Hurricanes 3, Senators 2 (OT)
RALEIGH, N.C. - Jeff Skinner scored with 3.3 seconds left in regulation on Carolina's 43rd shot against Ottawa goalie Andrew Hammond, and Jordan Staal won it in overtime as the Hurricanes rallied late to defeat the Senators 3-2 on Saturday night.
Hammond was under siege over the final 2 1/2 minutes of regulation with Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward pulled for an extra attacker, and then Staal scored his third of the season with 2:09 left in overtime as Carolina improved to 12-0-2 against Ottawa at PNC Arena over the last 14 meetings.
Ottawa right wing Alex Chiasson and rookie defenseman Chris Wideman scored 4 1/2 minutes apart in the second period as the Senators took a 2-1 lead into the third, but couldn't hold the lead on the road, allowing 46 shots.
The Hurricanes (6-8) took a 1-0 advantage early in the second before Chiasson scored his second of the season crashing the net on the power play with 8:23 left in the period. Wideman then scored from a tough angle down low, beating Ward for his first NHL goal.
The 25-year-old Wideman, the 100th pick by Ottawa in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft who had 61 points in the American Hockey League last season, was playing in his fourth NHL game.
Ottawa (7-5-2) haven't beaten the Hurricanes in regulation at PNC Arena since Dec. 12, 2007.
Hammond, getting just his third start of the season, is now 21-1-4 in his second season.
Carolina defenseman Justin Faulk scored his NHL-leading fifth power-play goal of the season to give the Hurricanes the lead.
Faulk, who scored seven of his 15 goals last year on the man-advantage during a breakout season last year, beat Hammond from the left point just four seconds into an interference penalty against Chiasson. It was the second of three penalties against Ottawa in the opening 5:27 of the period after the Hurricanes didn't have a power-play opportunity in a 4-1 loss to Dallas on Friday night.
Faulk now has five of Carolina's six power-play goals.
NOTES: Carolina came into the game with a league-low three first-period goals. ... Ottawa D Cody Ceci missed his first game of the season with a lower-body injury suffered in a 3-2 shootout victory Thursday night against Winnipeg. ... Senators C Zach Smith, with just two points in 13 games, was a healthy scratch and replaced in the lineup by C Curtis Lazar. ... The Hurricanes are in the middle of a stretch of games in which nine of 10 will be played at PNC Arena. ... Carolina coach Bill Peters was named to Canada's coaching staff for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey on Thursday. ... The Hurricanes have reassigned LW Joakim Nordstrom to Charlotte (AHL) for a conditioning stint since he has not played since Oct. 13.