Jordan Martinook Missed the Penalty Shot, Then Won It in Double OT and Nobody Saw It Coming

Jordan Martinook had one job in the first overtime. One. And he completely botched it. The 33-year-old Carolina Hurricanes forward stepped up to the fifth overtime penalty shot in Stanley Cup playoff history and fired it straight into Ottawa goalie Linus Ullmark's glove with 3:11 left in the first extra session. Game over. Except it wasn't.

Fast forward to the second OT, and Martinook gets another chance. This time, he doesn't waste it. At 13:53 of the second overtime on Monday night in Raleigh, North Carolina, Martinook buried the go-ahead goal to lift the Hurricanes past the Senators 3-2 and stake Carolina to a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference first-round matchup. Pure redemption.

The Sequence That Made No Sense, Until It Did

Here's where it gets wild. Before Martinook even got that penalty shot, there was absolute chaos in the first overtime. Hurricanes forward Seth Jarvis fired a shot that center Mark Jankowski collected and buried into the net at 2:42 of the first OT. The building went nuts. It was over. Carolina won 3-2.

Except the refs weren't done yet. NHL Hockey Operations initiated a video review to check if captain Jordan Staal was offside on the zone entry. They looked. They looked hard. And they wiped the goal clean off the board. No score. Keep playing. That's when the Senators drew a slashing penalty against Martinook, leading to his missed penalty shot attempt just moments later.

The Second Chance He Actually Converted

When Martinook got his second chance in the second OT, his line was already generating chances in the Senators' zone. Defenseman K'Andre Miller fed the puck to forward Nikolaj Ehlers, who found Martinook in the slot. He didn't overthink it. He ripped it.

"I'd be lying if I said I picked my head up and looked and picked the corner," Martinook said after. "At that point, you're just trying to put as many pucks on net you can. I got it and just ripped it. Luckily, it went in."

Ullmark was screened by Staal and had no chance. Forty-three saves on the night, but this one got past him. Martinook walked away the hero, even after missing from the penalty spot.

The Hurricanes head into Game 3 up 2-0 on the Senators with all the momentum in the world.

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