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Overtime is a method of determining a winner in an
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game when the score is tied after regulation. The main methods of determining a winner in a tied game are the overtime period (commonly referred to as overtime), the
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, or a combination of both. If league rules dictate a finite time in which overtime may be played, with no penalty shoot-out to follow, the game's winning team may or may not be necessarily determined.


Overtime periods

Overtime periods are extra
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s beyond the third regulation period during a game, where normal hockey rules apply. Although in the past, full-length overtime periods were played, overtimes today are ''
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North American overtime

From November 21, 1942, when overtime (a non-sudden death extra period of 10 minutes duration) was eliminated due to war time restrictions and continuing until the 1983–84 season, all NHL regular-season games tied after 60 minutes of play ended as ties. On June 23, 1983, the NHL introduced a regular-season sudden death overtime period of five minutes. If the five-minute overtime period ended with no scoring, the game ended as a tie. (The World Hockey Association had used a 10-minute, sudden death regular season overtime period during its seven-year existence.) In the first games to go to overtime, on October 5, 1983, the Minnesota North Stars and Los Angeles Kings skated to a 3–3 tie, and the Detroit Red Wings and Winnipeg Jets tied 6–6. The first regular-season game decided by overtime was on October 8, 1983, as the New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 8–7. In 1987–88 and since
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, the
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has awarded teams one point in the standings for an overtime loss (OTL). In 1998, the AHL introduced a rule where teams will play the five-minute overtime period with four skaters and a goaltender, rather than at full strength (five skaters), except in two-man advantage situations. In a two-man advantage situation, the team with the advantage will play with five skaters against three skaters. The rule was popular and adopted by the NHL and
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the next season.
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has the record for most NHL overtime goals with 24. In the
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and in all tiebreaker games, overtime periods are played like regulation periods – teams are at full strength (five skaters, barring penalties), there is no shootout, and each overtime period is 20 minutes with full intermissions between overtime periods. The game ends when either team scores a goal. In many leagues (including the NHL for regular-season games since the 2005–06 season) and in international competitions, a failure to reach a decision in a single overtime may lead to a shootout. Some leagues may eschew overtime periods altogether and end games in shootout should teams be tied at the end of regulation. In the
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, the AHL, and the
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, regular season overtime periods are played three on three for one five-minute period, with penalties resulting in the opponents skating one additional player on ice (up to two additional players) for each penalty. If the penalised player returns to the ice, the game becomes 4-on-4 or 5-on-5 until the next stoppage of play, when it becomes 3-on-3. Prior to the 2014–15 season, the AHL set the overtime period at seven minutes, but reverted to the now-standard five-minute period the following year. The idea of using 3-on-3 skaters for the entirety of a five-minute overtime period for a regular season game was adopted by the NHL on June 24, 2015, for use in the
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. The
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has changed the overtime to seven minutes for the 2019–20 season.


International overtime

In
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play, rules for overtime depend on the stage of the competition. New overtime procedures debuted at the
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that will be in effect for all IIHF championships, including from the
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hereafter. All overtime periods will be 3-on-3 regardless of round robin or preliminary (five minutes with a three-round shootout), knockout rounds including third place games (ten minutes with a five-round shootout), or the championship (twenty minutes, no shootout). In the championship game only, if that overtime is scoreless, a full intermission will be conducted before the procedure repeats. The overtime ends on whoever scores next. In all cases, teams will change ends.


Shootout


International shootouts

In international competition, shootouts (or more formally, game-winning shots (GWS), and, in some European countries, bullets, or bullits), are often used. Each coach selects three skaters from their team to take penalty shots one at a time against the opposing
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, with teams alternating shots. Each team gets one shot per round. The winner is the team with more goals after three rounds or the team that amasses an unreachable advantage before then (ex. a team gains a two-goal lead with only one round left). If the shootout is tied after three rounds, tie-breaker rounds are played one at a time (with each team taking one additional shot) until there is a winner. The IIHF first adopted the game-winning-shot procedure in 1992 when a new playoff procedure in the Winter Olympics and World Championships required a winner for each game. At that time, the shootout was five rounds and only used for knock-out games. In 2006, it was reduced to three rounds and used for all games, eliminating the possibility of tied games at IIHF events. Tie-breaker rounds are still used as needed, and the same or new players can take the tie-break shots, which is also done in reverse order. As of May 2016, all IIHF preliminary round games that are not decided by overtime, are decided by a three-round shootout. However, all playoff & bronze medal games of IIHF top level championships (especially the Olympics) are decided by five round shootouts. Since 2019, the gold medal game uses multiple 20-minute overtime periods of 3-on-3, and applies to both genders.


