The Capitals were unable to finish off the Hurricanes on the road, and the trend of the home team winning continued as Carolina force a series-deciding game seven in a 5-2 victory.
Ten more notes on the game:
1. With puck possession hard to come by in the opening moments of the contest, an undisputed chippiness that we’ve seen as a function of injuries to both sides came to a head with big hits, taunting, and post-whistle extracurricular activities a-plenty. The Capitals though were able to keep their heads and cash in on a mistake by Sebastian Aho to go puck-chasing below the goal line, Andre Burakovsky and Lars Eller connected with Brett Connolly caught Petr Mrázek leaning the wrong way and roofed the puck in the top shelf to give Washington the all-important first goal of the contest.