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<br>The Washington Capitals snapped a two-game losing streak by holding off a late charge by the host Carolina Hurricanes to win 4-3 on Friday night.<br> <br>Richard Panik, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Lars Eller and Jakub Vrana scored for the Capitals, who were in danger of relinquishing a three-goal third-period lead.<br>Kuznetsov and Eller also had assists.<br> <br>The Capitals were coming off consecutive losses in regulation for the first time this season and they didn't allow the mini-slide to continue. The first of those losses was seven nights earlier to the Hurricanes in the same building.<br> <br>Carolina had won four consecutive meetings with the Capitals dating to the final two games of last spring's first-round playoff series.<br> <br>Jordan Staal, Teuvo Teravainen and Ryan Dzingel scored third-period goals for the Hurricanes.<br> <br>Capitals goalie Ilya Samsonov, who was facing Carolina for the first time, made 38 saves.<br> <br>The Hurricanes scored 39 seconds into the third period on Staal's conversion off Brett Pesce's shot.<br> <br>The Capitals responded 50 seconds later on Eller's power-play goal.<br><br>He banged in the puck after Alex Ovechin's blast bounced off the boards, pretty much a clear shot into the net for Eller.<br> <br>The Capitals made it 4-1 less than five minutes into the third period when Vrana scored when the Capitals were too quick with the puck in the offensive zone.<br> <br>Teravainen made it interesting when he posted his first goal in 17 games with 13:25 remaining, coming on a power play.<br><br>Then Dzingel's power-play goal came with 7:25 left.<br> <br>Carolina goalie Petr Mrazek stopped 25 shots.<br> <br>Panik opened the scoring in the second period with a strong rush down the ice, and  [https://travelmic.hpage.com/states-of-india-and-their-capitals-with-political-map.html travelmic.hpage.com] when Mrazek couldn't corral the puck, it ended up in the net.<br> <br>The Capitals made it 2-0 after Samsonov stopped Dougie Hamilton's short-handed breakaway.<br>Washington set up at the other end and converted when Kuznetsov notched his 16th goal of the season.<br> <br>That put a damper on the third consecutive sellout crowd at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes had snapped a three-game losing streak by winning in the first two-games of the seven-game homestand.<br> <br>The Hurricanes outshot the Capitals 18-7 in a scoreless first period.<br> <br>--Field Level Media<br>