RALEIGH, N.C. — Jordan Martinook beat Linus Ullmark from the slot at 13:53 of the second overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes defeat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Monday night and take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series in the NHL playoffs.
Martinook — who was stopped on a penalty shot in the first OT — 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 Ullmark, who was partially shielded by Carolina captain Jordan Staal at the top of the crease.
That set off a mob celebration by the Hurricanes around Martinook in a corner of the ice, ending a game that saw them hang on despite blowing a 2-0 lead and having an apparent winner by Mark Jankowski waved off in the first overtime due to an offside call on review.
Drake Batherson and Dylan Cozens each scored in the second period to erase a 2-0 deficit for the Senators. Ullmark was terrific in net, making multiple huge saves in the second period and another in the final seconds of regulation when he got his left shoulder on Jordan Staal’s shot from near the top of the crease.
Logan Stankoven and Sebastian Aho scored for Carolina, which defeated Ottawa 2-0 in Saturday’s opener. Frederik Andersen had 23 saves in regulation time.
The Senators played without defenseman Artem Zub, who left Game 1 with an undisclosed injury. He had been considered a game-time decision.
The series moves to Canada’s capital for Game 3 on Thursday.
