Jordan Martinook Lifts Carolina Hurricanes Past Ottawa Senators With 2OT Winner In Game 2

Jordan Martinook scored the game-winning goal at 13:53 of the second overtime to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators in Game 2, giving Carolina a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference first-round series.

“Martinook's goal lifts Hurricanes past Senators 3-2 in 2OT after he misses rare OT penalty shot Jordan Martinook beat Linus Ullmark from the slot at 13:53 of the second overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Monday night RALEIGH, N”

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The winning sequence began after Martinook missed a rare penalty shot in the first overtime, when he fired the puck directly into the glove of Ottawa goalie Linus Ullmark with 3:11 left in the first overtime.

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ESPN described the moment as “redemption for the 33-year-old,” and Martinook later said, “I felt pretty bad when I didn't score that one. But obviously the emotion when you score ... hockey's crazy.”

In the second OT, Martinook’s line again attacked the Senators’ zone, with defenseman K’Andre Miller feeding the puck to forward Nikolaj Ehlers, who found Martinook in the slot.

Martinook then beat Ullmark, who finished with 43 saves, and Carolina captain Jordan Staal screened Ullmark at the top of the crease.

ABC News and WTOP both tied the finish to the same core arc: Martinook’s earlier miss, the overturned goal in the first OT, and then the eventual winner in the second OT.

The game was played in Raleigh, North Carolina, at Lenovo Center, and the series now moves to Canada’s capital for Game 3 on Thursday.

The Game 2 finish was shaped by an earlier first-overtime sequence that began with an apparent winning goal by Mark Jankowski and ended with a video review overturning it for an offside call on Carolina captain Jordan Staal.

ESPN and ABC News both described how the Hurricanes thought they had won in the first overtime, only to see the goal wiped off the board after officials gathered near the penalty boxes.

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ESPN reported that NHL Hockey Operations initiated a video review to see if Staal was offside on the zone entry, and ESPN rules analyst Dave Jackson explained, “They determined that the player did not have control and possession of the puck prior to his feet breaking the plane at the blue line.”

ESPN added that “He had possession -- the puck hit his stick -- but he never controlled it until the puck was inside the zone. He put himself offside essentially.”

ABC News similarly said the review determined that “Staal didn’t have possession and control of the puck as he entered the zone,” and it noted that the sequence “ultimately led to a hooking penalty on Warren Foegele.”

In ESPN’s account, the offside decision nullified the goal but did not nullify the penalty, because NHL rules state: “If one or more penalties (minor or major) are assessed between the time of the missed infraction and the video review that disallows the apparent goal, the offending team will still be required to serve the penalties identified and assessed.”

That hooking penalty set up the penalty shot that Martinook missed, and the game then continued into the second overtime where Martinook finally converted.

After the game, Martinook described the emotional swing created by the missed penalty shot and the long intermission that followed.

ESPN quoted him saying, “I felt pretty bad when I didn't score that one,” and later he added, “The emotion when you score ... hockey's crazy,” before saying, “Being able to score after that, I'll tell my grandkids about that one, that's for sure.”

ABC News captured the same theme with Martinook saying, “I didn't feel very good about myself after that penalty shot, and that intermission felt really long,” and it also included his line, “It didn't matter who scored, but it was going to be a long night if that penalty shot came back to bite me.”

Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour told ABC News, “That’s the toughest thing: You have it won, a hard-fought game, and then to have it turned over,” and he 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.”

Senators coach Travis Green offered a different tone, telling ABC News, “A hell of an effort,” and adding, “Playoffs are hard sometimes. Some of the games you lose, they sting. This one’s going to sting.”

ESPN also quoted Green’s perspective on the overturned goal sequence, including his statement, “We weren’t going anywhere,” and it included a quote from Ottawa forward Drake Batherson: “I think we had some chances to put it away after that and we were unable to.”

The Hockey News added more direct quotes from Hurricanes players and staff, including Brind'Amour saying, “That's the toughest thing, you know? You have it won, a hard fought game and then to have it turned over,” and Martinook’s own reflection, “Try having a penalty shot after all that. But no, you exhale, think it's over.”

While all the reports centered on Martinook’s 2OT winner and the overturned first-overtime goal, they emphasized different angles of the same storyline.

ESPN foregrounded the detailed mechanics of the review, quoting Dave Jackson’s explanation that “You need to have possession and control as you're entering the zone,” and it also described the penalty-shot context as “the first overtime penalty shot in the playoffs since August 2020.”

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ABC News, by contrast, framed the sequence as a redemption arc that began with Martinook being “stopped on a penalty shot in the first OT” and then culminated in a goal that came after he “kept the winning play alive by chasing down a loose rebound toward the boards.”

WTOP and ABC11 Raleigh-Durham both described the same core events but leaned into the narrative of momentum and celebration, with WTOP noting “That set off a mob celebration by the Hurricanes around Martinook” and ABC11 Raleigh-Durham emphasizing the “surreal sequence in the first overtime in which an apparent winning goal was wiped off the board via video review.”

The Hockey News treated the game as a set of postgame soundbites, quoting multiple speakers including Brind'Amour and Martinook and focusing on how they processed the “roller coaster of emotions.”

USA Today added a broader game recap that included additional scoring details, stating that Logan Stankoven and Sebastian Aho scored for Carolina and that Drake Batherson and Dylan Cozens scored for Ottawa, while also noting that Frederik Andersen made 36 saves and that Ullmark made 43.

Flashscore.co.za offered a different statistical framing, saying “The game saw over 200 total shots, with 82 of them on goal,” and it described the even-strength stretch as “the longest stretch of even-strength play of any series so far these playoffs.”

With the Hurricanes taking a 2-0 series lead after the 3-2 Game 2 win, the immediate consequence is that the next matchup shifts to Ottawa for Game 3 on Thursday.

“The game saw over 200 total shots, with 82 of them on goal”

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ESPN stated, “Game 3 of the series is Thursday night in Ottawa,” and it added that the series is the Eastern Conference first-round matchup.

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ABC News and WTOP similarly said the series moves to Canada’s capital for Game 3 on Thursday, and USA Today reiterated that “Game 3 is Thursday night in Ottawa.”

The Hockey News and CBS17 Local Western both described the schedule implications in more detail, with CBS17 saying “Game 3 Thursday and Game 4 Saturday” and that “If necessary, Game 5 would be played at Lenovo Center next Monday.”

Beyond dates, the reports also emphasized how the goaltending and scoring patterns shaped the stakes of the next game.

ABC News said Frederik Andersen finished with 37 saves and that Ullmark finished with 43 saves, while USA Today said Andersen made 36 saves and Ullmark made 43 saves, underscoring that the same game was tracked with slightly different save totals across outlets.

Flashscore.co.za added a broader performance lens by noting “The game saw over 200 total shots, with 82 of them on goal,” and it highlighted that the sequence included a penalty-shot denial that would have been “the first overtime penalty shot game winner in Stanley Cup Playoffs history.”