Tom Wilson Reveals Biggest Advantage Capitals Have vs Hurricanes

The Washington Capitals are getting ready for their second round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes to begin. Carolina enters this series as the underdog, with the Capitals holding home-ice advantage in the matchup.

Washington knows how to win at the highest level, having won a Stanley Cup a few years ago. But this Capitals team also understands that it will take a total team effort to win this season.

Washington star Tom Wilson is always a confident player heading into any postseason series, but he has pointed to a big reason why his team has been so successful. Wilson credited center Dylan Strome for a lot of the Capitals' success.

"He's been a huge part of why we've been able to get into the playoffs the last couple of seasons," Wilson said. "We know we can depend on what he's bringing to the table. He's a heck of a player. He's really creative offensively and you just know what you're going to get from him. He's a guy that really cares and wants to win."

As the team gets ready for the Hurricanes, the play of Strome could make a massive difference. Strome had a career-high 82 points this season, scoring 29 goals and 53 assists over the 82 regular-season games.

Washington is a very talented team, but it's the pieces working together that really make them click. Strome is one of the leaders, and he has brought this team together in a great way.

If the Capitals want to advance past the Hurricanes, they are going to need another strong showing from the star center.

Tom Wilson has a lucky egg in his locker stall and he’s ‘not moving it’

Washington Capitals players have been pranking each other all season long, and now it appears Tom Wilson has become a target once again.

Monday, Wilson revealed that his locker had a new addition while speaking to the media.

“One of my teammates got me an egg,” Wilson said. “I don’t know who. It’s got my name on it, though. Lucky egg. Not moving it.”

According to RMNB’s Katie Adler, the egg in question is supposedly a real egg — not plastic — from Easter.

“I am slightly worried that it’s going to smell if they make a long playoff run,” Adler remarked.

The egg is placed near the top of Wilson’s locker stall and sits partially inside a roll of white stick tape. The egg also has an illustration. Katie was kind enough to describe what she saw, and this, to the best of my ability, is what it looks like.

The egg’s smiley face and name design look suspiciously like the stick tape drawing that was put on Wilson’s helmet earlier in the season.

The culprit, then? Capitals starting goaltender Logan Thompson.

Wilson revealed Thompson was behind the prank in a social media video for the Caps.

“Thommer’s jokes getting old,” remarked Tom Wilson as he peeled off stick tape on Matt Roy’s helmet that read ‘Matt :).’ “He always does it on camera days.”

Not only does this episode further reveal how much the 2024-25 Capitals are messing with each other, but the lucky egg also represents how superstitious this bunch remains.

During the Capitals’ magical 2018 Stanley Cup championship run, Alex Ovechkin became so superstitious that he moved an Amalie Arena stool so it was in the same place as a Game 1 win during the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Capitals went on to win Game 2, and obviously, it was thanks to the placement stool. Hopefully, this egg has the same magic in the second round and beyond.