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Photo Gallery: Hurricanes vs Capitals | April 18, 2019

Carolina Hurricanes’ Teuvo Teravainen (86) scores the game winning goal on Washington Capitals’ goalie Braden Holtby (70) during the second period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ Warren Foegele (13) scores on Washington Capitals’ goalie Braden Holtby (70) during the first period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ Warren Foegele (13) scores on Washington Capitals’ goalie Braden Holtby (70) during the first period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ goalie Petr Mrazek (34) stops a shot by Washington’s Travis Boyd (72) during the third period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ Warren Foegele (13) is surrounded by teammates after scoring a goal in the first period against the Washington Capitals on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Hurricanes’ coach Brind’Amour talks assistant coach Jeff Daniels during the first period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ Brett Pesce (22) controls the puck in front of goes down in front of Washington Capitals’ Lars Eller (20) during the first period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ Jordan Martinook (48) goes down in front of Washington Capitals’ goalie Braden Holtby (70) after injuring himself during the first period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Hurricanes’ coach Brind’Amour talks with Jordan Martinook (48) during the first period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes captain Justin Williams (14) talks with Jaccob Slavin (74) during the first period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ goalie Petr Mrazek (34) deflects a shot by Washington Capitals’ Jakub Vrana (13) during the second period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ Brett Pesce (22) defends Washington Capitals’ T.J. Oshie (77) during the second period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Washington Capital’s Alex Ovechkin (8) is surrounded by teammates after scoring a goal during the second period, as Carolina Hurricanes’ Trevor van Riemsdyk (57) skates back to the bench in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Washington Capitals’ goalie Braden Holtby (70) stops a shot by Carolina Hurricanes’ Sebastian Aho (20) during the second period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ fans celebrate after a goal by Teuvo Teravainen to give the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead over the Washington Capitals during the second period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Washington Capitals’ goalie Braden Holtby (70) stops a shot by Carolina Hurricanes’ Brock McGinn (23) during the third period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Washington Capital’s Alex Ovechkin (8) yells at Carolina Hurricanes captain Justin Williams (14) during the third period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ goalie Petr Mrazek (34) and Justin Faulk (27) stop a shot by Washington’s Nicklas Backstrom (19) during the third period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ goalie Petr Mrazek (34) and Justin Faulk (27) stop a shot by Washington’s Nicklas Backstrom (19) during the third period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ goalie Petr Mrazek (34) stops a shot by Washington Capitals’ Evgeny Kuznetsov (92) during the third period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Washington Capital’s Travis Boyd (72) crashes into the board below the Carolina Hurricanes’ bench during the third period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ goalie Petr Mrazek (34) deflects a shot by Washington’s Travis Boyd (72) during the third period in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes goalie Petr Mrazek (34) is surrounded by his teammate as they celebrate their 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ Dougie Hamilton (19) and Calvin de Haan (44) embrace goalie Petr Mrazek (34) as they celebrate their 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com
Carolina Hurricanes’ captain Justin Williams (14) congratulates goalie Petr Mrazek (34) as they celebrate their 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals in game four of the first round Stanley Cup series game on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com