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The last time Justin Williams played in a postseason game in Raleigh, he skated off with the Stanley Cup. The stakes aren't quite that high - yet - for the Carolina Hurricanes, but the third game of their best-of-seven series with the Washington Capitals on Monday night does bring his career full circle. Now, ''Mr. Game 7'' is ready for Game 3 - the first playoff game at PNC Arena in 10 years - and hoping to keep the Hurricanes from falling into a three-games-to-none hole. Continue to Article

April 14, 2019 3:00:pm EST

While the Hurricanes have played hard and given the Capitals a few scares, Washington has answered every challenge. "I wouldn't expect anything else in Game 3 either," Capitals goalie Braden Holtby said of the response he anticipates from Carolina. Holtby said having played in Raleigh late in the regular season (a 3-2 Washington win on March 28) gives the Capitals a somewhat fresh idea of the situation they'll be entering. Continue to Article

April 14, 2019 12:35:pm EST

Defenseman Brooks Orpik scored 1:48 into sudden-death overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 4-3 victory over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2 of an Eastern Conference first-round series Saturday afternoon. The Capitals have a 2-0 lead in this series, which shifts to Carolina for the next two games, starting Monday. Orpik's game-winner was just his fourth goal in 151 NHL playoff games. Continue to Article

April 13, 2019 8:24:pm EST

The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Saturday in overtime during the second playoff game between the two teams. Continue to Article

April 13, 2019 7:03:pm EST

Deja vu all over again: Why Brooks Orpik's game-winner felt familiar originally appeared on nbcsportswashington.com In what seemed like a game of deja vu on deja vu, the Washington Capitals' final goal of Game 2 against the Carolina Hurricanes confirmed that we truly have seen lots of this before. Brooks Orpik's Game 2, game-winning goal in overtime confirmed that history would repeat itself. Orpik also had the game-winning goal in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, though that time, the final score was 3-2. Continue to Article

April 13, 2019 6:46:pm EST