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Second Round · Game 2

Hurricanes at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 CAR leads 4–1

Capitals, Second Round Game 2, beat Hurricanes 3–1 at Capital One Arena on May 8, 2025.

CAR – WSH
28–21
Shots on goal
1/3–1/3
Power play
36–26
Hits
10–33
Blocked shots
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The game

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Second Round — Best of 7

CAR vs WSH · CAR leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
2–1
OT · CAR
Game 2
1–3
Final · WSH
Game 3
0–4
Final · CAR
Game 4
2–5
Final · CAR
Game 5
3–1
Final · CAR

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Tom Wilson
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 19:34 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
John Carlson
1 G
2 shots · 25:07 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Connor McMichael
1 G
1 shots · 17:37 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Connor McMichael Go-ahead 2nd · 02:16
Unassisted · beat Frederik Andersen
0–1
3rd period
🦅 John Carlson PP 3rd · 01:54
Assists: Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome · beat Frederik Andersen
0–2
🌪️ Shayne Gostisbehere PP 3rd · 09:26
Assists: Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho · beat Logan Thompson
1–2
🦅 Tom Wilson Empty net 3rd · 19:00
Assists: Aliaksei Protas
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Aho · Blake · Svechnikov 19:05
L2 Martinook · Staal · Stankoven 16:47
L3 Hall · Jarvis · Roslovic 15:08
L4 Carrier · Robinson · Kotkaniemi 8:20
D1 Slavin · Burns 20:36
D2 Orlov · Gostisbehere 18:54
D3 Walker · Chatfield 18:20
🦅Capitals
L1 McMichael · Strome · Wilson 17:37
L2 Dubois · Protas · Dowd 16:20
L3 Ovechkin · Beauvillier · Duhaime 14:36
L4 Mangiapane · Eller · Raddysh 9:43
D1 Carlson · Chychrun 24:45
D2 Roy · Sandin 21:58
D3 van Riemsdyk · Alexeyev 13:22

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR WSH🦅
28 Shots on goal 21
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
36 Hits 26
10 Blocked shots 33
6 Takeaways 7
10 Giveaways 21
6 Penalty minutes 6
CAR shooting 3.6% (1/28) WSH shooting 14.3% (3/21)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Frederik Andersen
18/20
.900 SV% · 2 GA · 58:35 TOI
🦅Capitals
Logan Thompson
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Connor McMichael · 2nd 02:16 · 0–1 John Carlson · 3rd 01:54 · 0–2 Shayne Gostisbehere · 3rd 09:26 · 1–2 Tom Wilson · 3rd 19:00 · 1–3
CAR WSH
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — tied after 1st: 19-7 (73% win rate, 26 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 24-6-4 (71% win rate, 34 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-6-2 (33% win rate, 12 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 9-0-1 (90% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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May 62025 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–1 OT Apr 102025 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 4–5 SO Apr 22025 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 1–5 Dec 202024 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 1–3 Nov 32024 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 2–4
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Who won Hurricanes vs Capitals on May 8, 2025?

Capitals won 3–1. The final score was Hurricanes 1, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Shayne Gostisbehere.

Who scored for Capitals?

Connor McMichael, John Carlson, Tom Wilson.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Frederik Andersen made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Logan Thompson made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeMay 6 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–1 AfterMay 10 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 0–4
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMay 6 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–1 AfterMay 10 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 0–4
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