North American shootouts

Most lower minor leagues (ECHL, Central, UHL) have featured a shootout where, at the end of regulation, a shootout similar to the international tournament format is used. However, in 2000, the ECHL adopted the AHL's four-on-four overtime before the shootout. For the
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, the AHL adopted a five-man shootout, which was first used in that league in 1986–87. The standard five-man shootout is used after four-on-four overtime for all minor leagues in North America. The AHL switched to the NHL formatted three-man shootout for the 2014–15 season. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association added the shootout as of the 2008–09 season. Following the lead of minor leagues, in the NHL's first post-lockout season of 2005–06, the league ends exhibition and regular season games still tied after a five-minute-length, three-skaters-per-side overtime period (as of the
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onwards) with a shootout. The NHL format is a three-round shootout with tiebreaker rounds as needed. All skaters (except goalies) on a team's roster must shoot before any player can shoot a second time. On December 16, 2014, the longest shootout in NHL history went to 20 rounds before
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scored to defeat the
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; the previous record was 15 rounds. The shootout is not used in the playoffs for any major North American league. Instead, full 20-minute overtime periods are played until one team scores a goal. In the
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All-Star Skills Competitions, the competition ends in a penalty shootout known as the ''Breakaway Relay''.


Tactics

Tactics are very important during penalty shots and overtime shootouts for both the shooter and the goalie. Both shooters and goalies commonly consult their teammates and coaches for advice on the opposing player's style of play. Shooters often consider the goalie's strengths and weaknesses (such as a fast glove or stick save), preferred goaltending style (such as
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) and method of challenging the shooter. Goaltenders often consider the shooter's shot preference, expected angle of attack, a patented move a shooter commonly uses and even handedness of the shooter. Most shooters attempt to out-deke the goalie in order to create a better scoring chance. Former
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forward Martin St. Louis are examples of players who commonly use this tactic. However, it is not uncommon for a shooter to simply shoot for an opening without deking. This is commonly referred to as sniping. This is most commonly performed when a goalie challenges a shooter by giving them an open hole (by keeping a glove, pad or stick out of position or being out of sound goaltending position altogether to tempt the shooter to aim for the given opening). Former NHL forwards
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are two players commonly referred to as snipers. Very rarely a shooter may take a
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from the point or top of the
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. This is almost exclusively performed when a shooter either has a high level of confidence in their shot or they attempt to catch the goalie by surprise. Retired player
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winger
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defenseman
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have all used this tactic with success.


List of notable overtime games

The longest overtime game in history was in Norwegian
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. The game ended after 157:14 of overtime, in the 8th overtime period.


NHL

This is a list of all National Hockey League (NHL) playoff games that went into at least three overtimes (winning team is bold). :*''Stanley Cup Finals game'' :**''Stanley Cup winning goal'' : ''Series-Clinching Goal'' :†† ''Game 7'' :§ ''Game played at a neutral site'' :Ω ''Arena was demolished''


