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Washington Capitals unveil lines ahead of Game 1 against Carolina Hurricanes
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After defeating the Canadiens in the first-round, the Washington Capitals are preparing for their second-round matchup of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Capitals will stick with the same lines ahead of Game 1 of their second-round matchup against the Hurricanes.
The Capitals secured home-ice advantage and will host the first two games of the series starting on Tuesday. The Hurricanes, who placed second in the Metropolitan Division, trailed Washington by 12 points.
Tom Gulitti reported that there was no changes at practice earlier today.
No changes for Capitals at practice today:
Beauvillier-Strome-Ovechkin
McMichael-Dubois-Wilson
Mangiapane-Eller-Leonard
Duhaime-Dowd-Protas
Frank, Raddysh
Chychrun-Carlson
Sandin-Roy
Alexeyev-TvR
McIlrath-Bear
Thompson
Lindgren
Gibson
Beauvillier-Strome-Ovechkin
McMichael-Dubois-Wilson
Mangiapane-Eller-Leonard
Duhaime-Dowd-Protas
Frank, Raddysh
Chychrun-Carlson
Sandin-Roy
Alexeyev-TvR
McIlrath-Bear
Thompson
Lindgren
Gibson
The only previous postseason meeting between Washington and Carolina came in 2019, when the defending Stanley Cup champion Capitals were eliminated in seven games during the opening round.
Here's what Capitals forward Dylan Strome had to say about facing the Hurricanes in Round 2.
"Obviously, we're playing a real good opponent coming up next. Going to be a totally different test with the way they play, but we'll watch some video, we'll study up, and we'll be ready to go." -Strome
The two teams split their regular-season series 2-2, which at times got incredibly heated. Carolina finished ahead in goal differential, outscoring the Capitals 14-11. The Capitals took the last game of the regular-season series 5-4 in a shootout on April 10.
It should be a great series, and it all begins on Tuesday for the Capitals.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers will open up the second-round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Monday night.
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