Washington can’t capitalize early For the second straight game, Washington wasted a strong start — and unlike in Game 3, the Capitals couldn’t sustain it for a full 20 minutes, either.

Hall's score on a 1-on-1 chance came less than three minutes after Jakob Chychrun had brought the Capitals to within 2-1, while Walker's score came about 4 1/2 minutes after Ovechkin's goal.

The Capitals have never won a postseason game in Raleigh (0-4). Carolina has won a league-leading 35 games at home this season.

The Washington Capitals were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Carolina Hurricanes with a 3-1 loss in Game 5 of the best-of-7 Eastern Conference Second Round at Capital One Arena in ...