS | #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/seUzn9etSa
— Hockey Every day 365 l NHL Highlights & Information (@HockeyDaily365) Could 9, 2025
The Capitals and Hurricanes ended the center body with the Caps nonetheless up by one and main in photographs 16-11, having outshot Carolina by a 11-4 margin within the center twenty.
3RD PERIOD
John Carlson padded the house crew’s lead on the facility play, scoring his first of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs on assists from Tom Wilson and Dylan Strome.
WHIP IT GOOD, CARLY#ALLCAPS | @aerovironment pic.twitter.com/KEwtqFcuoS
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) Could 9, 2025
Shayne Gostisbehere minimize Washington’s lead in half at 9:26, scoring his second of the postseason on an influence play to make it 2-1; Seth Jarvis and Sebastian Aho recorded the assists.
Bang! pic.twitter.com/sYUtIba0Ov
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) Could 9, 2025
Tom Wilson added an empty-net aim for his third aim of the playoffs to safe the victory for the Capitals. Logan Thompson stopped 28 of 29 photographs (.965 Save Proportion) within the victory.
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