The top seeds in their respective conferences hope to stave off elimination at home when the second round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs continues on Thursday. The Washington Capitals, who are the No.

"We're doing a lot of things right... I've been very, very happy with the way we've played in all three games."

While goaltending and secondary scoring certainly have factored into going up 3-1 in their series for Carolina and Dallas, the biggest reason each team has gotten to this point is some of the best special teams play in the NHL playoffs.

The Carolina Hurricanes are one win away from advancing to the Eastern Conference Final. Carolina has shut down the normally explosive Washington Capitals'

Zeisberger digs into Matthews a bit, saying it's time for Toronto's star center, who hasn't scored in the series, to come through in a big way to get the Maple Leafs over the hump and into the Eastern Conference Final.

The Carolina Hurricanes twice found their two-goal margin halved in the third period of their latest playoff game with the Washington Capitals. Each time they found a prompt response.

Game 4 in Raleigh brought more trouble for the Washington Capitals as they fell 5-2 to the Carolina Hurricanes and slipped into a 3-1 series hole.Even with Washington on the brink of elimination after finishing the regular season with the most points among Eastern Conference teams,

Jason Blake played 871 NHL regular-season games but never made it out of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in six trips. Jackson, in his first NHL postseason, is playing regularly against the Washington Capitals in the Eastern Conference Second Round.