Slavin’s goal early in overtime gives Canes ended second-round game in which Caps were outplayed and badly outshot.

The Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes meet in the second round of the NHL playoffs in a series between division rivals that play the same defensively but try to score in entirely different ways.

Here are some thoughts on what we’ve seen from various Capitals now that we’re sufficiently removed from the first round. Alex Ovechkin: All systems are go for the ol’ fella. Washington didn’t win his minutes territorially against the Canadiens,