Logan Thompson made 27 stops and Tom Wilson experienced a goal and a decisive pass in Washington’s 3-1 victory against Carolina’s Hurricanes visiting in match 2 of their semi-final series of the Eastern Conference on Thursday.
Connor McMichael and John Carlson also scored for the capital. The series is equal to 1-1 while the Hurricanes assume the advantage of ice at home. Match 3 is Saturday in Raleigh, NC
Carolina exceeds Washington by a margin of 61-35 of the series, including an advantage of 28-21 in match 2. Despite this advantage, the Hurricanes only marked three times against Thompson, which was a force in the Washington net throughout the playoffs.
After stopping 27 of the 28 shots in match 2, Thompson has a sterling .931 safeguarding percentage and an average of 2.01 goals on the seven capital games in the playoffs.
Shayne Gostisbehere had the only goal of Carolina, and Frederik Andersen stopped 18 of the 20 shots.
After having collected only 14 shots in match 1, the capital succeeded nine shots in the second period Thursday as part of a much more coherent offensive performance.
At 2:16 of the second period, an attempted sloppy clearance of Sean Walker near the middle of the ice ended up bringing McMichael outing on a breakaway. The attacker buried the wrist shooting for his fourth goal from the playoffs.
The first strike of capital was followed by another rapid goal 1:54 in the third period. During a power game, a beautiful sequence of passes ended with the shot of Carlson du Cercle.
Washington was 1 for 3 on the power game Thursday, finally solving the exceptional penalty unit of Caroline. Before Carlson’s goal, the Hurricanes were a perfect 19 for 19 on the Kill in their first six eliminatory games and the first two periods of match 2.
The Hurricanes surpassed the capital by a margin of 17-7 in the third and made a match of a goal on the game of Gostisbehere at the brand 9:26. It was as close as Carolina could get it because Wilson sealed the victory of the capital with an empty goal in the last minute.
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