The Carolina Hurricanes will play the Toronto Maple Leafs or Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference Final. The Hurricanes advanced to the conference final for the second time in three seasons by defeating the Washington Capitals 3-1 in Game 5 of the second round in Washington on Thursday.

Behind another solid performance from Frederik Andersen in net and a late third-period charge punctuated by an Andrei Svechnikov goal, the Hurricanes downed the Capitals in five games.

Andrei Svechnikov scored the go-ahead goal with just under two minutes left and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 in Game 5 on Thursday night, winning the second-round series and advancing to the Eastern Conference final for a second time in three years.

The Carolina Hurricanes are one win away from advancing to the Eastern Conference Final. Carolina has shut down the normally explosive Washington Capitals'

Ovechkin has zero points through the first three games of the Capitals' second-round series with the Hurricanes.

The Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars are each one win away from winning their second-round series and moving on to the conference finals.

Zeisberger digs into Matthews a bit, saying it's time for Toronto's star center, who hasn't scored in the series, to come through in a big way to get the Maple Leafs over the hump and into the Eastern Conference Final.