Warren Foegele scored on the first shot of the game as the Carolina Hurricanes squared their playoff series against the defending champion Washington Capitals with a 2-1 win on Thursday.
Foegele scored just 17 seconds into the first period against the visiting Capitals as the home team has scored the first goal of the contest in all four games of the first round NHL series. Goaltender Petr Mrazek stopped 30 shots as the Hurricanes tied the series 2-2 and will get a chance to take a lead in game five on Saturday in Washington. Teuvo Teravainen scored the other goal for the Hurricanes, who never trailed for the second straight game. Foegele’s marker came on the game’s first shift and was the fastest goal to begin a postseason game in Hurricane’s history. 
Alex Ovechkin scored the only Washington goal. Mrazek now has six career playoff victories, with two of them coming this week. Capitals goalie Braden Holtby stopped 22 shots. 
Ovechkin tied the game with 9:25 left in the second period with a power-play goal, rifling a shot past forward Brock McGinn and through a small opening in the pads of Mrazek. McGinn was without a stick having given it to a Carolina defenceman who broke his. The Hurricanes went back ahead on Teravainen’s first goal of the playoffs with 27 seconds to play in the second period. They were without 19-year-old rookie standout Andrei Svechnikov, who was injured in a fight with Ovechkin game three.


Mrazek, Hurricanes edge Caps, even series 2-2
Petr Mrazek made 30 saves as the Carolina Hurricanes evened their series against the Washington Capitals with a 2-1 victory in Game 4 on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C. Warren Foegele, who scored on the game’s first shift, and Teuvo Teravainen notched goals for the Hurricanes, who never trailed for the second straight game. Game 5 will be Saturday night in Washington, and Game 6 will be Monday night in Raleigh. Game 7, if necessary, is scheduled for Wednesday in the nation’s capital. Mrazek now has six career playoff victories, with two of them coming this week.
Capitals goalie Braden Holtby stopped 22 shots. Foegele, who had two goals in Game 3, scored 17 seconds into the Thursday game by converting a pass from defenseman Jaccob Slavin. It was the fastest goal to start a playoff game in Carolina franchise history. The goal came on the first of eight first-period shots for the Hurricanes. The home team has scored first with opening-period goals in all four games in the series.
Ovechkin tied the game with 9:25 left in the second period with a power-play goal. He blasted the puck past a stick-less Brock McGinn with seven seconds remaining on Teravainen’s hooking penalty.
That was Washington’s first goal since Brooks Orpik’s overtime winner in Game 2.
The Hurricanes went back ahead on Teravainen’s first goal of the playoffs with 27.9 seconds to play in the second period. He was set up by Nino Niederreiter’s pass.
The Hurricanes were without rookie standout Andrei Svechnikov and winger Micheal Ferland, both injured in Game 3. The Hurricanes did have defenseman Calvin de Haan back after he was injured late in the regular season.
Carolina lost left winger Jordan Martinook to a first-period injury. He returned briefly but sat out the final two periods due to a lower-body ailment.