Washington (AP) knowing very well the chances of being competitive in their series of second round against the Hurricanes of Caroline suspended, the Washington capital overthrowed the script of the opener in an important way in match 2.
Tom Wilson had a monster performance with a few blocked shots, a decisive pass on the winning goal and the empty net that sealed a 3-1 victory on Tuesday evening. From Wilson Down, the capitals were much more like and have shown that they could skate with hurricanes and seize certain opportunities necessary to beat them.
“It was much better, there is no doubt about it,” said coach Spencer Carbery. “We have the impression that we can go back.”
Connor McMichael scored on a breakaway, John Carlson obtained a Power-Play goal on a cross pass of Wilson manuals, and Thompson stopped 27 of the 28 strokes he faced. Capitals started slowly before starting to resemble the seeded of the Eastern Conference, dictating their style and not to hear themselves in their end for long periods.
It was essential after being that they were completely outdated when the series is opened, loss of extension.
“The first match did not go in our direction, weren’t too satisfied with this: we came out badly there, so I think it was a very good answer from our group,” said McMichael, who marked after the Puck struck the defender of Hurricane Shayne Gostisbehere in the neck. “We move rings faster. I think we were not hanging and looking for the perfect game. We were in a way to get him out of our area and force them to play games. ”
At the other end of the ice, Thompson maintained his stellar goalkeeper who helped the capital exceed Montreal in five games in the first round. Songs of “LT! Lt! ” Filled the arena almost every time Thompson stopped and stopped the game.
“He kept us in the match,” said Captain Alex Ovechkin. “He gave us confidence.”
The Hurricanes obtained 18 stops from Andersen and a Gostisbeher power game goal with 10:34 to play but could not erase their deficit. The last team of this series series to be perfect on the penalty, entering 17 for 17, their sequence was broken on the goal of Carlson.
“We were certainly not great, that’s for sure, and you have to give Washington the credit – they played a much better game,” said coach Rod Brind’amour. “They dug. We knew it was going to be like that. It’s not surprising. I just got together.”
Match 3 is at 6 p.m. Hae on Saturday in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Hurricanes won their three home games in the first round against New Jersey and 31 out of 41 during the season.
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