Three Thoughts After Big Carolina Hurricanes Win Against The Capitals
By Jim Lynch
The Carolina Hurricanes had their way with the Washington Capitals on Monday night in Washington winning six to one.
The Carolina Hurricanes had not beat the Capitals this season going into their final matchup of the regular season on Monday. Seems like someone forgot to tell the Hurricanes they hadn’t beat the Caps yet because they didn’t seemed faced at all controlling the game all night long.
The Hurricanes scored six goals tonight, with goals being scored by Derek Stepan, Martin Necas, Sebastian Aho, Brett Pesce and Brady Skjei. A lot of different players got involved in the game and it was a lot of fun to watch.
Even though the game was very high-scoring and not close, that wasn’t the case at the start of the second period when Tom Wilson scored the lone goal for the Capitals. It looked like momentum could shift and this game was going to get closer, but the Hurricanes buckled down and kept playing, and now get to enjoy a quick turnaround facing the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight.
1. A Potential Playoff Matchup?
The Hurricanes and Capitals could meet in round one of the playoffs this season, something that hasn’t happened since 2019 when the two went to seven games with the Hurricanes coming out on top in a double OT game seven.
The Hurricanes are definitely the better team this season, but the Capitals have had the upper hand winning three of four matchups this season, so really a first-round matchup between these two teams would be anyone’s guess on the winner.
These two teams facing off is always fun so a first-round matchup wouldn’t be the worst thing in my opinion.