Ka kammala wannan magana: Capitals sun doke Maple Leafs a wasanni shida. Kodayake Toronto ta sami kwallaye biyu a cikin minti goma na farko na wasan farko, Washington ta zira kwallaye biyu, duka daga Justin Williams, kuma ta lashe wasan 3<unk>2 a cikin karin lokaci daga kwallon Tom Wilson. A wasa na biyu, rookie Kasperi Kapanen ya zira kwallaye biyu ciki har da wasan-nasara a cikin karin lokaci sau biyu wanda ya jagoranci Maple Leafs zuwa nasara 4<unk>3. Washington ta ci gaba da kwallaye biyu a wasa na uku; na farko a cikin
2016 NHL Draft, Auston Matthews, ya taimaka wajen sauƙaƙe jagorancinsa tare da burinsa na farko, amma bayan da Capitals ya sami 3 zuwa 1 ya jagoranci, Maple Leafs ya zira kwallaye biyu don daidaita wasan. Sannan a cikin karin lokaci, Tyler Bozak ya jefa harbi a gaban mai tsaron gidan Capitals don baiwa Leafs jagora 2 zuwa 1. Wasan wasa na hudu shine wasan da ba a shiga cikin karin lokaci ba; Tom Wilson da T. J. Oshie duka sun zira kwallaye biyu kuma burin Oshie na biyu ya zama mai nasara a wasan a cikin nasara 5 × 4 bayan da aka yi kokarin dawowa daga Toronto. Wasan na biyar ya nuna wasan karin lokaci na hudu na wannan jerin tare da Justin Williams wanda ya zira kwallaye a Capitals a 2<unk>1, yana ɗaukar jagorancin 3<unk>2 a cikin tsari. A wasa na shida, wasan ya tafi karin lokaci a karo na biyar a wannan jerin kuma a 6:31 na farkon lokacin karin lokaci Marcus Johansson ya zira kwallaye na biyu don Capitals a nasarar 2 zuwa 1 da kuma wani tafiya zuwa zagaye na biyu.