Hurricanes win in 2OT
- Carolina edged Ottawa 3–2 in double overtime to take a 2–0 lead in their series. (x.com) (espn.com) - The game featured a waved-off overtime goal for offsides and a late missed penalty shot against Ottawa. (x.com) - That 2–0 advantage forces Ottawa into higher-risk adjustments if they want to avoid an early series exit. (espn.com)
Carolina needed 93 minutes and 53 seconds to beat Ottawa 3-2 on April 20, with Jordan Martinook scoring at 13:53 of the second overtime for a 2-0 series lead. (nhl.com) The game swung twice in overtime before it ended. Sebastian Aho appeared to win it 2:37 into the first extra period, but video review overturned the goal for offsides. (nhl.com) Ottawa then gave Carolina a penalty shot at 18:57 of the first overtime when Thomas Chabot covered the puck in the crease. Martinook took it and Linus Ullmark stopped him, extending a night that had already stretched past regulation and one review. (nhl.com) The score was tied 2-2 after regulation because Carolina led 2-0 before Ottawa answered in the second period. Logan Stankoven opened the scoring on a power play, Sebastian Aho made it 2-0, and Brady Tkachuk and Dylan Cozens scored for the Senators. (espn.com) Frederik Andersen finished with 26 saves for Carolina, while Ullmark made 32 for Ottawa. Carolina outshot Ottawa 35-28 and kept home-ice control in a series that now shifts to Canada. (nhl.com) A 2-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series leaves Ottawa chasing the math as much as the matchup. NHL playoff series history heavily favors the team that wins the first two games, and Carolina now only needs two more wins with Games 3 and 4 in Ottawa. (espn.com) The Hurricanes entered the playoffs as the Eastern Conference’s top seed, and this was the kind of game that tests whether that status holds under pressure. They survived a disallowed goal, a missed penalty shot and nearly two full overtime periods without giving back the series edge. (nbcsports.com) Ottawa heads home with proof it could push Carolina deep into a game, but not with a win to show for it. Game 3 is where that gap starts to matter. (theathletic.com)
