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Capitals lose Game 7 in double OT, Stanley Cup defense ends early

After 91 minutes of hockey, the Carolina Hurricanes finally put a dagger into the Washington Capitals‘ season.

Brock McGinn scored the double-overtime winner and the Hurricanes took Game 7 4-3 Wednesday at Capital One Arena, knocking the defending champions out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

McGinn’s series-deciding goal came 11:05 into the second overtime against a Capitals team that had looked gassed for hours, and whose top-flight goaltender couldn’t keep carrying his teammates on his back.

Andre Burakovsky, Tom Wilson and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored, and Braden Holtby made 38 saves for Washington.