<Dd> † † Game 7 </Dd> <Ul> <Li> March 24, 1936: The Detroit Red Wings' Mud Bruneteau ends the longest Stanley Cup playoff game to date, scoring the game's only goal in a 1--0 victory over the Montreal Maroons . The goal comes at 16: 30 of sextuple overtime for a total of 176: 30 of game play . It is also the longest NHL ice hockey game ever played . The game is a mere 3: 30 short of the equivalent of playing three games back - to - back - to - back . </Li> <Li> February 4, 1939: The Boston Bruins' Mel Hill scores his third overtime goal of the Bruins' Stanley Cup semi-final series against the New York Rangers, setting an unsurpassed (as of now) NHL record for most overtime goals in a single playoff series, earning him the nickname thereafter of "Sudden Death" Hill . The series itself involves four overtime games, two of which go to triple overtime . </Li> <Li> April 23, 1950: Pete Babando scores at 8: 31 of double overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 4--3 win in the seventh game of the 1950 Stanley Cup Finals over the New York Rangers . It is the first time that a seventh game of a Final series goes to overtime . </Li> <Li> April 21, 1951: Bill Barilko scores at 2: 53 of overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3--2 win in the fifth game of the 1951 Stanley Cup Finals over the Montreal Canadiens . All five games in the series need to have overtime to be decided . </Li> <Li> April 16, 1954: Tony Leswick's shot hit Montreal Canadiens' defenceman Doug Harvey's glove and went into the net at 4: 20 of overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2--1 win in the seventh game of the 1954 Stanley Cup Finals over the Canadiens . No seventh game of a Final series has gone to overtime since . </Li> <Li> April 23, 1964: Bobby Baun of the Toronto Maple Leafs nets a game winner against Detroit 1: 43 into overtime in game six of the Finals to tie the series 3--all . The goal is notable because Baun broke his ankle earlier in the game . It was frozen and taped, and Baun returned to the ice to score the winning goal . </Li> <Li> May 10, 1970: One of the most indelible moments in sports history is the sight of Bobby Orr's "in flight" goal that gave the Boston Bruins a 4--3 win and a four - game sweep of the St. Louis Blues in the Stanley Cup Finals . </Li> <Li> May 24, 1980: Bob Nystrom of the New York Islanders scores the Stanley Cup clinching goal at 7: 11 of overtime, beating the Philadelphia Flyers in six games for the title . </Li> <Li> April 14, 1981: After sitting on the bench for the entire game, Mike Crombeen scored the winning goal at 5: 16 of double overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 4 - 3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins . </Li> <Li> April 10, 1982: "Miracle on Manchester"--Rookie Daryl Evans gives the Los Angeles Kings a 6--5 win over the Edmonton Oilers at 2: 35 of overtime . The Kings had trailed the Oilers 5--0 after the second period of game three of the Smythe Division Semi-final . This still remains the largest single game playoff comeback in NHL history . </Li> <Li> May 5, 1986: Doug Wickenheiser's overtime goal gives the St. Louis Blues a 6--5 win over the Calgary Flames in game six of the Campbell Conference Final . The goal, known as the "Monday Night Miracle", caps a 5--2 comeback and makes it more impressive that the three goals needed to tie the game were scored in the last ten minutes of the third period . </Li> <Li> May 18, 1986: A Brian Skrudland goal ends the shortest overtime in NHL history at just nine seconds . The winning goal gives the Montreal Canadiens a 3--2 victory over the Calgary Flames in game two of the 1986 Stanley Cup Finals . </Li> <Li> April 18, 1987: "Easter Epic"--Pat LaFontaine of New York Islanders scores a goal against Washington Capitals at 8: 47 of quadruple overtime which ends the longest game seven in NHL playoff history . Islanders goaltender Kelly Hrudey makes a record 73 saves . </Li> <Li> May 15, 1990: After hardly playing in overtime, Petr Klima came off the bench late in triple overtime and scored almost immediately to end the longest overtime in NHL Finals history, with 4: 47 left . The goal gave the Edmonton Oilers a 3--2 victory over the Boston Bruins to open the 1990 Stanley Cup Finals, setting the stage for the Oilers' fifth cup in seven years . </Li> <Li> April 24, 1993: In game four of the Adams division semi-final between the Buffalo Sabres and the Boston Bruins, Sabres forward Brad May scores in overtime to give Buffalo a 6--5 win and sweep the Bruins in the series, four games to none . Due to Buffalo commentator Rick Jeanneret's colorful play call when May scored, this game has been referred to in Buffalo as "May Day". </Li> <Li> April to June 1993: After losing in overtime of game one of the Adams division semi-final to the Quebec Nordiques, the Montreal Canadiens go on to win ten consecutive overtime games en route to winning the Stanley Cup . The Habs score another overtime winner the following year against the Boston Bruins, making it eleven consecutive playoff overtime wins . </Li> <Li> May 14, 1993: In game seven of the Patrick Division Finals, David Volek who spent most