What do you think of when you hear the words "Game 7"? Are you excited, stressed, a little bit of both? For most Capitals fans, hearing those words more than likely stresses them out.
After leading the first round series against the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0, then losing 2 in a row in Carolina, winning Game 5 at home in dominating fashion, then losing in Carolina AGAIN, the Caps went into Wednesday's Game 7 hoping for the Capital One Arena faithful to give them a spark leading into the next series against former coach Barry Trotz and the New York Islanders.
After a pretty dominating 1st period leading 2-0 and then leading 3-1 for part of the 2nd period thanks to the first goals of the series by star players Andre Burakovsky and Evgeny Kuznetsov, Carolina rocked the Caps like a hurricane, scoring 3 unanswered goals and ended up winning the game and the series 4-3 in double overtime on a Brock McGinn goal and the Carolina Hurricanes advanced to the second round against the Islanders, while the Caps were eliminated in the first round for the first time in a few seasons.
We will see if the Caps can rebound and have better success next year, but it looks like the Carolina Hurricanes are an up and coming team for years to come.
Too soon!!!
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