The Carolina Hurricanes found a way to win.
After losing the first two games of their playoff series to the Tampa Bay Lightning at home, the Canes went into Amalie Arena for Game 3 and took a gutsy 3-2 overtime win.
Jordan Staal’s power-play goal in overtime has given the Canes new life in the series. Sebastian Aho, who scored in the second period, took a pass from Teuvo Teravainen and ripped a shot and Staal got a piece as the Canes beat Andrei Vasilevskiy at 5:57 of the OT.
The Canes went on the power play after Nikita Kucherov was called for holding the stick at 4:16 of overtime.
Carolina killed off the end of a Dougie Hamilton penalty to begin the OT. Hamilton was called for tripping Alex Killorn with 1:08 left in regulation. The Lightning’s power-play time extended into overtime.
Canes goalie Petr Mrazek, making his first playoff start, faced 32 shots in regulation and made some critical saves late. Vasilevskiy faced 23 in regulation -- the Canes had five shots in the third.
The Canes could play Game 4 on Saturday missing three forwards: Warren Foegele, Vincent Trocheck and Nino Niederreiter.
Foegele left Thursday’s game with an upper-body injury. Foegele appeared to injure a shoulder in the second period, left for the locker room, tried to play in the third but soon was removed.
Trocheck, who was injured in Game 2 but traveled with the team, was ruled out of the game, and Niederreiter missed his third game with an upper-body injury.
The Canes took a 2-0 lead in the second period as Brett Pesce and then Aho scored five-on-five goals. Aho, who assisted on Pesce’s goal, then beat goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy with a quick five-hole shot.
But Tampa Bay tied it on power-play goals by Brayden Point and then Alex Killorn as Nikita Kucherov assisted on both.
