Washington has won five straight postseason games, dating to last spring, and will attempt to make it six Saturday afternoon against the Hurricanes.
The Caps outlasted Carolina in Game 1. By Isabelle Khurshudyan , Isabelle Khurshudyan Reporter covering the Washington Capitals Email Bio Follow Samantha Pell and Samantha Pell Reporter covering high school sports Email Bio Follow Neil Greenberg Neil Greenberg Reporter analyzing advanced sports statistics for The Washington Post Email Bio Follow April 13 at 11:02 AM Game 2Series: Capitals lead, 1-0; Saturday, 3 p.m.
“I wouldn’t want to play against him, that’s for sure,” forward Tom Wilson said. “I’m glad he’s on our side – a big, physical guy who plays at big times in the game. We’re fortunate to have him.” “We talk all the time about putting players in a situation to succeed,” Coach Todd Reirden said. “If we were behind that game, 3-2, then it probably would have been reversed, but in that situation I felt Orpik was having a strong game. Those were his strengths as a player. That’s going to kind of dictate it as well.
“That’s certainly one of my favorite elements, and our staff enjoys having the same opponent where we can make in-game adjustments,” Reirden said. “I think it was key to some of the success that we were about to have last year was our ability to make adjustments in series. And our players have used a number of different plays, whether it’s off faceoffs or different systemic adjustments. We’re comfortable switching to different things to be a difficult scout for the opposition.
• Heavy workloads: Carolina’s Sebastian Aho became the second forward in Carolina history to log 26-plus minutes in a non-overtime playoff game, with 26:10 minutes of ice time in the Hurricanes’ Game 1 loss. Carolina Coach Rod Brind’Amour did it four times as a player in 2002 for the Hurricanes – topping out at 26:53 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. Aho averaged 20:09 of ice time during the regular season, scoring 30 goals and tallying 53 assists.
Center Evgeny Kuznetsov logged the most minutes of ice time among the Capitals’ centers , while often matched up up against Aho’s line to counteract the Hurricanes’ top offensive threat. Top-line center Nicklas Backstrom logged 18:13, while third-line center Lars Eller had 19:36 and fourth-line center Nic Dowd chipped in 6:40. Eller took a maintenance day Friday for an undisclosed “upper-body” injury, but Reirden said he’ll play Saturday.
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