Andrei Svechnikov pounced on a loose faceoff puck for his sixth postseason goal while Frederik Andersen had 21 saves as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Washington Capitals 4-0 on Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series.

The post Hurricanes’ Frederik Andersen gets Game 1 confirmation vs. Capitals appeared first on ClutchPoints.The Carolina Hurricanes lost Frederik Andersen midway through Game 4, which left Pyotr Kochetkov to hold down the fort for the final two games of their series against the New Jersey Devils.

Washington managed just one shot through 14 critical minutes of the second, and just 10 shots in the final 39-plus minutes.