The Washington Capitals held off a fierce rally from the Carolina Hurricanes in a dramatic Game 2 of the NHL Playoffs, winning 3-1 thanks to a jaw-dropping 33 blocked shots and clutch goaltending by Logan Thompson. 💥
Tom Wilson made his presence felt with gritty play and key defensive stops, while the Hurricanes poured on pressure in the third—showing the kind of heart and fight that makes them dangerous heading back to Carolina. 🌪️
Watch the highlights, turning points, key saves, and reactions from this intense playoff battle. Whether you’re a die-hard Caps fan or bleeding red for the Canes, this one had everything: drama, resilience, and the kind of playoff energy that defines the Stanley Cup run. Seth Jarvis Sebastian Aho and the rest of the Carolina Hurricanes will be ready for game 3.
🔥 Can the Hurricanes bounce back at home? Will Washington’s shot-blocking fortress hold? Don’t miss a second.
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70? The canes shoot and pray offense needs to change if they want to go deep in the playoffs
Another great job, sir, and how do people not subscribe it's the best place to be for hockey 100%
plan the parade! Go leafs go!
Love your playoff coverage!
My give o 💩 meter for this series is hovering by around a 0.2, 0.1.
I wanted a split and already had it before this game. Could have won it but good luck in Lenovo
Wilson still has you rattled man jeez
Watching from China (with vpn 🙂 – still learning. My son loves Aho.
So glad you showed up on recommended! Best takes Ive found on the series, keep at it <3
These powerplay breakdowns are so on point!
Caps won 3-1. Not 3-2.
Bro, your take on the Tom Wilson mouthpiece antics had me in absolute stitches 😂😂😂
Spot on , refreshing especially to dissect individual plays from someone who’s actually laced up the skates ! gets a little redundant, listening to the canes mouthpieces nice guys but it’s all fluff. (no pun intended on the mouthpiece).
Wilson is ELITE and the Caps have the better offense…when they can get going against a really good Canes D. Impressed with the Caps D holding up even though they’d love to have Fehervary for this series. If LT can keep performing better than Freddie, then I like the Caps’ chances.
Great analysis.
lol "the next golden age is now!" montage of tom wilson getting away with penalties
Only person I see making breakdowns with the respect for "playoff hockey" and players taking liberties. A lot of new fans I see now on Twitter just dont understand the level to which these players will do anything in their power to give their team even the slightest edge at winning, which is what makes playoff hockey so entertaining
This is the content I’ve been looking for. Thanks for the awesome breakdown. Subbed
Dude i just found you on youtube. I thought i knew hockey. Well i was wrong lol. I love how you break down the game. Didnt know about these rules within the rules. Awesome breakdown brother.
P.S. Tom Wilson was definitely the best player on the ice last night.
Garbage when it comes to stealing the mouth piece, come on man thats no only halarious but isnt even a penalty,. Talking about getting under someones skin by walking that invisible line, hell i bet even the ref was laughing inside about this one. Yeah Aho never had the punch him cross his mind as he a lil punk B#$$%^ compared to that monster of a man. The ref Chris rooney is clearly on the take the calls he made in this game were not even close to being penalties. The NHL needs to clear up the refs and put in a back up set of refs in toronto to corall the egos of those shit heads on the ice. Everygame should have a ref overseeing it from toronto and be able to correct miss calls that can be seen from the camera angles available to fans. This shit going to ruin the reputation of hockey as a legitimate sport, look at how the nfl is losing fans over this today.,
You've got a new fan covering this and explaining the game to those of us non-Canadians that are newnto hockey.
Very cool and detailed coverage
You have to either Love or Hate Wilson no in between. I love watching him when I don't have a dog in the race. Hate him when the team I am rooting for is playing him. But he is a force.
As a Caps fan and someone who has been watching hockey since i was 5 (im 41, turning 42 in August) i love someone givining Tom some shine. I love old school, physical and nasty hockey and Tom embodies that so well. I was a fan of those 90s and early 2000s Devils teams (i know im in the minority on that) and i loved how those teams used to just outwork and out physical opposing teams with their all time D core and forwards like Bobby Holik, John Madden, Randy Mckay etc. Tom is very oldschool in his approach and hes an agitator. Agitators have always had a place in the league. Claude Lemieux was a guy that everyone hated except for the fans of the team he was on. He was also a big playoffs performer. And Tom has some things in common with some of those guys i mentioned. He goes all out, he leaves it all on the ice. And hes gotten so much better at skating and scoring but still uses that big body to lay hits and block shots. And Protas has been really helpful in that regard too as another big body that puts pressure on opposing forwards in the defensive zone. Carolina is a great team when it comes to puck possession and just hemming you in your zone but there are ways to make them pay for that style and the Caps did a better job in the 2nd game of doing just that. It's gonna be a tight series all around but if we can keep the effort like last night up we can win this series. Now we just have to find a way to split in Carolina cause winning both games there will be tough (though i wont say no if the Caps want to do that 😂).
PS: ty for not being one of those channels that doesn't focus on the officiating. I get that officiating can be bad and i wish it could be better at times but in the postseason you have to let the boys play. Let them determine it on the ice. And so many fans complain so much about the officiating but anyone who has watched hockey for at least 10 years can tell you that good teams generally overcome bad officiating. There are instances of bad calls that swing a game but overall good teams find ways to win. And newer or younger fans just default to blaming the refs when they lose. And i really hate that.
The final score was 3 to 1 not 3 to 2.
Steve Dangle put it best w/ his pick for this series, saying the caps would win by out-assholing the canes. That's what Tom Wilson is for, that edge in the current playoff culture. That part about Walker's stutter, that pass was a little behind him and he had to correct for it, that was an awkward pass to receive.
Goon Wilson grabbed Svech by the shoulders and literally tackled him down like a CB does to a WR in football, and yet there was no call. After I saw that I was wondering if it was already the new NFL season or something.
Tom Wilson is the Capitals agitator who'll make the life of the opposition miserable!
Caps fans here, it took a lot of searching breakdown videos to find this channel, glad I did!
Since I live in KC….(for 56 years and no NHL team)……I was watching the Caps run in 2018…and decided Tom was my guy…and Caps my team. The dude is just a game wrecker, no one can handle. Every team hates him….but every team WANTS him.. Skilled as anyone and the toughest SOB in the league. Lethal combination.
he always has been brilliant
I’m obviously not happy about the loss but I feel like we played pretty well! They just need more shots to go unblocked and they need more shots to go in I’m very happy about how they split on the road. Enjoyed the video!
Tom Wilson. Legal father of NYR & MTL. Slayer of Penguins. Stanley Cup Champion. Future Captain. Rent free.
Playoff hockey is the best because the refs put the whistles away for the most part. Ticky tack stuff is why the nba and nfl is so unwatchable.
I don't like Tom Wilson because he hurts people on purpose. He's one of the best overall players with just too much nasty.
I would like to see Tom become a complete package player and decide not to hurt people whenever possible.
Same thing I said about Laraque and Brashear, great skills.
0:03 3 to 1
canes don’t get power plays so it’s pretty much free range to cross check and do whatever you want to them
yet caps fans out here name-calling when we complain about all the missed pens, like we’re gonna say it is happening, ain’t why they lost but not gonna ignore it.
You buy the offensive crease with blood and missing teeth this time of year. There has been some serious wood chopping going on 🔥
Even as a Canes fan i gotta admit the mouthpiece thing was funny