Carolina Hurricanes Overcome Washington Capitals In 5-2 Victory, Push Washington To Brink Of Elimination

The Washington Capitals misplaced to the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Heart on Monday evening by a rating of 5-2 to fall behind within the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Playoff second-round collection 3-1. Goaltender Logan Thompson made 32 saves within the loss.

Washington’s Traces

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Tom WilsonConnor McMichael – Pierre-Luc Dubois — Aliaksei ProtasAndrew Mangiapane – Lars Eller — Ryan LeonardBrandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Anthony Beauvillier

Rasmus Sandin — John CarlsonJakob Chychrun — Matt RoyAlexander Alexeyev – Trevor Van Riemsdyk

ThompsonCharlie Lindgren

Scratched

RW Taylor Raddysh
D Dylan McIlrath
D Ethan Bear
RW Ethan Frank
G Mitchell Gibson

Injured

D Martin Fehervary (knee)
LW Sonny Milano (upper-body)
C Nicklas Backstrom (hip)
RW T.J. Oshie (again)

Leonard changed Raddysh within the lineup after Washington’s 4-0 loss in Sport 3 on Saturday. Wilson and Protas flipped spots with one another as did Chychrun and Sandin.

Carolina’s Traces

Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Seth JarvisTaylor Corridor — Jack Roslovic — Logan StankovenJordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — William CarrierEric Robinson — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Jackson Blake

Jaccob Slavin — Brent BurnsDmitry Orlov — Jalen ChatfieldShayne Gostisbehere — Sean Walker

Frederik AndersenPyotor Kochetkov

Scratched

D Scott Morrow
C Tyson Jost
D Riley Stillman
LW Juha Jaaska
D Ty Smith
D Alexander Nikishin
G Spencer Martin

Injured

C Mark Jankowski (undisclosed)
RW Jesper Quick (neck)

First Interval

Scoring

10:24, 1-0 Carolina: Gostisbehere obtained the puck on the high from Kotkaniemi down low, walked the road, deked to get away from Duhaime, and wristed a shot over the glove of Thompson.

Shayne Gostisbehere fires one dwelling by means of site visitors to interrupt the ice in Sport 4!#RaiseUp | #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/QYO3zBe5HS

— Hockey Every day 365 l NHL Highlights & Information (@HockeyDaily365) Could 12, 2025

Stats

13-8 Carolina in pictures
.58 Washington on faceoffs
Washington didn’t rating on their first two energy performs
9-9 in hits
7-4 Washington in blocked pictures
4-3 Washington in giveaways
1-0 Carolina in takeaways

Charts: Pure StatTrick

#ALLCAPS getting our possibilities in early pic.twitter.com/uxUMMyOPdC

— z – Capitals Replays 🍁 (@capsreplays) Could 12, 2025

Second Interval

Scoring

1:05, 2-0: Jarvis slammed within the rebound blocker facet on Thompson after Aho wristed a shot from the slot however Thompson couldn’t get all of his glove on the shot and it went off of the crossbar and proper to Jarvis.

SETH JARVIS BURIES THE REBOUND TO DOUBLE THE CANES’ LEAD ‼️ pic.twitter.com/JWYIeQvWjQ

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) Could 13, 2025

Stats

25-15 Carolina in pictures

together with 12-7 within the second

.538 Washington on faceoffs
Washington didn’t rating on their third energy play

Carolina didn’t convert on their first

30-28 Washington in hits
14-8 Washington in blocked pictures
11-7 Washington in giveaways
3-2 Washington in takeaways

Third Interval

Scoring

5:18, 2-1: Chychrun slammed in Roy’s cross-ice feed on the low proper dot after Roy stored the puck within the blueline, chipped it forward to Dubois, and gave it again to Roy pinching within the crease. Chychrun’s three objectives are tied for third amongst all defensemen this postseason.

Chychrun was BEGGING for the puck, obtained it, and now we obtained a one-goal recreation 😳 pic.twitter.com/bdWbJOm8RJ

— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) Could 13, 2025

8:24, 3-1: Corridor obtained in on a breakaway, took a stretch move from Roslovic on the offensive blueline, and beat Thompson below the blocker.

TAYLOR HALL ANSWERS RIGHT BACK 👊 pic.twitter.com/hqz4KtNjes

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) Could 13, 2025

12:14, 3-2 (PPG): Ovechkin bombed a slapper from the highest of the left dot previous the blocker of Andersen after getting a cross-ice feed from Strome. Ovechkin handed Mario Lemieux (76) for the Twelfth-most postseason objectives in NHL historical past and Nicklas Lidstrom (30) and Joe Pavelski (30) for the fifth-most postseason power-play objectives in NHL historical past. Strome’s 9 assists are tied for fourth within the NHL, whereas his 11 factors are tied for seventh.

OVI! Alex Ovechkin hammers dwelling the facility play one-timer, bringing Washington inside 1!#ALLCAPS | #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/sYO2B58UE0

— Hockey Every day 365 l NHL Highlights & Information (@HockeyDaily365) Could 13, 2025

16:45, 4-2: Walker rushed into the offensive zone after Corridor chipped it up the wall, put the brakes on, stepped in, and ripped a shot over the glove of Thompson.

SEAN WALKER! Walker scores an enormous insurance coverage purpose, placing Carolina again up by 2 late within the third!#RaiseUp | #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/TVthJikqhZ

— Hockey Every day 365 l NHL Highlights & Information (@HockeyDaily365) Could 13, 2025

17:39, 5-2 (ENG): Svechnikov walked in for the empty netter after the puck was chipped forward alongside the half wall.

Andrei Svechnikov’s empty web purpose seals a Sport 4 victory for the Hurricanes!#RaiseUp | #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/LfooqdnpcX

— Hockey Every day 365 l NHL Highlights & Information (@HockeyDaily365) Could 13, 2025

Stats

37-21 Carolina in pictures

together with 12-6 within the third

.603 Washington on faceoffs
Washington completed one-for-five on the facility play

39-36 Washington in hits
23-13 Washington in blocked pictures
15-12 Washington in giveaways
3-3 in takeaways

Sport 5: Thursday at Capital One Area (7 PM ET, TNT/truTV)

By Harrison Brown