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


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The Washington Capitals fell to the Carolina Hurricanes, 3-1, Thursday night at Capital One Arena in the District. With the win, the Hurricanes take the best-of-seven series, four games to one.

LINEUP

Logan Thompson (5-4-0, 2.46 GAA, .918 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the Capitals in Game 5. Frederik Andersen (6-2-0, 1.41 GAA, .935 sv%) got the start in goal for the visiting Hurricanes. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Anthony Beauvillier
Aliaksei Protas – Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane – Connor McMichael — Ryan Leonard
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Jakob Chychrun — Matt Roy
Alex Alexeyev – Trevor van Riemsdyk

Logan Thompson
Charlie Lindgren

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

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

1ST PERIOD

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

The Capitals tied it up a little over four minutes later on a tally by Anthony Beauvillier (2) at 13:41. The goal was unassisted.

Following a shot by Jakob Chychrun that hit the post, Carolina looked to have the go-ahead tally but Logan Thompson made a great save with the edge of his stick.

The period concluded with the game tied, 1-1. The Hurricanes led in five-on-five shot attempts, 19-18. The Capitals led in high-danger chances, 5-4 and expected goals for, 0.89 to 0.70.

2ND PERIOD

The Capitals looked to score a goal-ahead goal early in the middle frame on a tally by Matt Roy, but the goal was overturned when it was ruled Connor McMichael was off-sides on the entry.

The period concluded without a tally, keeping the score, 1-1. The Hurricanes led in five-on-five shot attempts, 17-15, scoring chances, 7-6, high-danger chances, 4-1 and expected goals for, 0.71 to 0.40.

3RD PERIOD

The Hurricanes scored the go-ahead goal in the waning moments of the final frame. Andrew Svechnikov (8) at 18:01. S. Walker (2) and S. Jarvis (6) had the helpers.

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

About Jon Sorensen

Jon has been a Caps fan since day one, attending his first game at the Capital Centre in 1974. His interest in the Caps has grown over the decades and included time as a season ticket holder. He has been a journalist covering the team for 10+ years, primarily focusing on analysis, analytics and prospect development.





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