Notable NHL playoff overtime games

* March 24, 1936: The
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ends the longest Stanley Cup playoff game to date, scoring the game's only goal in a 1–0 victory over the
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. The goal came at 16:30 of sextuple overtime, for a total of 176:30 of game play. It is also the longest NHL game played. The game is a mere 3:30 short of the equivalent of playing three games back-to-back-to-back.
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made an unofficial record 92 saves in that game. * February 4, 1939: The
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scores his third overtime goal of the Bruins' Stanley Cup semi-final series against the
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, 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. * April 23, 1950:
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scores at 8:31 of double overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 4–3 win for the title in the seventh game of the
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over the New York Rangers. It is the first time that a seventh game of a Final series goes to overtime. * April 21, 1951:
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scores at 2:53 of overtime to give the
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a 3–2 win in the fifth game of the 1951 Stanley Cup Finals over the
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for a 4–1 title victory. All five games in the series need to have overtime to be decided. Barilko was killed in a private plane crash in a remote part of northern Ontario a few months later. * April 16, 1954:
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'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 and the title in the seventh game of the
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over the Canadiens. No seventh game of a Final series has gone to overtime since. * April 23, 1964:
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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. * May 10, 1970: One of the most indelible moments in sports history is the sight of
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's "in flight" goal that gave the Boston Bruins a 4–3 win and a four-game sweep of the
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for the title. * May 24, 1980: Bob Nystrom of the
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scores the Stanley Cup clinching goal at 7:11 of overtime, beating the Philadelphia Flyers in six games for the title. * April 14, 1981: After sitting on the bench for the entire game,
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scored the winning goal at 5:16 of double overtime to give the
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a 4–3 win over the
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. * April 10, 1982: "
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a 6–5 win over the
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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. * May 12, 1986:
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's overtime goal gives the St. Louis Blues a 6–5 win over the
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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. * May 18, 1986: A
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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
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. * April 18, 1987: " Easter Epic" –
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scores a goal against
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at 8:47 of quadruple overtime which ends the longest game seven in NHL playoff history. Islanders goaltender
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makes a record 73 saves. * May 15, 1990: After hardly playing in overtime,
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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
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, setting the stage for the Oilers' fifth cup in seven years. * April 24, 1993: In game four of the Adams division semi-final between the
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and the Boston Bruins, Sabres forward
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scores in overtime to give Buffalo a 6–5 win and a four-game sweep of the Bruins in the series. Due to Buffalo commentator
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's colorful play call when May scored, this game has been referred to in Buffalo as "May Day". * April to June 1993: After losing in overtime of game one of the Adams division semi-final to the
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, the Montreal Canadiens go on to win ten consecutive overtime games en route to winning the
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. The Habs score another overtime winner the following year against the Boston Bruins, making it eleven consecutive playoff overtime wins. * 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 The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conferenc ...
a 4–3 victory ending the
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chances at a three-peat. * April 27, 1994:
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of the Buffalo Sabres stops all 70 shots produced by the
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as
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scores the lone goal over a sprawling
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at 5:43 of quadruple overtime in game six of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal matchup. * April 30, 1994:
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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 The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference, and play their home games at Rogers Arena. Bruce ...
three consecutive overtime wins over the favored
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, who squander a 3–1 series lead. * May 27, 1994:
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scores the game-winning goal at 4:24 of double overtime with a wrap-around, beating
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and the New Jersey Devils in game seven, advancing the
New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its ho ...
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. * April 24, 1996: Petr Nedved scores with 44.6 seconds remaining in quadruple overtime to give the
Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference, and have playe ...
a 3–2 win over the
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to tie their Eastern Conference quarter-final series at two games all. * June 10, 1996:
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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 The Colorado Avalanche (colloquially known as the Avs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (N ...
a 1–0 win and a sweep of the
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for the title. * June 19, 1999:
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scores with 5:09 left in triple overtime of game six to win the title for the
Dallas Stars The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference, and were founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minne ...
over the
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. The goal is considered controversial by some fans due to disagreement on if the goal by Hull was legal or not. (see
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). Dallas won 2–1 for a 4–2 title victory. * May 4, 2000:
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of the
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put a shot over the left shoulder of
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goaltender
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with 7:59 left in quintuple overtime, ending the longest game since 1936. * June 8, 2000:
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scores on Dallas Stars' goalie
Ed Belfour Edward John Belfour (born April 21, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Belfour was born in Carman, Manitoba and grew up playing hockey. He played junior hockey for the Winkler Flyers before going to the University of ...
in double overtime of game six to give the New Jersey Devils their second title. * April 11, 2007:
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, 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, 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. * May 4, 2008:
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scores on
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goalie
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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
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of Dallas makes 61 saves for the win. * June 2, 2008: In game five of the
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, the
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' Petr Sykora told Pierre Maguire of
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that he would score the winning goal in overtime. At 9:57 of triple overtime, Sykora scored on Detroit Red Wings' goaltender
