Jordan Martinook finally broke through at 13:53 of the second overtime Monday night, ripping the winner past Linus Ullmark from the slot to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators at Lenovo Center in Raleigh and a 2-0 lead in their first-round series. It capped a tense grinder of a playoff game that squeezed in just about everything: a disallowed overtime goal, a penalty-shot call and nearly two full extra periods of sweat.
Overtime chaos with a no-goal and a penalty shot
In the first overtime, it looked like Mark Jankowski had already ended things, only for his apparent clincher to be erased on review for offside. The reversal came with a hooking call that escalated into a rare postseason penalty-shot opportunity for Martinook. NHL.com shows the whole wild sequence, including Ullmark’s read on Martinook’s penalty-shot bid that kept Ottawa alive a little longer.
How Martinook finally ended it
Martinook, turned away on that earlier penalty shot, stayed in the middle of everything deep into double overtime. He chased down a loose rebound drifting toward the boards, keeping the play alive. Moments later, Nikolaj Ehlers spotted him between the circles and fed him the puck, and Martinook snapped it through a partial screen and past Ullmark at 13:53 of the second OT. As reported by The Associated Press, the goal set off a raucous corner celebration at Lenovo Center as the Hurricanes finally put an end to a marathon night.
Goalies steal the show
For long stretches, the game belonged to the guys in the crease. Frederik Andersen turned away 37 shots for Carolina while Ullmark piled up 43 saves to keep Ottawa hanging around. According to the CBS Sports gametracker, both goalies stacked up multiple high-leverage stops that dragged this one into, and then deep through, a second overtime.
What comes next in the series
As noted by The Associated Press, the series now shifts to Ottawa for Game 3 on Thursday, where the Senators will try to avoid falling into a 3-0 hole on home ice. The finish in Raleigh was a reminder that playoff hockey can pivot on a single review, a single rebound or a single save, and every one of those moments helped decide this one.
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