The Hurricanes have gone 49-7-3 in games they score three or more goals. TOP PERFORMERS: Aliaksei Protas has scored 30 goals with 36 assists for the Capitals. Alexander Ovechkin has six goals and ...

Aliaksei Protas scored his first career playoff goal for the Capitals, with Brandon Duhaime and John Carlson earning assists. Thompson, meanwhile, stopped 31 shots while under pressure all night.

Speaking of breakout seasons, Aliaksei Protas has emerged as another consistent scoring threat for the Capitals. The 6-foot-6 pivot notched a career-high 30 goals and 66 points this season after ...

Patrick Smith/Getty Images In Game 1 of the series, Washington struck first on a second-period goal from Aliaksei Protas, his first of the playoffs, in what would end up being the only goal they'd ...

Jaccob Slavin scores in OT as the Hurricanes beat the Capitals in Game 1 of their 2nd-round series Washington led 1-0 midway through the third, when a turnover by Aliaksei Protas off the right ...

stopping everything Washington threw at him other than Aliaksei Protas’ wide-open look in the second period. “Of course you like what you’re seeing up front with everyone, the way we battle ...

In game one of the series, it was a tight and low-scoring game. After a scoreless first period, Aliaksei Protas scored his first goal of the playoffs to make it 1-0. Still, halfway through the ...

Logan Stankoven started the comeback with his goal midway through the third period off a turnover, beating Logan Thompson after Aliaksei Protas' errant pass off Washington teammate Alex Alexeyev's ...

Aliaksei Protas gave the Capitals a lead early in the second period, but Logan Stankoven tied it midway through the third after a defensive giveaway. Ultimately, Carolina’s Jaccob Slavin scored ...

Frederik Andersen gave up just an early second-period goal to Aliaksei Protas in his return from missing the end of the first round because of injury. “Just trying to take what comes my way and ...

I don't know what the shots were, but they weren't pretty for us." Capitals forward Aliaksei Protas scored his team's only goal but put the blame on himself for the Hurricanes sending the game to ...