Jaccob Slavin scores in OT as the Hurricanes beat the Capitals in Game 1 of their 2nd-round series

WASHINGTON (AP) — Very few people in the arena knew the puck was in the net, including Jaccob Slavin, who shot it through traffic. Goaltender Logan Thompson figured it out when he saw the red light on behind him.

“I didn’t know it went in until I saw Jordan Staal, Staalsy, coming with his arms up yelling at me,” Slavin said.

Seeing it to believe it, Slavin's overtime goal gave the Carolina Hurricanes a 2-1 victory at the Washington Capitals in Game 1 of their second-round series on Tuesday night. The winner came on their 94th attempt and 33rd that got on net, showing the shot volume offense that has gotten them to this point.

“We were all over it, and we knew we had to just throw everything at the net,” Slavin said. "That mentality paid off there at the end.”

Carolina allowed Washington to get just 14 shots on goal, the second-fewest in Hartford Whalers/Hurricanes history. Frederik Andersen gave up just an early second-period goal to Aliaksei Protas in his return from missing the end of the first round because of injury.

“Just trying to take what comes my way and be in that moment all the time and just stay with it,” Andersen said. "You don’t know when that next big save’s going to happen.”

Thompson made 31 of them for the Capitals, who spent large swaths of time defending in their own end. That sucked a lot of the energy out of the top seed in the Eastern Conference, which is accustomed to putting on the pressure rather than absorbing it.

“We didn’t play our style of hockey,” Washington's Dylan Strome said. “We let them dictate.”

The Capitals led from Protas' goal until nearly the midway point of the third, when an errant pass from Protas banked off teammate Alex Alexeyev's right skate and to Jesperi Kotkaniemi, who fed Logan Stankoven to tie it.

"I just thought I’d rip it," Stankoven said. "It was nice to see it go in.”

Carolina remains the only team perfect on the penalty kill this postseason, keeping Washington’s power play off the board twice to improve to 17 of 17. That, along with Kotkaniemi and Stankoven taking advantage of a mistake and Slavin scoring with Seth Jarvis screening Thompson was the difference.

“We got some traffic,” coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "Obviously, it wasn’t the greatest of goals, but they all count.”

Game 2 is Thursday night in Washington before the series shifts to Raleigh, North Carolina, for 3 and 4.

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Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson (48) looks for the puck against Carolina Hurricanes right wing Andrei Svechnikov (37) and right wing Jackson Blake (53) in the third period of Game 1 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Carolina Hurricanes left wing Jordan Martinook (48) skates with the puck against Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson, right, in the second period of Game 1 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Sean Walker (26) takes a shot in the second period of Game 1 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Washington Capitals Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Carolina Hurricanes center Logan Stankoven (22) celebrates his goal in the third period of Game 1 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Washington Capitals Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Legislators in Algeria voted to declare France’s colonization of the North African country a crime, approving a law that calls for restitution of property taken by France during its 130-year rule, among other demands seeking to redress historical wrongs.

France slammed the law as a “hostile act” threatening bilateral efforts to heal wounds of the past. The two countries retain close cultural and economic ties but have troubled diplomatic relations.

In a solemn ceremony steeped in symbolism, 340 of 407 members of Algeria’s National Assembly voted late Wednesday to approve the law. The move came just a few weeks after African countries made a collective resolution for recognition and reparations for colonial-era crimes.

The law covers the period from the landing of King Charles X’s army on the beaches of Sidi Ferruch west of Algiers in 1830 to July 5, 1962, the date of Algeria’s official independence.

The text provides for the restitution of Algerian archives and property moved to France during the colonial period, and the transmission to Algiers of detailed maps of French nuclear tests conducted in Algeria from 1960 to 1966. It also calls for the repatriation of the remains of some Algerian resistance fighters taken to France.

The law stipulates prison sentences for any action by an Algerian celebrating French colonialism, for attacks on symbols of the Algerian resistance, and “remarks with colonial connotations.”

France is unlikely to heed the demands in the law.

The law is “a manifestly hostile initiative,” the French Foreign Ministry spokesperson's office said in a statement to The Associated Press. It noted efforts under French President Emmanuel Macron to address colonial-era grievances, and added: “We continue to work toward the renewal of dialogue,” notably about security and migration issues.

Macron, in 2017, described elements of France’s history in Algeria as a crime against humanity, but stopped short of an official apology. Meanwhile, the resurgent far right in France celebrates colonialists.

The economic cost of colonialism in Africa is believed to be staggering. Algeria suffered some of the most brutal forms of French colonial rule.

Nearly a million European settlers held greater political, economic and social privileges, even though Algeria was legally part of France and its men were conscripted in World War II. Hundreds of thousands died in Algeria’s revolution, during which French forces tortured detainees, disappeared suspects and devastated villages as part of a counterinsurgency strategy to maintain their grip on power.

Huge Algerian flags adorned the lower house of parliament as speaker Mohamed Boughali delivered his opening address Wednesday.

“Today, December 24, 2025, is a historic day, to be written in letters of gold in the national narrative,” he began, before being interrupted by lawmakers intoning an excerpt from the Algerian national anthem: “O France, the hour of reckoning has arrived … we have sworn to revive Algeria, bear witness! Bear witness!”

The speaker called the law, ″a political message and an explicit moral stance.″

Government officials, professors, and former members of parliament who championed the bill were all invited to the ceremony. As the speaker declared the law adopted, shouts of “Allahu Akbar!” and “Tahya Al Djazair!” (Long live Algeria!) rose from the floor.

“This is a special day for me, full of emotion and pride. Today marks the culmination of a long struggle that we began in 2001 with fellow members of parliament, for the memory and honor of all those who fought against French colonization,” Mohamed Arezki Ferrad, a former lawmaker who initiated the bill, told the AP.

The law, which contains five chapters and 27 articles, declares that there is no statute of limitation on colonial-era crimes.

The Algerian flag flies outside the National Assembly as Parliament members vote on a bill seeking to criminalize France's colonisation, considering it a "state crime," and demanding that France issue an official apology and take legal responsibility for its colonial past in addition to compensations, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025 at her National Assembly in Algiers. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Parliament members vote on a bill seeking to criminalize France's colonisation, considering it a "state crime," and demanding that France issue an official apology and take legal responsibility for its colonial past in addition to compensations, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025 at her National Assembly in Algiers. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)