The Hurricanes played football, with forward Erik Haula completing a touchdown pass to defenseman Jaccob Slavin, for their postgame celebration after their 4-3 shootout win against the Vancouver Canucks.
After goalie James Reimer stopped Bo Horvat to clinch the victory, the Hurricanes lined up in football formation, and a pigskin appeared on the ice, while participating in the setup Skol clap. Haula fielded a subpar snap from Petr Mrazek, faked a handoff to forward Jordan Martinook and hit Slavin over the middle for the score.
Slavin slammed the ball into the ice, perhaps in his best
