Jalen Chatfield — who typically works with Dmitry Orlov in Carolina’s second pairing — missed the clinching game of the second-round series against the Capitals with a lower-body injury.

Teams that win Game 1 of a best-of-7 Stanley Cup Playoff series go on to win the series 68.1 percent of the time (534-250). The percentage increases to 74.9 percent (368-123) when the home team wins Game 1, and decreases to 56.7 percent (166-127) when the road team wins Game 1.