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and sent the series back to Pittsburgh for game six. * June 9, 2010:
Patrick Kane Patrick Timothy Kane II (born November 19, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blackhawks selected him with the first overall pic ...
of the
Chicago Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago. The Blackhawks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Divisio ...
shoots a goal past
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goalie
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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 title since 1961. * April 27, 2011:
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of the
Vancouver Canucks The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference, and play their home games at Rogers Arena. Bruce ...
scored at 5:22 of overtime past
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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. * June 4, 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. * May 25, 2012:
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of the New Jersey Devils scored at 1:03 into overtime past
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of the
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in game six of the Eastern Conference Final to send the Devils to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 2003. * May 13, 2013:
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of the Boston Bruins scored at 6:05 of overtime past
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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
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. * June 12, 2013:
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scored with 7:52 left in triple overtime as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the
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4–3 to open the Stanley Cup Finals, ending the fifth-longest game in Stanley Cup Finals history. * June 13, 2014:
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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
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, becoming the 16th player to win the Stanley Cup with an overtime goal as the
Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference and was founded on June 5, 1967, after Jack Kent ...
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. * May 13, 2015:
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scored with 8:36 left in the first overtime in game seven in the Eastern Conference Second Round against the
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to send the
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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. * 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
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, 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
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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. * April 24, 2016:
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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, for a 4–2 series victory. 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. * May 10, 2016: Mike Fisher scored with 8:48 left in triple overtime in game four of the Western Conference Second Round as the
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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.
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could have won it at 7:34 of overtime, but officials waved it off as he crashed into
Pekka Rinne Pekka Rinne (; born 3 November 1982) is a Finnish former professional hockey goaltender. Drafted by the Nashville Predators in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Rinne became their starting goaltender during the 2008–09 season and quickly established ...
, pinning him down before the puck crossed the goal line. * May 25, 2017:
Chris Kunitz Christopher Kunitz (born September 26, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Anaheim Ducks (where he won his first Stanley Cup in 2007), Atlanta Thrashers, the ...
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.
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sent a soft backhand pass to Kunitz, whose knuckling shot beat Craig Anderson from the right faceoff circle. * May 7, 2018:
Evgeny Kuznetsov Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Kuznetsov (russian: Евгений Евгеньевич Кузнецов; born 19 May 1992) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). H ...
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 Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin ( rus, Александр Михайлович Овечкин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capital ...
passed the puck back to Kuznetsov, who tapped it away from Sidney Crosby on a turnover before beating Matt Murray between the pads. * April 21, 2019:
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scored the first short-handed overtime goal in a multiple overtime game in Stanley Cup playoff history with his goal at 11:17 in double overtime to beat the host
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2–1 to force a seventh game in the Western Conference First Round. Sharks goalie Martin Jones saved 58 of the Knights' 59 shots, a Sharks playoff game record. * April 24, 2019:
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deflected a pass from Justin Williams past Capitals' goaltender
Braden Holtby Braden Holtby (born September 16, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He previously played for the Washington Capitals, Vancouver Canucks and Dallas Stars of the National Hockey ...
at 11:05 into double overtime as the
Carolina Hurricanes The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conferenc ...
defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals 4–3 in the third longest game seven in league history. * August 11, 2020:
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scored his second goal of the game at 10:27 of quintuple overtime as the
Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. They play ...
beat the
Columbus Blue Jackets The Columbus Blue Jackets (often simply referred to as the Jackets) are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference ...
3–2 in game one of the Eastern Conference First Round. This was the fourth-longest game in the history of the league (which turned out to be the longest in twenty years). Columbus goalie
Joonas Korpisalo Joonas Korpisalo (; born 28 April 1994) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career He was selected by the Blue Jackets in the third round (62nd overall) of t ...
made 85 saves, breaking the record in any NHL game, with the previous playoff record held by
Kelly Hrudey Kelly Hrudey (; born January 13, 1961) is a Canadian former National Hockey League ice hockey goaltender. He is a current hockey broadcaster with Sportsnet as an analyst for ''Hockey Night in Canada'' and the Calgary Flames as a commentator. Durin ...
(73, on April 18, 1987). This was also the longest game to be played at a neutral site. * May 25, 2021:
Kyle Connor Kyle David Connor (born December 9, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey player for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Connor was drafted 17th overall by the Jets in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Connor ...
scored at 6:52 of triple overtime as the
Winnipeg Jets The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference, and is owned by True North Sports & Entertainment, p ...
beat the
Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. They play their home games at Rogers Place, which ...
4–3, to end their North Division Semifinal series. The goal capped the longest game in Jets/Thrashers' franchise history and completed the Jets' first ever playoff sweep. * May 3, 2022:
Evgeni Malkin Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin ( rus, Евге́ний Влади́мирович Ма́лкин, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈmaɫkʲɪn; born 31 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of ...
scored at 5:58 of triple overtime as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the host New York Rangers, 4-3, to open the Eastern Conference First Round. Rangers goalie
Igor Shesterkin Igor Olegovich Shestyorkin (russian: Игорь Олегович Шестёркин, commonly spelled as Shesterkin; born 30 December 1995) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (N ...
made 79 saves off Pens' 83 shots, a Rangers playoff game record. Notably, the winning goaltender was the Penguins third string goalie, Louis Domingue. Domingue entered the game at 9:18 of the second overtime following an injury to Pittsburgh backup
Casey DeSmith Casey DeSmith (born August 13, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He holds the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins record for most saves in a playoff game. DeSmith ...
, thus becoming the first goaltender ever to enter a game after multiple overtime periods. DeSmith, who exited the game due to a core muscle injury and missed the rest of the playoffs, was himself replacing regular Penguins starter
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following an injury near the end of the regular season.


