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In the National Hockey League (NHL), a game seven is the final game in a best-of-seven series in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Based on the playoffs format arrangement, [a] it is played in the venue of the team holding home-ice advantage for the series. The necessity of a game seven cannot be known until the outcome of game six is determined ...
The home team won all games of the series. 1971 [84] Montreal Canadiens: Chicago Black Hawks: 3–2: Chicago Stadium, Chicago: The home team won all games of the series except for game seven. Chicago led 2–0 in the deciding game at home before allowing three unanswered goals and losing the game. 1987 [85] Edmonton Oilers: Philadelphia Flyers ...
The origins of the Challenge era come from the method of play of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada prior to 1893. From 1887 to 1893, the league did not play a round-robin format, but rather challenges between teams of the association that year, with the winner of the series being the 'interim' champion, with the final challenge winner becoming the league champion for the year.
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 that a team must win four games in order to win the series and the Cup.
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 PCHA continued to use seven-man team play, and games would alternate with six and seven-man games. After the NHL became the last remaining league to compete for the Cup, the trophy was then awarded to the winner of the NHL's championship playoff round.
Although rare, another aspect is that the NHL leads the other leagues in game seven comebacks. In four instances an NHL team has been able to come back from being down 0–3 to win a seven-game series: the 1941–42 Toronto Maple Leafs, the 1974–75 New York Islanders, the 2009–10 Philadelphia Flyers, and the 2013–14 Los Angeles Kings.
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.