Washington Capitals: Game 7, By Any Means Necessary

The funny thing about Game 7 is that no one cares about what the numbers say.

Sure, possession numbers are an incredibly useful tool before the series and in the first few games to see how the course of a series is trending. But by Game 7, they don’t matter.

Everyone knows the way things have gone this series: The Hurricanes have owned the games in Raleigh; the Capitals look much more comfortable at home. The Hurricanes dominate possession at five-on-five. The Capitals have the better special teams play.

In each of the games this series, the Hurricanes have had a Corsi For percentage above 50 percent. In fact, their lowest percentage was in Game 2, at just under 52.5 percent. They’re likely…