Hurricanes Down Capitals, 3-1, Take Collection, 4-1

The Washington Capitals fell to the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-1, Thursday night time at Capital One Area within the District. With the win, the Hurricanes take the best-of-seven collection, 4 video games to 1.

LINEUP

Logan Thompson (5-4-0, 2.46 GAA, .918 sv%) bought the beginning between the pipes for the Capitals in Sport 5. Frederik Andersen (6-2-0, 1.41 GAA, .935 sv%) bought the beginning in objective for the visiting Hurricanes. The beginning ahead traces and defensive pairs for the Capitals:

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Anthony BeauvillierAliaksei Protas – Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom WilsonAndrew Mangiapane – Connor McMichael — Ryan LeonardBrandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Rasmus Sandin — John CarlsonJakob Chychrun — Matt RoyAlex Alexeyev – Trevor van Riemsdyk

Logan ThompsonCharlie Lindgren

Scratches:, Lars Eller, Dylan McIlrath, Ethan Bear, Ethan Frank, Mitchell Gibson, Clay Stevenson (Re-called from Hershey earlier within the day).

Injured: Martin Fehervry (knee), Sonny Milano (upper-body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (again).

1ST PERIOD

The Hurricanes opened the scoring at 10:10 of the opening body. Jordan Staal notched opening tally, assisted by J. Martinook (5).

JORDAN STAAL STRIKES FIRST FOR THE CANES 🚨 pic.twitter.com/vZmArp5Mvs

— Gino Arduous (@GinoHard_) Might 15, 2025

The Capitals tied it up a little bit over 4 minutes afterward a tally by Anthony Beauvillier (2) at 13:41. The objective was unassisted.

Beauvi stickin’ with the puck and gettin’ greasy pic.twitter.com/Cbzy5tZt8D

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) Might 15, 2025

Following a shot by Jakob Chychrun that hit the publish, Carolina seemed to have the go-ahead tally however Logan Thompson made an important save with the sting of his stick.

LOGAN THOMPSON WHAT A SAVE!!! 🤯

TRULY A GAME OF INCHES. @BR_OpenIce

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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) Might 15, 2025

The interval concluded with the sport tied, 1-1. The Hurricanes led in five-on-five shot makes an attempt, 19-18. The Capitals led in high-danger probabilities, 5-4 and anticipated objectives for, 0.89 to 0.70.

2ND PERIOD

The Capitals seemed to attain a goal-ahead objective early within the center body on a tally by Matt Roy, however the objective was overturned when it was dominated Connor McMichael was off-sides on the entry.

The interval concluded and not using a tally, protecting the rating, 1-1. The Hurricanes led in five-on-five shot makes an attempt, 17-15, scoring probabilities, 7-6, high-danger probabilities, 4-1 and anticipated objectives for, 0.71 to 0.40.

3RD PERIOD

The Hurricanes scored the go-ahead objective within the waning moments of the ultimate body. Andrew Svechnikov (8) at 18:01. S. Walker (2) and S. Jarvis (6) had the helpers.

ANDREI SVECHNIKOV 2-1. CAROLINA ON TOP

From an inconceivable angle, fires a shot and beats Thompson clear#RaiseUp: 2#ALLCAPS: 1 pic.twitter.com/H1Eg7JIHKM

— Joseph (@HockeyJoseph10) Might 16, 2025

The Canes added an empty internet tally for the 3-1 win. Seth Jarvis added the Canes third marker.