Capitals look more like themselves in beating the Hurricanes 3-1 in Game 2 to tie series

WASHINGTON AP Connor McMichael and John Carlson scored Logan Thompson made saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes - in Match on Thursday night to tie the second-round playoff series After a slow first period the Eastern Conference regular-season champion Capitals started to look more like themselves as as the battle wore on dictating their style and not getting hemmed in their end for long stretches That was essential after they were they were thoroughly outplayed in the series opener an overtime loss Thankful to be in it Tuesday night Washington in Challenge outlasted Carolina s puck possession start and took advantage of a fortunate break and a series of penalties McMichael scored into the second on a breakaway after an attempted dump-in by Sean Walker hit Hurricanes defense partner Shayne Gostisbehere in the face slowing his ability to get back Carlson fired a power-play goal into a wide-open net into the third off a textbook cross-ice pass from Tom Wilson that Frederik Andersen had no realistic chance of stopping Wilson finished off his dominant contest by sealing it with an empty-netter with a minute left In addition to the assist he blocked a shot that saved a would-be goal by Carolina At the other end of the ice Thompson kept up his stellar goaltending that helped the Capitals get past Montreal in five games in the first round Chants of LT LT filled the arena just about every time Thompson made a stop and halted play The Hurricanes got saves from Andersen and a power-play goal from Gostisbehere with left but could not erase their deficit The last squad this postseason to be perfect on the penalty kill entering for their streak was broken on Carlson s goal Up next Competition is p m EDT on Saturday in Raleigh North Carolina The Hurricanes won all three of their home games in the first round against New Jersey and of during the regular season AP NHL playoffs https apnews com hub stanley-cup and https apnews com hub nhl Source