Swedish ice hockey

This is a list of the longest games in the highest
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leagues.


KHL

This is a list of
Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...
games that went to at least triple overtime.


Belarusian ice hockey

The longest game in Belarusian extraleague is game fifth of the 2021 Quarter-finals on March 10–11, 2021. HC Neman Grodno beat the HK Gomel, 2–1, at Gomel Ice Palace of Sports on a goal by Krystian Dziubiński at 9:04 of sextuple overtime. Maxim Gorodetsky was the winning goaltender for the Neman, making 78 saves.


Olympics – Men's Gold Medal Game

This is a list of Gold Medal men's games from the Olympics that needed overtime.


Olympics – Women's Gold Medal Game

This is a list of Gold Medal women's games from the Olympics that needed overtime. :*Game went to shootout.


Czech ice hockey

:*''Play-off finals game'' :**''Play-off winning goal'' : ''Series-clinching goal'' :†† ''Final game of series when series is tied (Game 5 in a best-of-5 series or Game 7 in best-of-7 series)''


DEL

March 22, 2008: Philip Gogulla of the Cologne Sharks ends the longest German hockey game and the third longest worldwide, scoring the ninth-overall goal in a 5:4 victory over the Mannheim Eagles. The goal comes 8:16 into the sixth overtime period for a total of 108:16 of overtime. It is the third quarter-final game (best of seven) in the Kölnarena in Cologne in front of an audience of 17,000. The game had begun at 5:30 pm and ends at 12:15 am.


Norwegian ice hockey

March 12, 2017:
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of the
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ends the longest hockey game in history, scoring with 2:46 left in octuple overtime for a total of 157:14 of overtime, and 217:14 of hockey played. It was Game 5 of the quarter-finals of the 2016–17 GET-ligaen playoffs against the
Sparta Warriors Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg, commonly referred to as the Sparta Warriors, is a Norwegian ice hockey team based in Sarpsborg, Norway. They currently play in the GET League. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena and is Norway's ...
in the
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. About 1,000 out of the 5,500 people that attended the game watched the entire game. The game started at 18:00 and ended at 2:32 the next morning.


