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Since its opening in 1968, nine game sevens have been played at Madison Square Garden. Between 1979 and 2017, Joe Louis Arena hosted eight game sevens, including one in the 2009 finals. In the National Hockey League (NHL), a game seven is the final game in a best-of-seven series in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Montreals eventually won the game, 5–1, and their crosstown rivals were awarded the Cup. ^ B. Intended to be a best-of-three series, Ottawa Capitals withdrew their challenge after the first game. ^ C. The January 31 (a Saturday) game was tied 2–2 at midnight and the Mayor of Westmount refused to allow play to continue on Sunday.
In the National Hockey League's (NHL) Stanley Cup playoffs, game seven can occur in all playoff series. [75] The Stanley Cup became the NHL's de facto championship trophy in 1926, and the league instituted the best-of-seven series starting in the 1938–39 season. No Stanley Cup Finals game seven has ever ended with a 1–0 score.
Pete Babando scored the Cup winning goal in double overtime of game 7 in 1950. In ice hockey, the Stanley Cup Finals (also known as the Stanley Cup Final 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 ...
It also would've been the fourth time in NHL history and first time a Presidents' Trophy winner would lose a series after initially taking a 3–0 series lead. 2011 Western Conference semifinals: Detroit Red Wings: San Jose Sharks: For the second time in the same year, a team forced a game seven after being down 3–0.
The two halves format was abandoned the next year, and the top two teams faced off for the NHL championship in a two-game total goals series. At the time, the NHL champion would later face the winners of the PCHA and, from 1921, the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) in further rounds in order to determine the Stanley Cup champion. During this ...
Most games: Patrick Marleau, 1,779 Most games, including playoffs: Mark Messier, 1,992 Most playoff games: Chris Chelios, 266 Most games played in a single season, not including playoffs: Jimmy Carson (1992–93) and Bob Kudelski (1993–94), 86 (both being traded mid-season, allowing them to play more than the then-team maximum of 84 games in a season)
This was the second time in NHL history that Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals was decided in overtime; the previous time it happened, in 1950, Detroit beat the New York Rangers in the Finals. As of 2024, this is the last Stanley Cup Final to have an overtime Game 7.