The Washington Capitals sent their fans home happy with another playoff win at Capital One Arena over the Carolina Hurricanes. It took overtime and a Brooks Orpik blast to get it done as the Caps now head to Raleigh up 2-0 in the series.
The Caps out-shot the Canes 33 to 28.
Nicklas Backstrom of the @Capitals scored in the first period to record his 101st career point in the #StanleyCup Playoffs.
He passed Daniel Alfredsson for sole possession of fourth place on the NHL’s all-time list among Swedish players. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/VMXk5hgDJD
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 13, 2019
Numbers thanks to Hockey-reference.com and NaturalStatTrick.com.
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