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Scott Walker scored his first NHL playoff goal 18:46 into overtime to send the Carolina Hurricanes into the Eastern Conference finals with a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

A classic series and a promising season come to a deflating end for the Capitals, who are shoved into a 5-0 hole by Pittsburgh before losing, 6-2.

The Washington Capitals came to Pittsburgh with a two-games-to-none lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals and a chance bury some demons that have haunted the franchise for the better part of two decades.

The Penguins's 3-2 victory is their first of the series and cuts the Capitals' lead to two games to one. Washington had won five games in a row. Game 4 is in Pittsburgh Friday.

Key saves by rookie goalie Simeon Varlamov help Washington to 3-2 victory over Penguins.

The Washington Capitals’ Sergei Fedorov scored a goal with 4 minutes 59 seconds remaining to break a tie and lift the Capitals into the Eastern Conference semifinals.