Jaccob Slavin scored in overtime, Frederik Andersen made 13 saves in his return from injury and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Capitals 2-1 in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series on Tuesday night at Washington.

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 right skate put the puck on Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s stick. After failing to score on a power play late in regulation, Slavin scored 3:06 into OT from just inside the blue line to give Carolina the series lead.

Andersen allowed only an early second-period goal to Protas in improving to 4-1 this postseason. Andersen was back after getting knocked out of Game 4 and missing Game 5 of the first round against New Jersey with an apparent head injury.

The opener showed just how evenly matched these rivals are — and how differently they like to play with the puck. The high-shot-volume Canes got 33 on net to the more selective Caps’ 14 and spent far more time in the offensive zone, while pressuring and defending with the same style that has made each successful.

Carolina remains the only team perfect on the penalty kill this postseason, keeping Washington’s power play off the board twice to improve to 17 of 17. That, along with Kotkaniemi and Stankoven taking advantage of a mistake and Slavin scoring with Seth Jarvis screening Thompson was the difference.

Leafs goalie Stolarz not ruled out for Game 2: Toronto Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube said Tuesday that starting goaltender Anthony Stolarz hasn’t been ruled out for today’s Game 2 of the second-round playoff series against the Florida Panthers.

Stolarz left Monday’s opener after receiving an elbow to the head from Panthers center Sam Bennett in the second period.

Stolarz, who also took a shot off the mask early in Game 1, was knocked to the ice by the blow from Florida’s bruising forward, but stayed in the action for a few minutes. He eventually left after vomiting on Toronto’s bench during a break in play.

Berube confirmed the 31-year-old was evaluated in a hospital Monday night, but added Stolarz was at the team’s practice facility Tuesday morning. The coach said he didn’t know if Stolarz had suffered a concussion.

Leafs backup Joseph Woll stopped 17 of 20 shots in relief as Toronto held on for a 5-4 victory over the Panthers to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven matchup.

Kings expect to keep Hiller as coach: Los Angeles Kings president Luc Robitaille expects coach Jim Hiller to remain in charge after the team selects its new general manager.

Robitaille expressed strong support for Hiller on Tuesday, one day after GM Rob Blake and the Kings mutually agreed to end Blake’s eight-year tenure.

“Your general manager, you want to give him the freedom, you don’t want to lock up a new person that’s coming in, but the record of what Jimmy has done this year is really, really good,” Robitaille said at the Kings’ training complex. “It would be really hard for any GM to say, ‘Well, this guy shouldn’t come back.’ He’s been really good. I think Jimmy’s a great coach, and I fully think that this guy is coming back, for sure.”

Hiller has been in charge of the Kings’ bench since February 2024, when the former assistant took over for the fired Todd McLellan. The Kings are 69-37-10 in Hiller’s first job as an NHL head coach, and they matched franchise records with 48 victories and 105 points this season before losing to Edmonton in the first round for the fourth consecutive postseason.