The Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals play Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinals in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Thursday in D.C.

The Washington Capitals head into Thursday's Game 5 matchup with the visiting Carolina Hurricanes knowing they must win the next three games to keep their second-round series going and advance to the ...

Social media was ablaze when word got out that prized Russian rookie Alexander Nikishin was skating in Jalen Chatfield’s place alongside Dmitry Orlov at practice.

"An elimination game is always the hardest one to win, and they’re going to probably play their best game of the series in ...

The Hurricanes do not appear to be making any changes for Game 5. Defenseman Jalen Chatfield was the only player who did not practice on Thursday. Alexander Nikishin, who has yet to make his NHL debut ...

Our Hurricanes vs. Capitals predictions expect plenty of shots to come from the stick of Shayne Gostisbehere in Game 5.

Goaltender Frederik Andersen has given Canes a comfort level with his play in net that allowed them to be aggressive and take ...

Carolina Hurricanes (47-30-5, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Washington Capitals (51-22-9, in the Metropolitan Division) Washington; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Hurricanes -172, ...

However, the Canes killed off the rest of Orlov's penalty, and Sean Walker scored an insurance goal with 3:15 left to restore ...

The Carolina Hurricanes now have a 3-1 stranglehold on the series after winning 5-2 in Game 4 on Monday night (May 12) ...

Carolina Hurricanes winger Andrei Svechnikov celebrated his seventh goal of the postseason in Monday's Game 4 against the Washington Capitals, completing the scoring in a 5-2 win with an empty-net ...

Thompson finished with 24 saves for Washington, while the Capitals managed just 10 shots in the final 39+ minutes.