Overview

• Andrei Svechnikov scored the game-winning goal with 1:59 remaining, breaking a 1-1 tie with a sharp-angle shot past two defenders.
• Carolina added an empty-net goal by Seth Jarvis in the final minute, clinching a 3-1 victory in Game 5 and the series.
• Frederik Andersen made 18 saves, maintaining his status as the playoffs' top-performing goaltender with a 94.7% save rate in the game.
• Jordan Staal opened the scoring for the Hurricanes with his first goal of the postseason, while Washington's Anthony Beauvillier netted their lone goal.
• The Hurricanes advance to their sixth Eastern Conference Final in franchise history and await the winner of the Florida Panthers–Toronto Maple Leafs series.