The Carolina Hurricanes went into Tuesday’s game against the Washington Capitals with a chance to move into playoff position in the NHL’s Eastern Conference.
Beat the Caps and have the New York Islanders lose to the Boston Bruins and the Canes would take over the second wild-card playoff spot from the Isles.
But Canes couldn’t beat the Caps, losing 5-4 on Alexander Ovechkin’s goal at 1:57 of overtime at PNC Arena.
Ovechkin, whose 25th goal had tied the score 4-4 in the third period, scored after the Canes’ Sebastian Aho had a shot go off the post.