Hurricanes prevail in 2OT
- What happened: Carolina beat Ottawa 3‑2 in double overtime to go up 2‑0 in their series. - The key specific: the win featured an offsides controversy that briefly delayed the decisive play. - Context/reaction: the extra‑time victory and the disputed moment add tension to the Senators’ sudden uphill climb. (x.com)
Carolina left Raleigh with a 3-2 double-overtime win over Ottawa on April 20, and the series moved to Canada’s capital with the Hurricanes up 2-0. (nhl.com) Jordan Martinook scored the winner at 13:53 of the second overtime after taking a pass from Nikolaj Ehlers and beating Linus Ullmark from the slot. Sebastian Aho and Logan Stankoven also scored for Carolina, while Frederik Andersen made 37 saves. (nhl.com) Ottawa erased a 2-0 deficit with goals from Drake Batherson and Dylan Cozens, and Ullmark finished with 43 saves in more than four hours of hockey at Lenovo Center. Carolina had won Game 1 by a 2-0 score on April 18. (abcnews.com) The sequence that changed the night came with 2:42 left in the first overtime, when Mark Jankowski appeared to end the game on a delayed penalty. NHL Hockey Operations then initiated a video review and wiped out the goal for offside on the zone entry. (espn.com) The ruling turned on whether Jordan Staal had control of the puck as he crossed the blue line. ESPN rules analyst Dave Jackson said officials determined Staal had touched the puck but did not have “control and possession” before his skates broke the plane, so the entry was offside. (espn.com) Because the offside was not called live, the slashing infraction on Warren Foegele against Martinook still produced a penalty shot after the goal was overturned. Martinook missed that chance in the first overtime when Ullmark got his glove on the shot. (sportingnews.com) Martinook said the swing was hard to process in real time, telling reporters, “You exhale and you think it’s over, especially in overtime.” Rod Brind’Amour said, “There’s a lot there to unwind, that’s for sure.” (nhl.com, abcnews.com) Ottawa coach Travis Green did not dispute the ruling afterward, but he said the loss “is going to sting” as the Senators headed home. Batherson called it a “hell of a game” after Ottawa pushed the Eastern Conference’s top seed through two overtimes. (nhl.com) Game 3 was scheduled for Thursday, April 23, at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, with Carolina trying to push the Senators to the edge of elimination. After one night that included a reviewed winner, a rare overtime penalty shot and a second overtime finish, the series had already turned into a grind. (nhl.com, nhl.com)
