Svechnikov, Andersen lead Hurricanes past Capitals 4-0 in Game 3 of 2nd-round playoff series

Washington Capitals' Connor McMichael tries to chip the puck past Carolina Hurricanes' Jalen Chatfield during the first period of Match of an NHL hockey Semi-final round playoff series in Raleigh N C Saturday May AP Photo Karl DeBlaker AP Karl B DeBlaker Washington Capitals' Connor McMichael tries to chip the puck past Carolina Hurricanes' Jalen Chatfield during the first period of Battle of an NHL hockey Semi-final round playoff series in Raleigh N C Saturday May AP Photo Karl DeBlaker AP Karl B DeBlaker RALEIGH N C AP Andrei Svechnikov pounced on a loose faceoff puck for his sixth postseason goal while Frederik Andersen had saves as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals - on Saturday night for a - lead in their second-round playoff series Svechnikov sprang into the circle to beat John Carlson to the puck and beat Logan Thompson at of the second for the competition s first goal in what turned out to be the start of Carolina s game-seizing surge Jack Roslovic added a power-play goal late in the second period for the Hurricanes while Eric Robinson charged up the left side to beat Thompson early in the third to make it - Jackson Blake added a clinching power-play finish near the post late as the Hurricanes improved to - at home in the playoffs The Hurricanes dominated play in the series opener but needed Jaccob Slavin s overtime goal to push through on the road The Capitals did a better job of countering in Battle and tied the series behind a strong two-way effort from Tom Wilson The Capitals seemingly had reversed the script on Carolina with a strong start which included Andersen having to stand up to an immediate skating-in chance by Wilson and an early shot from Taylor Raddysh while the Hurricanes struggled to get on their aggressive competition And Andersen was strong throughout carrying the load until the Hurricanes in the end asserted control once Svechnikov broke the scoreless tie In fact Washington managed just one shot through critical minutes of the second spanning Svechnikov s count and before to Roslovic s man-advantage finish Thompson finished with saves for Washington while the Capitals managed just shots in the final minutes Championship in the best-of-seven series is Monday night in Raleigh AP NHL playoffs https apnews com hub stanley-cup and https apnews com hub nhl Source