Stanley Cup playoffs daily: Can the Golden Knights rally back from down 2-0?

The second-round bid of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs person entered the "venue change" stage, wherever the erstwhile visitors are present playing host.

The Carolina Hurricanes headed backmost to the Lenovo Center with a 1-1 bid against the Washington Capitals, and they'll prime up hostilities astatine 6 p.m. ET Saturday. The Edmonton Oilers traveled backmost to Rogers Place holding a 2-0 pb implicit the Vegas Golden Knights; Game 3 of that bid is 9 p.m. ET Saturday.

What volition the bid tally beryllium successful Caps-Canes erstwhile it heads backmost to D.C. -- and volition the Knights triumph astatine slightest 1 successful Alberta truthful they adjacent spot a Game 5 backmost successful Las Vegas?

Read connected for game previews with statistical insights from ESPN Research, a recap of what went down successful Friday's games and the three stars of Friday from Arda Öcal.

Matchup notes

Washington Capitals astatine Carolina Hurricanes
Game 3 | 6 p.m. ET | TNT

With the Canes and Capitals tied up 1-1 heading to Raleigh for Games 3 and 4, ESPN BET has Carolina arsenic the -215 bid favorite. Washington is +180 to triumph the series.

Capitals defenseman John Carlson scored a power-play extremity successful Game 2, his 13th vocation playoff power-play goal, which breaks a necktie with Brian Leetch for 3rd for specified goals by an American-born defenseman. He inactive trails Chris Chelios (14) and Brian Rafalski (17).

For the archetypal clip successful his postseason career, Tom Wilson reached each of these thresholds: 2 points, 3 shots connected goal, 2 hits and 2 blocked shots. His 7 points this play is the astir helium has had successful a playoff tally since the Cup-winning twelvemonth of 2018 (15).

The Hurricanes person not held an in-game pb since Game 4 of the archetypal circular against the Devils. They won the bid successful Game 5 successful a double-overtime game, past won Game 1 of this bid 2-1 successful OT aft trailing 1-0. Since that pb successful Game 4 of the archetypal round, they person trailed for 89:28 and been tied for 117:55.

Among qualified goaltenders this postseason, Frederik Andersen leads by a wide borderline successful goals-against mean (1.55), and is 2nd successful prevention percentage, astatine .930. The netminder up of him successful SV%? Washington's Logan Thompson.

Vegas Golden Knights astatine Edmonton Oilers
Game 3 | 9 p.m. ET | TNT

Following 2 wins by the Oilers successful Vegas, ESPN BET present lists Edmonton arsenic the -550 favorites to triumph this series, with the Golden Knights astatine +380. Edmonton is besides the existent favourite to triumph the Cup, astatine +300, narrowly up of the Stars, astatine +325. Vegas is present +1800, the longest likelihood of immoderate squad remaining successful the playoffs.

Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid combined to people the game-winning OT extremity successful Game 2. It was the 2nd OT extremity this postseason for Draisaitl, and helium is present tied for the astir specified goals successful a azygous postseason successful Oilers past with Esa Tikkanen successful 1991.

McDavid is 2nd among playoff scorers with 14 points done 8 games, trailing lone Mikko Rantanen's 15. McDavid's 1.75 points per crippled this postseason is up of his complaint successful playoff seasons past (1.58) and good up of his complaint during past year's tally to the Stanley Cup Final (1.36).

Victor Olofsson had 2 goals and an assistance successful a losing effort successful Game 2. Both goals were connected the powerfulness play, and helium joins Jack Eichel arsenic the lone players successful Knights past with aggregate power-play goals successful a azygous playoff game.

Speaking of Eichel, helium finished with 3 assists, joining Shea Theodore and William Karlsson arsenic the lone players successful Knights past with 2 three-assist playoff games connected their résumé.

Öcal's 3 stars from Friday

1. Connor Hellebuyck
G, Winnipeg Jets

After a unsmooth archetypal circular against the Blues, Hellebuyck unopen the Stars retired successful Game 2. He made 21 saves en way to the 4th cleanable expanse of his postseason career.

2. Nikolaj Ehlers
LW, Winnipeg Jets

Ehlers had his 2nd vocation multi-goal game, and added an assists successful a large Game 2 effort that tied Winnipeg's bid with Dallas 1-1.

3. Brad Marchand
RW, Florida Panthers

The erstwhile Bruin continues to haunt the Maple Leafs, this clip with the overtime victor to propulsion the bid to 2-1. It was his 4th vocation playoff OT goal, and helium extended his ain NHL grounds for astir consecutive postseasons with a game-winning extremity (nine).

Friday's recaps

Florida Panthers 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT)
TOR leads 2-1 | Game 4 Sunday

Toronto entered this crippled with a 2-0 bid lead, and got retired to a 2-0 commencement successful the crippled arsenic well, with goals from Matthew Knies and John Tavares, earlier Aleksander Barkov drew the Panthers backmost to wrong a extremity with his 3rd extremity of the postseason. Tavares added a power-play tally astatine 2:52 of the 2nd play connected a slick deflection, earlier the Panthers ripped disconnected 2 goals successful speedy succession to necktie the score; the archetypal was acknowledgment to Sam Reinhart poking the puck successful during a chaotic scramble successful the Leafs' crease, the 2nd aft a superb walk from Sam Bennett to Carter Verhaeghe. Jonah Gadjovich enactment the location squad up 4-3, but Morgan Rielly tied things up midway done the third. It took to the last 5 minutes of the archetypal OT, but Brad Marchand came done with different game-winning goal. Full recap.

Winnipeg Jets 4, Dallas Stars 0
Series tied 1-1 | Game 3 Sunday

If this is the benignant of goaltending the Jets volition present get from Connor Hellebuyck, the Stars (and the remainder of the NHL) are successful trouble. Hellebuyck stopped each 21 shots sent connected the Jets' extremity en way to his 4th vocation postseason shutout. On the violative side, Gabriel Vilardi and Nikolaj Ehlers got the enactment started successful the first. Adam Lowry added his 4th extremity of the postseason successful the second, and that 3-0 pb stood until 16:20 of the third, erstwhile Ehlers capped disconnected the festivities with an empty-net goal. Full recap.