List of Stanley Cup Final overtime series winners

Pete Babando
Pete Babando scored the Cup winning goal in double overtime of game 7 in 1950

In ice hockey, the Stanley Cup Final (also known as the Stanley Cup Finals among various media[nb 1]) is the championship series of the National Hockey League (NHL) to determine the winner of the Stanley Cup. The series is played in a best of seven format, meaning that a team must win four games in order to win the series and the Cup. Games that are tied at the end of regulation time go to overtime. In the history of the NHL, there have been 17 series which have ended on a game-winning goal in overtime.

The first overtime Cup winning goal was scored by Bill Cook of the New York Rangers in game four of the 1933 final against goaltender Lorne Chabot and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Mush March of the Chicago Black Hawks repeated the feat in 1934 against Wilf Cude and the Detroit Red Wings, also in game four. The 1933 and 1934 series were played in a best of five format; the current best of seven format was adopted beginning in 1939.

Pete Babando in 1950 and Tony Leswick in 1954, both with the Red Wings, scored the only game seven Cup winning goals. Babando scored against Chuck Rayner and the Rangers while Leswick scored against Gerry McNeil and the Montreal Canadiens. The goal in 1954 was the second overtime Cup winner allowed by McNeil, the only goaltender to have allowed more than one, the first having been scored in 1951 by Bill Barilko of the Maple Leafs.

Twice in Stanley Cup history has a team won the Cup on an overtime series winner one season, and then lost the same way the next season. The Canadiens won the 1953 series in overtime, only to lose it the following year to Detroit. The Dallas Stars won the 1999 Stanley Cup vs the Buffalo Sabres, only to lose it the following year to the New Jersey Devils.

Overtime Series Winners

Stanley Cup winning goals scored in overtime
NameTeamYearGame No.TimeOpposing goalieOpposing team
Cook, BillBill CookNew York Rangers1933407:33Chabot, LorneLorne ChabotToronto Maple Leafs
March, MushMush MarchChicago Black Hawks1934430:05Cude, WilfWilf CudeDetroit Red Wings
Hextall, BryanBryan HextallNew York Rangers1940602:07Broda, TurkTurk BrodaToronto Maple Leafs
Blake, ToeToe BlakeMontreal Canadiens1944409:12Karakas, MikeMike KarakasChicago Black Hawks
Babando, PetePete BabandoDetroit Red Wings1950728:31Rayner, ChuckChuck RaynerNew York Rangers
Barilko, BillBill BarilkoToronto Maple Leafs1951502:53McNeil, GerryGerry McNeilMontreal Canadiens
Lach, ElmerElmer LachMontreal Canadiens1953501:22Henry, GordGord HenryBoston Bruins
Leswick, TonyTony LeswickDetroit Red Wings1954704:29McNeil, GerryGerry McNeilMontreal Canadiens
Richard, HenriHenri RichardMontreal Canadiens1966602:20Crozier, RogerRoger CrozierDetroit Red Wings
Orr, BobbyBobby OrrBoston Bruins1970400:40Hall, GlennGlenn HallSt. Louis Blues
Lemaire, JacquesJacques LemaireMontreal Canadiens1977404:32Cheevers, GerryGerry CheeversBoston Bruins
Nystrom, BobBob NystromNew York Islanders1980607:11Peeters, PetePete PeetersPhiladelphia Flyers
Krupp, UweUwe KruppColorado Avalanche1996444:31Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn VanbiesbrouckFlorida Panthers
Hull, BrettBrett HullDallas Stars1999654:51Hašek, DominikDominik HašekBuffalo Sabres
Arnott, JasonJason ArnottNew Jersey Devils2000628:20Belfour, EdEd BelfourDallas Stars
Kane, PatrickPatrick KaneChicago Blackhawks2010604:06Leighton, MichaelMichael LeightonPhiladelphia Flyers
Martinez, AlecAlec MartinezLos Angeles Kings2014534:43Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik LundqvistNew York Rangers

References

    Notes

    1. ↑ The NHL officially began referring to the championship series as a singular "Final" circa 2006. However, various North American media still continue to refer to it as plural "Finals", similar to the NBA Finals.

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