Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen blocks a shot by the Washington Capitals during the first period of Game 4 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Raleigh, N.C., Monday ...

Frederik Andersen returned to the Carolina Hurricanes' net at the start of the second round and delivered the kind of goaltending they've gotten from him whenever he has been healthy.

Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen (31) stops the puck in the third period of Game 5 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Washington Capitals Thursday, May 15 ...

Andersen started Games 1 and 2, getting pulled after the second period of Game 2. He stopped only 27 of 36 shots in those five periods, and the Hurricanes went to Pyotr Kochetkov to finish Game 2 ...