Notable minor league, college and junior overtimes


AHL

The longest game in AHL history is game four of the 2018 Atlantic Division Final on May 9, 2018. The
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beat the
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, 2–1, at Bojangles Coliseum on a goal by Alex Krushelnyski at 6:48 of quintuple overtime. Alex Lyon was the winning goaltender for the Phantoms, making 94 saves. :*''Overtime format was one five-minute period followed by 20-minute periods'' :**''Calder Cup Finals game''


Canadian Interuniversity Sport – men

The University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds needed 61:53 of overtime (quadruple overtime) to defeat the
Acadia University Acadia University is a public, predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level. The enabling legislation consists of the Acadi ...
Axemen 3–2 on February 27, 2011, in game two of a best-of-five AUS semi-final series at
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. Nick MacNeil scored the game-winner at 11:53 of the seventh period overall.
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and
Lakehead University Lakehead University is a public research university with campuses in Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', is non-denominational and provincially supported. It has undergraduate programs, gradua ...
Thunderwolves went to a fourth overtime period (50:13 minutes of overtime) on February 14, 2007, in
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, to decide a winner in OUA men's playoff hockey action. Lakehead won the game at the 13-second mark of the fourth overtime period.


Canadian Interuniversity Sport – women

Morgan McHaffie scored at 17:14 of sextuple overtime to lead the
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to a 2–1 win over the host
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in the first game of the best-of-three OUA women's hockey final, March 2, 2011. The game, which lasted 167 minutes and 14 seconds, including 107:14 of extra time, is the longest on record in CIS or NCAA hockey – women's or men's. Winning goaltender Mel Dodd-Moher made 66 saves, while Danielle Skoufranis made 44 saves in a losing cause. It is the longest game played sanctioned by
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.


ECHL

* Championship Series game. ** Game 7


International Hockey League

On May 12, 2008, one of the longest games in IHL history, if not the longest, took place in
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. It was the seventh game of the
Turner Cup The Turner Cup was the championship trophy of the International Hockey League from 1945 to 2001 and the renamed United Hockey League from 2007 to 2010. The Cup was named for Joe Turner, a goaltender from Windsor, Ontario. Turner became professi ...
Final between the hometown
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and
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. The game was tied 2–2 through regulation. The first two extra periods solved nothing, but 23 seconds into the third overtime period, at some point after midnight ET, Justin Hodgman scored the winning goal to give the Komets their fifth Turner Cup title. It was the club's first since 1993, and their sixth overall, with their last championship being the Colonial Cup in 2003. The Komets would win again the following year with an easy game five victory at home, which was the first time in franchise history they won back-to-back championships. They would follow up with a third consecutive Turner Cup in 2010, again clinching on home ice, securing a dynasty.


VHL

On April 25, 2018, in game 5 of the 2018 VHL finals,
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defeated
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4–3 in a game that needed 103:36 of overtime to be settled. Svyatoslav Grebinshchikov scored the game-winning goal 3:36 of sextuple overtime.


NCAA

The longest game in NCAA hockey history was played at Notre Dame in
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, on March 6, 2015.
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beat Notre Dame, 4–3, in the
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first round with 8:18 left in quintuple overtime. Shane Walsh scored the winning goal just after 1:00 am local time. The previous longest was played on March 12, 2010.
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beat
Union College Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia Co ...
, 3–2, in the ECAC Quarterfinals, as Greg Holt scored with 9:38 left in quintuple overtime. The 3rd longest game in NCAA hockey history (the longest game in NCAA playoff history) was played on March 27–28, 2021. The
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beat the
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3–2. Luke Mylymok scored the game-winning goal with 17:47 left in quintuple overtime. The 4th longest game in NCAA hockey history was played on March 5, 2006.
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beat Union College, 3–2, in the ECAC Hockey League first-round playoff game after 81:35 of overtime.
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scored the winning goal with Yale shorthanded. The longest game in
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hockey history, and the fourth longest in NCAA history overall, began at 7:05 pm on February 27, 2010, and ended at 12:35 am of the following day.
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beat
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, 6–5, to advance to the MIAC championship game after 78:38 of overtime. Eric Bigham scored the winning goal. A 2000 NCAA regional final in men's ice hockey between St. Lawrence University and Boston University ended with 63:53 of overtime. Manitoba native and minor hockey buddy of Craig McAulay, Robin Carruthers scored the game-winning goal after four periods of overtime play A March 30, 1991, game between
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and
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ended with Northern Michigan earning an 8–7 victory over Boston University. Unlikely hero Darryl Plandowski scores in the third overtime period and fifth hour of play to give the Wildcats the title. A March 8, 1997, game between
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and the
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ended with Colorado College winning, 1–0, after 69:30 of overtime. A March 14, 2003, ECAC Quarterfinal game between
Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theolog ...
and Dartmouth ended, 4–3 for Colgate, after 61:05 in overtime. On March 26, 2006, the Wisconsin Badgers beat the
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1–0 at 11:13 into the third overtime at the Midwest Regional Final in the NCAA Tournament at the
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in Green Bay. It was the second-longest NCAA Tournament game in its history and the longest 1–0 game in tournament history. It is currently the ninth-longest game all-time in NCAA Division I history. A March 11, 2007, game between
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and
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during the first round of the WCHA playoffs ended with SCSU winning, 3–2, after 51:33 of overtime. It is the eighth-longest NCAA Division I game in history. In the first round of the 2008 WCHA hockey tournament featuring the fourth-seeded
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Mavericks hosting the seventh-seeded
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Golden Gophers, the Friday and Sunday games both went into double overtime, and the Saturday night game went into one overtime. The Gophers prevailed two games to one in the series, winning Saturday and Sunday. On March 3, 2012, in the first round of the 2012
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hockey tournament featuring the seventh-seeded
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team hosting the tenth-seeded
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team, Clarkson beat RPI 4–3 at 13:48 in the third overtime period, after 113:48 of play. It is currently the seventh-longest game all-time in NCAA Division I history.


