What - Game 4 (2-1)
When - 7 p.m., Monday, May 12
Where - Lenovo Center; Raleigh, NC
How to Watch - TNT, truTV, MAX, Sportsnet, TVAS

The Carolina Hurricanes will look to defend home ice again tonight as they look to take a series stranglehold over the Washington Capitals in Game 4.

The Canes weathered an early Capitals push in Game 3, before flipping the script and absolutely grinding them away in a 4-0 win.

Frederik Andersen continued to be the best goaltender in the playoffs and the Hurricanes' power play and depth scoring really shined through in the series.

Carolina has been a dominant team at home this season and if they can replicate that success they had in the second half of Game 3, they could very well push Washington to the edge by the night's end.

Streaks

• Shayne Gostisbehere (1g, 1a) and Seth Jarvis (2a) have points in back-to-back games.

Milestone Watch

• Dmitry Orlov skated in his 100th career postseason game Saturday night in Game 3.

Game Notes

• The last two times these teams met in the postseason was 2019. Carolina qualified for the playoffs for the first time in nine years and Washington were the defending Cup champions. The Canes won the series in seven games.
• While not too many players are left from either of those teams, what's notable is that two defensemen have now swapped places as Dmitry Orlov and Trevor van Riemsdyk will now be on separate sides of the series.
• Jaccob Slavin (1g, 10pts in 10gp) is a point-per-game player against Washington in the postseason.
• The Capitals have never won a postseason game in Raleigh (0-4).
• Carolina has won a league-leading 35 games at home this season.

Don't Expect To See Alexander Nikishin Anytime Soon On The Carolina Hurricanes' Blueline Coming off of a tight loss in Washington, many Carolina Hurricanes fans are still clambering to see top prospect Alexander Nikishin make his NHL debut this season.

Key Matchups

Projected Starting Goalies

• Frederik Andersen: 5-2; 0.940 Sv%; 1.32 GAA
• Logan Thompson: 5-3; 0.922 Sv%; 2.26 GAA

Leading Scorers

• Goals - Andrei Svechnikov (6) / Alex Ovechkin (4)
• Points - Sebastian Aho (9) / Dylan Strome (10)

Power Play

• Carolina - 33% (9/27)
• Washington - 20% (4/20)

Penalty Kill

• Carolina - 95.5% (21/22)
• Washington - 65.2% (15/23)

Hurricanes Projected Lineup

Andrei Svechnikov - Sebastian Aho - Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall - Jack Roslovic - Logan Stankoven
Jordan Martinook - Jordan Staal - William Carrier
Eric Robinson - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Jackson Blake

Jaccob Slavin - Brent Burn
Dmitry Orlov - Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere - Sean Walker

Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov

Injuries and Scratches: Tyson Jost, Juha Jaaska, Alexander Nikishin, Riley Stillman, Ty Smith, Spencer Martin, Mark Jankowski (undisclosed), Jesper Fast (neck)

Hurricanes Provide Positive Update On Injured Players Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour delivered some positive news on the injury front Sunday afternoon.

Capitals Projected Lineup

Alex Ovechkin - Dylan Strome - Aliaksei Protas
Connor McMichael - Pierre-Luc Dubois - Tom Wilson
Andrew Mangiapane - Lars Eller - Taylor Raddysh
Brandon Duhaime - Nic Dowd - Anthony Beauvillier

Jakob Chychrun - John Carlson
Rasmus Sandin - Matt Roy
Alexander Alexeyev - Trevor van Riemsdyk

Logan Thompson 
Charlie Lindgren

Injuries and Scratches: Ethan Bear, Ethen Frank, Dylan McIlrath, Ryan Leonard, Nicklas Backstrom (hip), Martin Fehervary (meniscus), Sonny Milano (UBI), T.J. Oshie (back)  

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