Washington was unable to match the Carolina game speed at all in the opening match of the second round. The most interesting question for next night’s NHL drop-out is whether Washington can raise his level against Carolina in the opening match. Before the first encounter between the teams, Washington was considered a very potential candidate to drop Carolina. However, in the opening match, Washington was completely on the feet of Carolina, even though the match was only settled by the guests in overtime (1-2). Washington already had problems with the game speed at the opening round against Montreal, and now the difficulties in the opening game were now only increasing. Washington’s offensive play, in particular, was in major problems in the first match. The team made only 14 shots per goal. Carolina won the game’s shots 33-14, expected 4.4-2.3 and, above all, in the 5vs5 game of as much as 3.8-1.3.
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