2025 NHL playoffs: Previews for Capitals-Canes, Knights-Oilers

The Washington Capitals And Vegas golden knights They are at the same crossroads, facing 2-1 deficits ahead of road playoff games monday.

First up on the schedule is capitals-Carolina hurricanes (7 pm and tnt), Followed by Golden Knights-Edmonton oilers (9:30 PM and tnt).

Read on for game previews With Statistical Insights From Espn Research, A recap of what wont down in Sunday’s Games and the Three Stars of Sunday From Arda .cal.

Matchup notes

Washington Capitals at Carolina hurricanes
Game 4 | 7 PM ET | Tnt

With a 2-1 Series lead, the canes are now -650 favorites to win this series, where the capitals are +425. Carolina has also jumped to second in the Stanley Cup Future Table, at +350, when the capitals are now +2500.

This is the second straight series in which the canes LED 2-1 (they beat the devils in the five games in round 1). Carolina/Hartford is 9-4 All TIME in Best-OF-Seven Series when leading 2-1.

Game 3 was the canes’ first Playoff Shutout Win Since Game 2 of the 2022 Second Round Against the Rangers. It was the caps’ first shutout Loss Since Since game 5 of the 2020 first round against the islanders.

Frederik Andersen‘s shutout was the fourth of his playoff career, but his first postseason clean sheet as a hurricane. He joins Cam talbot As the only active goalies with a playoff shutout for three different franchises.

Andrei svechnikov Now has six goals this postseason, which is the 17th instance of a hurricanes/wholers player scoring six or more goals in a single post.

The Four Goals Allowed by Logan Thompson In Game 3 Were More Than His Combined Goals Against in Games 1 and 2, And The Most Since Game 3 of the first round against Montreal (Five).

Vegas golden knights at Edmonton oilers
Game 4 | 9:30 PM et | Tnt

The oilers’ and knights’ Series odds contracted after vegas’ game 3 win. Edmonton is now -250 to win, where Vegas is +200 to do so. The oilers have the Third-Shortest Cup Futures odds at +360, when the knights are third longest at +1000.

Vegas’ Reille Smith Was credited with the winning goal in game 3 with 0.4 seconds left on the clock after the puck angled in off Leon draisaitl‘s stick. It gos in the record books as being scored with one second period-tied for the latest go-air goal in regulation in Stanley Cup Playoff History With Colorado’s Nazem kadri in 2020 and Carolina’s Jussi Jokinen In 2009.

Jack eichel Enters game 4 riding an active six-game assist streak, which is tied for the Golden Knights’ Postseason Record. Mark Stone (2023) and smith (2018) also accomplished the feat.

Connor McDavid Now has 40 Career Playoff Goals; He’s the Seventh Oilers Player to Reach That Benchmark.

Edmonton’s Corey perry Scored Two Goals in the FIRST PERIOD OF GAM 3, now the Third -oldest Player in Stanley Cup Playoff History With a Multigoal Period; At 39 Years, 359 Days Old, He is Behind Nicklas Lidstrom (41) and Teemu Selanne (40) At the time they had a multigoal period in a playoff game.

Öcal’s three studs from Sunday

The reigning Stanley Cup Champions played their best game of the postseason. They Limited the Mowl Leafs to 22 shots on Goal, Owned the Neutral Zone, and Peppered Toronto’s Joseph woll With 37 shots en route to a 2-0 win. (Small Shoutout to Woll, who played great-this game could’ve easily been 8-0.)

With a Goal and Two Assists in Game 3, Rantanen because the first player in Stanley Cup Playoffs History With Five Three-Point Games Through A Team’s First 10 Contests. His first of Those Games was in game 5 of the first round.

Bobrovsky Didn is has the busiest night of His Playoff Career, but he stopped all 22 shots on Goal, His fifth carre postsey clean sheet.

Sunday’s recaps

Dallas stars 5, Winnipeg jets 2
Dal Leads 2-1 | Game 4 Tuesday

The stars returned home have earned home-face advantage in the series with a split of the first two games in winnipeg, and from the start of this one, they looked like they do not want to give it back. Dallas’ Rooope hintz Scored 2:27 in a power play, and which Kyle Connor Answered Midway through the first, Thomas harley Response THEREFTER, GIVING DALLAS A 2-1 Edge after the first. Nino Niederreiter Scored His Fourth Goal of the Playoffs to Knot the game at Two, but then the Third Period Was All Stars. Alexander Petrovic And Mikko Rantanen Scored without 50 seconds of each other, and Wyatt johnston Put the exclamation point on the contest with a goal at 14:06. Full Recap.

Play

Tempers flare last after max Domi’s big hit on Aleksander Barkov

Panthers Captain Aleksander Barkov is shaken up after considering a hit from max domi last in the game.

Florida panthers 2, Toronto maple leafs 0
Series Tied 2-2 | Game 5 Wednesday

It’s down to a best-for-three for the atlantic division crown. Carter Verhaeghe kicked off the scoring for the panthers at 15:45 of the first, and the 1-0 score would persist until 12:09 of the Third, when Sam Added His Fifth of the Postseason to Make It 2-0. That was more than even after Sergei bobrovskyWho saved all 23 shots the Mple Leafs sent on Goal. Joseph woll Was no slouch in the leafs’ cage, either, saving 35 of 37. Tempers flared last in the game after Toronto’s Max domi Borded Panthers Captain Aleksander Barkov And a somall melee ensured. Will that carry over into game 5? Full Recap.

Play

Wyatt Johnston Pokes in Stars’ 3rd Goal of 3rd Period

Wyatt Johnston Taps in a Goal for the Stars to Pad their lead in the Third Period vs The jets.