While Frederik Andersen was solid between the pipes and Carolina’s blue line continued to be among the NHL’s best in 2024-25, Washington head coach Spencer Carbery went out of his way to single out Jaccob Slavin in the immediate aftermath of Game 5.

Carolina dominated Washington in nearly every facet of Game 1 and forced the Capitals to adjust ahead of Game 2.

After the Capitals threw everything they had at the Hurricanes in the first period, Washington was out of answers. It was the kind of game that can end a series, mentally if not mathematically.

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Boudreau’s teams in Washington and Anaheim resisted making major overhauls in the immediate aftermath of a great team losing a Game 7. But when the Capitals hit a midseason slump in November 2011, removing him was the change.

Slavin’s goal early in overtime gives Canes ended second-round game in which Caps were outplayed and badly outshot.