Hurricanes game seven

Game 7; it was his 15th point in a deciding game seven goals, eight assists , extending his NHL record, and the three-time Stanley Cup winner is in those games.

This is not my story, this is the Hurricanes' story, and I'm proud of every single one of our guys. We're not done. We won a series. Williams may have tried to deflect attention, but he was the talk of the locker room after the game. Going into a double overtime [in] Game 7, a lot of us have never been in the playoffs before. So I think having him in your ear, just giving that confidence and relaxing you, it really helps this group.

You're always going to wonder if you're doing it right. But to have to have him there as a friend, No. The Hurricanes, who twice came back from two goals down Wednesday to eliminate the defending Cup champions, showed a resilience that typified their resurgent season.

Frederik Andersen stopped 36 shots while playing a full game for the first time in nearly three weeks. Andersen kept us in the game the first period. Tonight would have given us six points in five, so we fell short. We got four in five.

They endured a ragged first period before Stepan, Svechnikov and DeAngelo scored in a five-minute stretch of the second to take a lead. Skjei scored with left and Svechnikov got his second of the game and 12th of the season less than a minute later on a power play to cap the scoring. The Flames went 0 for 4 on power plays. The other came in March Calgary had 21 shots in the first period, marking the most allowed in any this period by the Hurricanes.

The Hurricanes, who trailed and in this game and in the best-of-7 series, advanced to the second round for the first time since and will play the New York Islanders. When it was , we told ourselves we wouldn't let it snowball like we did in the other games. We regrouped and stayed with it. Capitals Game 7 highlights Complete series coverage ]. McGinn deflected a pass from Williams past goalie Braden Holtby after the Hurricanes lost a face-off in the Capitals zone but regained the puck. I don't know.

It's just one of those plays that are hard to the front and you have to work for it. Carolina killed a Washington power play after Saku Maenalanen was called for delay of game at of the second overtime. McGinn prevented a Capitals goal with remaining in the third period by diving headfirst across the crease to deflect the puck with his stick. I don't know if it had enough steam to cross the line, but I don't think I was taking that chance.

Washington led entering the third, but Staal tied it with a wrist shot from the right face-off circle at A couple lucky bounces and they're in the game. But it was a great series, lots of toughness, lots of hard plays over there.