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NHL Playoffs Live Blog: Carolina Hurricanes, Washington Capitals Kick Off Second Round Series

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Nov 3, 2024; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Carolina Hurricanes right wing Andrei Svechnikov (37) and Washington Capitals center Nic Dowd (26) grab hold of each other during the first period at Lenovo Center. (James Guillory-Imagn Images)

The Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals were the first two teams to advance to the second round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs and will now square off tonight at Capital One Arena for their second round series.

The top two Metropolitan teams share a brief playoff history, only having met one time prior (in 2019 with the Hurricanes upsetting the Capitals in seven games), but their is plenty of animosity between these two clubs.

Neither team is anticipated to have any lineup changes heading into tonight's tilt, with Frederik Andersen and Logan Thompson the anticipated starters in net.

This story will be updated throughout the game. Make sure you refresh the page so that you are reading the latest version of the story and be sure to join the conversation in the comment section below.

For the Capitals live blog, click here!

Also, be sure to check out the post-game Playoff Frenzy livestream.

Broadcast

  • The game is being streamed on ESPN, Sportsnet and TVAS, but for fans who want to listen to Mike and Tripp, you can tune into 99.9 FM The Fan.

Second Period

(20:00) Back for the second. Can Carolina keep the pressure up?

(19:25) Chatfield acts quickly to get back and kill a Strome chance in front.

(18:30) Svechnikov/Burns with a terrible turnover that winds up with Dubois getting a chance in front but he rings the crossbar.

(16:07) 1-0 Caps; Protas shoots one past Andersen off the rush to open the scoring. Carolina's strong start is all for not.

(11:35) Walker goes to the bench in some pain after absorbing a Kotkaniemi shot in his midsection.

(7:44) Canes survive a good shift by Caps top line after a turnover by Orlov earlier in the play.

First Period

(20:00) Martinook-Staal-Jarvis-Orlov-Chatfield-Andersen the starting six for the Hurricanes.

(18:50) Great stick by Burns to deny a Capitals 2-on-1 chance. On the replay, it looks like the pass from Dubois was off.

(16:30) Wilson already making his presence known with a pair of hits on Orlov and Chatfield. Canes have to keep their heads up when he's out on the ice.

(14:00) Hurricanes forecheck really giving Washington troubles early on. SOG are 4-0 and shot attempts are 14-1.

(12:58) Aho takes an offensive zone high-sticking penalty. It was all Carolina early, but now the penalty kill is going to have to come up big.

(10:30) Kill comes through. Capitals had three shots on goal, including an Ovechkin one-timer.

(8:43) Svechnikov and Wilson come together after a whistle. They're each team's biggest agitators, so who'll come out on top?

(8:39) Gostisbehere rings the post.

(5:09) Carolina getting their shot at the power play now as Orlov is yanked down by Duhaime.

(3:10) One shot on goal for the Hurricanes on that man advantage. Washington kept the diamond tight on the kill and are selling out to block shots.

(2:02) Svechnikov off the crossbar.

(0:00) Score: 0-0 / SOG 13-6 CAR

Carolina outchanced Washington 32-6 at 5v5 and the Capitals also had 14 blocked shots in the opening frame.

Hurricanes game is all about wearing down their opponents, so in that regard, that was a good road period.  

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