The Hurricanes dominated play for one road game then spent significant stretches of the next controlling the flow of action. It was a two-game start good enough to take home-ice advantage away from the Capitals in their second-round playoff series.

“I’ve liked how we’ve played,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said Friday.

Now the Hurricanes are set to host the Capitals for Game 3 on Saturday, the winner taking a 2-1 lead in the best-of-7 series. The Hurricanes won 2-1 in OT to open the Eastern Conference series, though it took the Hurricanes well into the third period to beat Logan Thompson for the first time on a night when they otherwise dominated play. The Hurricanes kept firing shots and using the forecheck to aggressively keep the pressure on in the offensive zone, finishing with a 33-14 edge in shots on goal, as well as scoring chances (40-20) and high-danger chances (19-13) according to Natural Stat Trick.

The Capitals responded with a 3-1 win in Thursday’s Game 2 and did a better job of countering the Hurricanes’ steady pressure, led by the two-way presence of Tom Wilson.

Auto racing: A three-judge federal appellate panel indicated it they might overturn an injunction that allows 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports to race as chartered teams in NASCAR this season while the two teams sue the stock car series over alleged antitrust violations.

Golf: Keith Mitchell followed a career-best round with a 3-under 67 and maintained a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Truist Championship. Shane Lowry carded a 5-under 65 and was second. ... Charlie Woods was unsuccessful in his second attempt to qualify for the U.S. Open. Woods, 16, carded a 3-over-par 75 at Wellington Golf Club on Thursday. The son of 15-time major champion Tiger Woods was seven strokes over the required score of 68.