How long overtime will last for Senators-Hurricanes in NHL playoff rules
This is gonna be a long night.
How long overtime will last for Senators-Hurricanes in NHL playoff rules originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . It looked like the night in Carolina was over.
Instead, Hurricanes and Senators are set up for a long night of overtime hockey. Carolina seemed to win the game in the first OT, but the goal was called off . Then there was a penalty shot, but Ottawa goalie Linus Ullmark denied it.
There had been 20 minutes of five-on-five hockey in the OT period, but it ended up with no goals. And so on they go. MORE: The confusing goal that didn't count for the Hurricanes How long is NHL playoff overtime?
NHL playoff games play 5-on-5 hockey until the game is over. Each overtime period lasts 20 minutes, like a regulation period. But at the end of 20 minutes, it's like the end of a period.