Washington’s capital noted on Tuesday that the Carolina Hurricanes are not really similar to the Montreal Canadiens and they will have to make the necessary fixes during the second match of the association semi-final Thursday to the capital One Arena.
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The meeting will be broadcast on TVA Sports from 7 p.m.
-The “canes” checked most of the initial confrontation, even if they had to return from the rear in the third period to sign a gain of 2 to 1 in overtime. They dominated 33 to 14 in terms of shots in this duel which ended with the goal of Jaccob Slavin.
In the regular season, these two clubs in the metropolitan section divided the honors of their four meetings and not surprisingly, they waged a trench war on Tuesday. Alexander Ovechkin has also been limited to a throw. The Russian scored four nets during the series against the Habs. It is Dylan Strome who leads the “caps” with nine points in playoffs. In the opposing camp, Sebastian Aho (9) is the best pointer, while Frederik Andersen displays an efficiency rate of, 935.
After the match, the confrontation will be transported to Raleigh, where the games 3 and 4 will take place on Saturday and Monday.
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