of the season as a healthy scratch, scored the series winning goal to give the New York Islanders a 4 - 3 victory ending the Pittsburgh Penguins chances at a threepeat . </Li> <Li> April 27, 1994: Dominik Hašek of the Buffalo Sabres stops all 70 shots produced by the New Jersey Devils as Dave Hannan scores the lone goal over a sprawling Martin Brodeur at 5: 43 of quadruple overtime in game six of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal matchup . </Li> <Li> April 30, 1994: Pavel Bure scores 2: 20 into double overtime of the seventh game of the opening round of Vancouver's playoff series with Calgary . The win gives the Vancouver Canucks three consecutive overtime wins over the favored Calgary Flames, who squander a 3--1 series lead . </Li> <Li> May 27, 1994: Stéphane Matteau scores the game - winning goal at 4: 24 of double overtime with a wrap - around, beating Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils in game seven, advancing the New York Rangers to the Stanley Cup Finals (where they would ultimately win it for the first time since 1940). It is Matteau's second goal in double overtime periods of the series . </Li> <Li> April 24, 1996: Petr Nedved scores with 44.6 seconds remaining in quadruple overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3--2 win over the Washington Capitals to tie their Eastern Conference quarter - final series at two games apiece . </Li> <Li> June 6, 1996: Uwe Krupp became the 12th player in NHL history to end the Stanley Cup Finals in overtime, scoring a goal at 4: 31 of triple overtime, giving the Colorado Avalanche a 1--0 win and a sweep of the Florida Panthers . </Li> <Li> June 19, 1999: Brett Hull scores with 5: 09 left in triple overtime of game six to win the Stanley Cup for the Dallas Stars over the Buffalo Sabres . The goal is considered controversial by some fans due to disagreement on if the goal by Hull was legal or not . (see 1999 Stanley Cup Finals). </Li> <Li> May 5, 2000: Keith Primeau of the Philadelphia Flyers put a shot over the left shoulder of Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Ron Tugnutt with 7: 59 left in quintuple overtime, ending the longest game since 1936 . </Li> <Li> June 6, 2000: Jason Arnott scores on Dallas Stars' goalie Ed Belfour in double overtime of game six to give the New Jersey Devils their second Stanley Cup . </Li> <Li> April 12, 2007: Roberto Luongo, goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks, wins his first career playoff game while making 72 saves, one shy of Kelly Hrudey's record . The game is the sixth longest ever, going into quadruple overtime . Henrik Sedin scores the winning goal in the Western Quarterfinals, beating the Dallas Stars 5--4 in game 1 . The game is Vancouver's longest in history, and the Star's second longest, behind their five - overtime loss to Anaheim in 2003 . </Li> <Li> May 5, 2008: Brenden Morrow scores on San Jose Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov at 9: 03 of quadruple overtime in game six of the Western Conference Semi-final between the Sharks and Stars . The game sees an incredible goaltending duel as Nabokov makes 53 saves in the loss while Marty Turco of Dallas makes 61 saves for the win . </Li> <Li> June 6, 2008: In game five of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals, the Pittsburgh Penguins' Petr Sykora told Pierre Maguire of NBC that he would score the winning goal in overtime . At 9: 57 of triple overtime, Sykora scored on Detroit Red Wings' goaltender Chris Osgood and sent the series back to Pittsburgh for game six . </Li> <Li> June 6, 2010: Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks shoots a goal past Philadelphia Flyers goalie Michael Leighton 4: 10 into overtime of game six of the Stanley Cup Finals to give the Blackhawks a 4--3 win over the Flyers for their first Stanley Cup Championship since 1961 . </Li> <Li> April 26, 2011: Alexandre Burrows of the Vancouver Canucks scored at 5: 22 of overtime past Corey Crawford of the Chicago Blackhawks to win the series 4--3 and the game 2--1, sending the Canucks to the Western Conference Semifinals, avoiding squandering a 3--0 series lead and a 1--0 lead in game seven in the third period . </Li> <Li> June 6, 2011: Another Burrows goal ends the second - shortest overtime in NHL history at just eleven seconds . The winning goal gives the Vancouver Canucks a 3--2 victory over the Boston Bruins in game two of the Stanley Cup Finals . </Li> <Li> May 25, 2012: Adam Henrique of the New Jersey Devils scored at 1: 03 into overtime past Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers in game six of the Eastern Conference Final to send the Devils to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 2003 . </Li> <Li> May 13, 2013: Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins scored at 6: 05 of overtime past James Reimer of the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the series 4--3 and the game 5--4, to send the Bruins to the Conference Semifinals to face the Rangers . It also capped a historic comeback in a game seven, coming back from a three - goal deficit in the third period . With fifty--one seconds to go, they tied the game . The