Carolina Hurricanes blank Washington Capitals, take 2-1 lead

Raleight, NC – Andrei svechnikov Pounceed on a loose faceoff puck for His sixth PostSeason Goal WHILE WHILE Frederik Andersen Had 21 saves as the Carolina hurricanes defeated the Washington Capitals 4-0 On Saturday Night for A 2-1 lead in their second-round playoffs.

Svechnikov Sprang Into the Circle to Beat John carlson To the puck and bit Logan Thompson At 12:34 of the second for the game’s first goal in what turned out to be the start of carolina’s game-seizing surge.

Jack roslovic Added a power-play goal last in the second period for the hurricanes, when Eric Robinson Charged up the left side to bit thompson early in the third to make it 3-0.

Jackson Blake Added a clinching power-put finish near the post last as the hurricanes improved to 4-0 at home in the playoffs. A lot of that has to do with their goaltender.

“(TODA) MIGHT’VE THAT OF THE BETTER GAMES HEBLY FOR US,” Carolina Coach Rod Brind’amour Said of Andersen.

The hurricanes dominated play in the series opener but needed Jaccob Slavin‘s overtime goal to push through the road. The Capitals Did a Better Job of Countering in Game 2 And Tied The Series Behind a Strong Two-Way Effort from Tom Wilson.

The capitals are similar to the script on Carolina with a strong start, which included Andersen has to stand up to an immediate skating-in chance by wilson and an early shot free Taylor raddysh While the hurricanes struggled to get on their aggressive game.

And Andersen was strong through – carrying the Load until the hurricanes finally assigned control once svechnikov broke the scoreless tie. In fact, washington managed just one shot throgh 14 Critical minutes of the second, spanning svechnikov’s score and beefore to Roslovic’s Man-and and Advantage Finish.

Thompson finished with 24 saves for Washington, where the capitals managed just 10 shots in the final 39-plus minutes.

In the Victory, Carolina’s Jordan Martinook Left the game, but brind’amour do not have an update on his status in his postgame media availability. “Hopefully, he’l be ok,” the coach saaid.

Game 4 in The Best-of-Save Series is monday night in raleigh.

The Associated Press Contributed to this Report.