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4/5/2026
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Washington Capitals 6 , Florida Panthers 4
Shots: 28 - 20
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:86/101=85 %, Challenges:23/36=62 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:77/93=82 %, Challenges:27/42=62 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 937650 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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01:11 0-1
Anatoli Velikov [5] (Richard Panik, Chris Brown)
11:37 1-1
David Eklof [4] (Michael Del Zotto, Guillaume Dufresne)
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21:24 1-2
Petr Pojnar [5] (Colten Teubert, Alexander Rice)
24:47 2-2
Rafael Maguire [3] (Tarek Tabaracci, Sulo Niemela)
31:26 3-2
Guillaume Dufresne [4] (Michael Del Zotto)
36:04 3-3
Murray Boehner [4] (Jackson Achuck, Anatoli Velikov)
37:31 4-3
Gary Dorton [2])
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40:22 4-4
Aaron Ferraro [1] (Patrik Slaney)
41:15 5-4
Nikita Bizony [9] (Rafael Maguire, Tarek Tabaracci)
45:49 6-4
David Eklof [5] (Owen Douris, Gary Dorton)
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Penalty summary:
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01:45
Guillaume Dufresne (2 min for hooking)
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46:18
Mikulas Belohlavy (2 min for cross-checking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Zigmund Novotny 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 9.20 7
R Patrick St-Pierre 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 14.30 6
R David Eklof 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 17.10 8
R Nikita Bizony 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 18.50 7
C Sulo Niemela 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 9.20 7
C Gary Dorton 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 1 12.10 8
R Owen Douris 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 2 17.40 8
C Tarek Tabaracci 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 6
L Jari Lahtinen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
L Henrik Soderburg 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11.30 5
L Guillaume Dufresne 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 16.20 8
L Rafael Maguire 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 -1 20.50 7
D Lucas Sauer 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 14.50 5
D Michael Del Zotto 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 17.30 8
D Jared Cowen 0 0 1 6 0 3 0 -1 27.40 9
D Ragnar Sjoholm 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 16.40 7
D Tommy Ulrich 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 18.10 7
D Francis Béliveau 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 25.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Lubor Schilder 4 0 16 0 0 60.00 4
G Darrell Swessey 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Florida Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mikhail Motorin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 8.50 5
R Andrew Menzel 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 -2 11.00 7
R Patrik Slaney 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 20.50 8
R Murray Boehner 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 20.10 7
C Vasili Semetov 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 7.00 5
C Mikulas Belohlavy 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 -2 9.40 5
C Anatoli Velikov 1 1 3 2 3 1 0 1 20.40 8
C Petr Pojnar 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 7
R Alois Bicanek 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 7.00 4
L Samuel Cloutier 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 -2 10.40 7
L Richard Panik 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 21.20 7
L Chris Brown 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 20.40 6
D Drew Doughty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 11.00 5
D Jackson Achuck 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 21.20 7
D Victor Hedman 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 27.40 7
D Kimmo-Mikka Väinöla 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 9.40 5
D Aaron Ferraro 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 23.50 8
D Colten Teubert 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 -1 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Alexander Rice 6 1 22 0 0 60.00 4
G Erick Friedman 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Eklof
2nd star: Gary Dorton
3rd star: Guillaume Dufresne
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Sulo Niemela ended his 6 game point drought.
-Ragnar Sjoholm had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Florida Panthers:
Other notes:
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4/5/2026
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Carolina Hurricanes 2 , New York Rangers 6
Shots: 21 - 26
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:64/77=83 %, Challenges:14/51=26 %
PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:63/89=70 %, Challenges:27/45=58 %
Attendance: 18715 of 18715 (Raleigh Sports Arena)
Ticket income: 877733 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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05:23 1-0
Ilpo Räikkonen [6] (Sobeslav Orszajg)
13:45 1-1
James Van Riemsdyk [8] (Jordan Caron, Claude Maurice)
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24:41 1-2
Casey King [3])
32:28 2-2
Guillaume Bisson [3] (Aku Koivu)
36:48 2-3
Casey King [4] (James Van Riemsdyk, Joe Homes)
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51:25 2-4
Luc Maltais [4] (Erick Rozsa, Joe Homes)
52:36 2-5
Brandon Sutter [2])
59:59 2-6
Aappo Rintanen [1])
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Penalty summary:
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06:48
Aarne Eloranta (2 min for holding the stick)
11:42
Ilpo Räikkonen (2 min for hooking)
16:38
Dmitry Kozlov (2 min for hooking)
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49:17
Sobeslav Orszajg (2 min for hooking)
49:58
Brayden Schenn (2 min for roughing)
49:58
Casey King (2 min for roughing)
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Carolina Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Stefon Cooper 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 -1 8.00 5
R Dmitri Kamensky 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 -2 14.10 4
R Adam Dabrowski 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 -1 17.00 4
R Curtis Stevens 0 0 2 4 3 3 0 0 20.50 7
L Mattias Tedenby 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 8.50 4
C Brayden Schenn 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 -1 11.00 4
C Aku Koivu 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 -1 17.40 5
C Sobeslav Orszajg 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 21.00 6
L David Muni 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 8.00 5
L Guillaume Bisson 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 11.40 5
L Oleg Kocka 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 -2 17.40 4
L Ilpo Räikkonen 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 -1 21.40 7
D Vlastimil Havel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.00 6
D Erik Johnson 0 0 2 4 2 3 0 -3 23.10 7
D Louis Morin 0 0 2 5 1 4 0 -1 30.00 8
D Doug Rodway 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.00 6
D Simon Despres 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 -2 15.20 6
D Mathieu St-Laurent 0 0 3 5 4 1 0 -2 29.50 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Gavin Migliaccio 6 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Mikhail Kuznetsov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
New York Rangers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Aarne Eloranta 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 9.00 7
R Brandon Sutter 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 2 15.00 8
R Luc Maltais 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.00 8
R Casey King 2 0 3 7 0 6 2 3 18.00 10
C Justin Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 5
C Justin Bach 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 13.00 7
C Jordan Caron 0 1 2 5 1 5 0 -1 18.40 9
C Dmitry Kozlov 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 3 17.20 7
L Vit Orszajg 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 10.40 6
L Aappo Rintanen 1 0 4 5 3 5 0 2 13.00 9
L Erick Rozsa 0 1 1 3 4 3 0 -1 18.20 6
L James Van Riemsdyk 1 1 1 3 1 3 0 3 18.00 9
D Max Dusseault 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 16.20 7
D Claude Maurice 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 18.40 6
D Ludek Louvek 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 25.00 9
D Gustav Radimerski 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 14.20 7
D Alex Plante 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -1 21.50 5
D Joe Homes 0 2 2 2 3 3 0 3 23.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Bryan Pasiorinik 2 0 19 0 0 60.00 8
G Armando Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Casey King
2nd star: James Van Riemsdyk
3rd star: Joe Homes
Notes for Carolina Hurricanes:
-Curtis Stevens had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Oleg Kocka had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for New York Rangers:
-Joe Homes notched his 10th assist of the playoffs.
-Aappo Rintanen finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
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