The conference finals are closer to Carolina and Edomonton

Carolina Hurricanes hockey players in the east and Edmonton Oilers in the West are just a victory away from the fight for the conference finals. In the NHL playoffs, both teams in the semifinals led with 3: 1 in victories.

Carolina took the second time in Raleigh the advantage of domestic ice and chased Washington with 5: 2. The hero of the match was Sean Walkerwho scored 4: 2 in 57 minutes. Andrej candlesticks just 54 seconds later, two minutes and 21 seconds before the end, hit the empty goal of Washington, who replaced the goalkeeper in the hunt for an extension hunt Logana Thompson with a sixth player on the ice surface.

Before that, he hit for home Shayne Gostisbehere In the first part and Seth Jarvis in another. But the exciting last third followed. Jakob Chychrun brought the guests to 2: 1, Russian star Alex Oveckin in 53 minutes with two players more on ice at 3: 2 after Taylor Hall In the meantime, hit the hosts again.

The fifth match will be in Washington on Friday. The second conference semi -finals in the east are played by last year’s champions Florida and Toronto. After four games, however, the score in wins is equalized to 2: 2.

Last year’s finalists of the fight for the Stanley Edmonton Cup on home ice repaired a slip from the first game in front of their audience (3: 4) and chased Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 and also achieved the third victory in the fight to break into the finals of the West.

The match was decided after 28 minutes. Adam Henrique scored in the second and 14 minutes, and the final score was in 28 Evander hennabefore that the passer on the second goal of Henrique.

A new showdown in Edmonton awaits Thursday. In the second conference semi -finals in the west Dallas against Winnipeg leads with 2: 1 in victories.