Eric Robinson's wife Allison drops 2-word reaction as Canes advance to Eastern Conference Final

Modified May 17, 2025 08:45 GMT

Eric Robinson and the Carolina Hurricanes advanced to the Eastern Conference Final by beating the Washington Capitals 3-1 in Game 5 on Thursday. Robinson’s wife Allison let her excitement show after the win.

Allison Robinson shared a post from the NHL’s official Instagram account featuring the news on her stories.

“Let’s go,” she wrote with a clapping emoji.

The Hurricanes scored first through captain Jordan Staal, who fired a wrist shot from the right circle into the net. Washington answered a few minutes later when a misplay behind the net led to the puck bouncing out front, where Anthony Beauvillier scored to tie it 1-1.

Early in the second period, Matt Roy’s goal was overturned after video review showed the play was offside. Both teams pushed in the final period, but it was the Hurricanes who broke through. With 1:59 left in regulation, Andrei Svechnikov scored the go-ahead goal off a return pass from Sean Walker. Seth Jarvis then put the game away with an empty-net goal with 27 seconds remaining.

The Hurricanes will face the Toronto Maple Leafs or the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference Final.

Johnny Gaudreau's sister reacts to Eric Robinson’s first playoff goal

Earlier in the series, Eric Robinson scored his first playoff goal during their 4-0 win against the Capitals in Game 3 at Lenovo Center. Jack Roslovic set him up with a quick pass early in the third period and Robinson finished off the move to give the Canes a 3-0 lead.

Robinson’s goal brought joy not only to Hurricanes fans but also to Katie Gaudreau, the sister of his late teammate Johnny Gaudreau. The Gaudreau and Robinson families are close, and Katie shared her excitement on her Instagram stories.

She reposted a video of the goal and wrote:

“Proud!!!!”, tagging Eric and his wife Allison.

After the game, Robinson shared how much the goal meant to him.

“It's obviously big,” he said. “You always want to contribute in the playoffs when moments are bigger so it was nice to get one to go in.”

He also mentioned that the team is in sync and things are starting to click for the group.

About the author

Anjum is an NHL reporter at Sportskeeda with over five years of professional experience in the spectator sports industry. Raised in Bahrain, Anjum grew up close to the Formula 1 and GP2 scene, but it was ice-sports that she truly had a chance to play at school.

Anjum prioritizes thorough research, fact-checking and verification of sources when reporting, and has worked for Oil on Whyte, Leafs Herald, the Nation of Blaugrana, Barca International Cules, FromTheBend, Last Word On Sports and NASA.

She got interested in ice hockey after watching the “MVP” trilogy as a second grader and has not gotten over the sport yet. Her favorite player is Alex Ovechkin, whose legendary one-timers live rent free in her heart. The iconic moment when Ovechkin reached 800 career goals with a hat trick in Chicago as the away crowd chanted “Ovi, Ovi” is probably her happiest memory from an ice-rink.

When not enjoying the game, Anjum can be found sailing, star-mapping or collaborating with fellow citizen scientists at NASA.

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