The Carolina Hurricanes picked up an important win, and then did it again, Tuesday night in Tampa, topping the Lightning 2-1 in overtime behind a Martin Necas’ game winner.
The Canes, who tied the game in the third on a Teuvo Teravainen power-play goal, hung in to force overtime against the Lightning, who were fueled by a great performance in net from Andrei Vasilevskiy. Brady Skjei initially won the game in the extra period, but the goal was called back due to an offside on the play.
Necas tallied the actual game winner a few minutes later, firing a laser past Vasilevskiy to send the Canes back to Raleigh with a better taste in their mouth.