tying goal was also scored by Bergeron . The 2012--13 Boston Bruins became the first team in NHL history to do so in the Stanley Cup playoffs . </Li> <Li> June 6, 2013: Andrew Shaw scored with 7: 52 left in triple overtime as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins 4 - 3 to open the Stanley Cup Finals, ending the fifth - longest game in Stanley Cup Finals history . </Li> <Li> June 13, 2014: Alec Martinez took a rebound off a Tyler Toffoli shot blocked by Henrik Lundqvist and scored with 5: 17 left in double overtime in game five of the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals, becoming the 16th player to win the Stanley Cup with an overtime goal as the Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 3--2, clinching the title 4--1 in the longest game in Kings history to that point (total game time 94: 43). He became the first player to score two series - clinching playoff overtime goals in the same season since Martin Gelinas in 2004; on June 1, he scored 5: 47 into overtime to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 5--4 in game seven of the Western Conference Finals . </Li> <Li> May 13, 2015: Derek Stepan scored with 8: 36 left in the first overtime in game seven in the Eastern Conference Second Round against the Washington Capitals to send the New York Rangers to the Eastern Conference Finals . The Capitals also had a 3--1 series lead before losing the final three games and ultimately losing the series . </Li> <Li> May 19, 2015: Marcus Kruger scored with 3: 48 left in the third overtime in game two of the Western Conference Finals, as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Anaheim Ducks, 3--2, tying the series at 1--1 . This was Anaheim's first playoff loss at home that season and Chicago's longest overtime game to date . Chicago goalie Corey Crawford made 60 saves while defenceman Duncan Keith played seconds shy of 50 minutes on ice . Earlier in the second overtime period, Andrew Shaw used his head to direct the puck into the net, but the goal did not count . </Li> <Li> April 24, 2016: John Tavares scored the series - winner with 9: 19 left in double overtime in game six of the Eastern Conference First Round as the New York Islanders won a playoff series for the first time since 1993, beating the Florida Panthers 2--1, to win the series 4--2 . He beat Roberto Luongo off a rebound of his own shot with a wraparound . It ended the longest home game in Islanders' history . Tavares also scored with 53.2 seconds left in regulation to force overtime . Three of those games in this series have gone to overtime, this and game five needed two . </Li> <Li> May 6, 2016: Mike Fisher scored with 8: 48 left in triple overtime in game four of the Western Conference Second Round as the Nashville Predators beat the San Jose Sharks, 4--3, to tie the series at two games all . His goal ended the longest playoff game in Predators' history . Joe Pavelski could have won it at 7: 34 of overtime, but officials waved it off as he crashed into Pekka Rinne, pinning him down before the puck crossed the goal line . </Li> <Li> May 25, 2017: Chris Kunitz scored at 5: 09 of double overtime as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators to advance to play the Nashville Predators in the Stanley Cup Finals in winning game seven of the Eastern Conference Finals, 3 - 2 . Sidney Crosby sent a soft backhand pass to Kunitz, whose knuckling shot beat Craig Anderson from the right faceoff circle . </Li> <Li> April 13, 2018: The Vegas Golden Knights won their first - ever playoff overtime game when Erik Haula scored with 4: 37 left in double overtime to beat the Los Angeles Kings 2--1 to take a 2--0 lead in the Western Conference First Round . Haula made it to the right wing after a James Neal pass, faked his shot, then beat Jonathan Quick with a forehand . </Li> <Li> May 7, 2018: Evgeny Kuznetsov scored at 5: 27 of overtime as the Washington Capitals eliminated the two - time defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins in game six of the Eastern Conference Second Round to advance to the Conference Finals for the first time in 20 years . Alexander Ovechkin passed the puck back to Kuznetsov, who tapped it away from Sidney Crosby on a turnover before beating Matt Murray between the pads . </Li> </Ul> <Li> March 24, 1936: The Detroit Red Wings' Mud Bruneteau ends the longest Stanley Cup playoff game to date, scoring the game's only goal in a 1--0 victory over the Montreal Maroons . The goal comes at 16: 30 of sextuple overtime for a total of 176: 30 of game play . It is also the longest NHL ice hockey game ever played . The game is a mere 3: 30 short of the equivalent of playing three games back - to - back - to - back . </Li> <Li> February 4, 1939: The Boston Bruins' Mel Hill scores his third overtime goal of the Bruins' Stanley Cup semi-final series against the New York Rangers, setting an unsurpassed (as of now) NHL record for most overtime goals in a single playoff series, earning him the nickname thereafter of "Sudden Death" Hill . The series itself involves four overtime games, two of which go to triple overtime . </Li>

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