Clay Stevenson & Capitals Prospects Power Hershey Past Penguins In Game 2 Of Atlantic Divison Semis
The Capitals saw their up-and-comers rise to the occasion in a 2-1 win for Hershey.
The Hershey Bears roared back with a vengeance in Game 2 of the Atlantic Division Semifinals against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Saturday, and the Washington Capitals' top prospects played a big role in the series-tying win. Bogdan Trineyev scored the game-winning goal, and Clay Stevenson stood on his head en route to a 2-1 victory over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to send the best-of-5 series back to Chocolatetown. Late in the first period on a power play, Ilya Protas thread the needle and found Brett Leason in front.
Leason's initial bid was stopped, but his rebound attempt went in out of mid-air to make it a 1-0 game. Power play cashes in! 🍎Protas 🍏Cristall https://t.
co/mYfFob0mho pic. twitter. com/EfCn18Gkx8 — x - Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) May 2, 2026 The second period saw the Penguins try and rally back, but Stevenson came up with a handful of strong saves, and Bogdan Trineyev buried a backhand feed from Andrew Cristall late to make it a 2-0 contest.
Bogey's got his second of the playoffs! 🍎Cristall 🍏Protas https://t. co/St1J0V5qKr pic.