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The Hurricanes are once again eight wins away from a Stanley Cup, despite many in the hockey world dubbing their playing style "boring."

There’s a moment of frustrated dread for any hockey team that comes with an official raising an arm to call a penalty triggering a power play. For the Carolina Hurricanes, that moment quickly flips to next-play belief.

Carolina has played a smothering defensive style and limited the NHL's No. 2 regular-season offense to six goals, one of them an empty-netter, in four games. The Capitals are averaging fewer than 20 shots a game.

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

In a rematch of the 2023 Eastern Conference Final against the Panthers, the Hurricanes will yet again play another recent playoff opponent, this time looking to turn the tables after that sweep.

The Capitals have a lot of things that they can potentially do this offseason as they look to improve on a solid 2024-25 season.