Sean Walker minimize to the center of the ice and beat Logan Thompson for a crucial late objective, then Andrei Svechnikov adopted with an empty-net clincher to assist the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Monday evening and take a 3-1 lead of their second-round playoff collection.
Walker’s rating got here after the Capitals had pulled to inside 3-2 on Alex Ovechkin’s one-timer blast on a 5-on-3 energy play with about eight minutes left. Taylor Corridor flipped a cross to Walker to surge up the left facet, then he hesitated to chop inside behind Jack Roslovic to attain on the 16:45 mark to push the lead again to 4-2.
Svechnikov adopted along with his seventh postseason objective shortly after the Capitals pulled Thompson, the capper on an evening when Carolina twice led by two targets however needed to maintain on in a tense end down the stretch.
Corridor, Seth Jarvis and Shayne Gostisbehere additionally scored for the Hurricanes, whereas Frederik Andersen carried a shutout into the third earlier than ending with 19 saves.
Simply as importantly, the Hurricanes twice responded because the Capitals inched inside a objective within the third. Corridor’s rating on a 1-on-1 probability got here lower than three minutes after Jakob Chychrun had introduced the Capitals to inside 2-1, whereas Walker’s rating took place 4 1/2 minutes after Ovechkin’s objective.
Ovechkin’s blast acquired the NHL’s profession targets chief on the scoresheet for the primary time within the collection. Thompson completed with 32 saves.
The collection shifts again to Washington for Sport 5 on Thursday, with the Japanese Convention’s prime seed working to stave off elimination and the Hurricanes aiming for a second journey to the convention ultimate in three seasons.
