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Carolina’s Jordan Martinook won Game 2 in double overtime Monday night to take a 2-0 series lead to Ottawa.
Martinook — who was stopped on a penalty shot in the first overtime — kept the winning play alive by chasing down a loose rebound toward the boards to keep the possession in the offensive zone.
Moments later, Nikolaj Ehlers found Martinook between the circles to beat Senators goalie Linus Ullmark, who was partially shielded by Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal at the top of the crease, with 6:07 left in the period.
“I didn’t feel very good about myself after that penalty shot, and that intermission felt really long,” Martinook said.
“That was cool. I’m happy it worked out that way. It didn’t matter who scored, but it was going to be a long night if that penalty shot came back to bite me.”
The Carolina Hurricanes take a 2-0 playoff series lead against the Ottawa Senators after a double overtime win in Game 2. The CBC’s David Fraser was at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on Monday night.
A goal by Carolina’s Mark Jankowski late in the first overtime also was overturned on an offside review.
“That’s the toughest thing: You have it won, a hard-fought game, and then to have it turned over,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said.
“You’ve got to give the guys tons of credit, because our game didn’t change. We actually got better, I think, in the second overtime.”
Like Game 1, Carolina staked out a 2-0 lead in this game. Both games have now included an opening goal by Logan Stankoven assisted by Taylor Hall and Jackson Blake.
Unlike what ended up being a 22-save shutout for Frederik Andersen on Saturday, Ottawa was able to equalize with goals in the back half of the second period from Drake Batherson and Dylan Cozens.
That was despite being outshot 28-16 by the Hurricanes by the end of the second.
Anderson made 37 saves in his Game 2 win. Ullmark stopped 43 shots in the loss.
“A hell of an effort,” Senators coach Travis Green said. “Playoffs are hard sometimes. Some of the games you lose, they sting. This one’s going to sting.”
The Senators played without steady defenceman Artem Zub, who left Game 1 with an undisclosed injury. He had been considered a game-time decision.
The setting now shifts to Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre for Games 3 and 4 of the first round Thursday night and Saturday afternoon.
Carolina is making its eighth playoff run in a row, winning at least a round for five consecutive years.
Ottawa is trying to win a playoff round for the first time since 2017.
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