NCAA Women

On March 10, 1996, New Hampshire defeated Providence, 3–2, in an ECAC Women's Championship game after 85:35 of overtime. (This is not an NCAA record, as the NCAA did not officially recognize women's hockey until the 2001 season; however, it stands as the longest women's college hockey game) On March 10, 2007, Wisconsin defeated Harvard, 1–0, in an NCAA Women's Quarterfinal game after 67:09 of overtime at the Kohl Center in Madison WI. Wisconsin went on to win the national championship. On March 10, 2012, Cornell University defeated Boston University, 8–7, in an NCAA Women's Quarterfinal game after 59:50 of overtime at Lynah Rink in Ithaca, New York, surpassing the men's game from the previous night as the longest hockey game to be played at the rink. On March 21, 2010, Minnesota-Duluth defeated Cornell 3–2 in the NCAA championship game, after 59:26 of overtime (119:26 total game time), the longest men's or women's hockey championship game in NCAA history.


Canadian Hockey League

*The longest game in Memorial Cup history was played on May 23, 2014, in
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, where in the semi-final game, Curtis Lazar scored at 2:42 of triple overtime as the
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beat the
Val-d'Or Foreurs The Val-d'Or Foreurs are a junior ice hockey team based in Val-d'Or, in the region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada. The team was founded for the 1993–94 season of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, a member of the Canadian Hock ...
4–3 to advance to the championship game. The entire overtime lasted 42:42, the overall game time played was 102:42. *The longest game in WHL & CHL history was played on April 2, 2017, in
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, in Game 6 of Round 1 between the
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and
Victoria Royals The Victoria Royals are a Canadian major junior ice hockey team currently members of the B.C. Division of the Western Conference in the Western Hockey League (WHL). The team began play during the 2011–12 season after the League announced the ...
. Cal Babych scored with 8:24 left in quintuple overtime to beat the Royals 3–2 to win the series 4–2. The total game time played was 151:36.


=QMJHL

= : ''Series-Clinching Goal''


2007 RBC Cup – Canadian Jr A Championship

The semi-final game for the 2007 RBC Cup, saw the host Prince George Spruce Kings taking on the Camrose Kodiaks. The game ended up being the longest game in Royal Bank Cup history at 146 minutes and 1 second. The Spruce Kings broke a 2–2 tie just over six minutes into quintuple overtime to win 3–2 and clinch a berth in the RBC Cup Final against the Aurora Tigers. Jason Yuel of the Spruce Kings scored the winner while goaltender Jordan White stopped 91 of 93 shots for the victory.


OPJHL

On February 10, 2007, the Toronto Jr. Canadiens defeated the
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, 4–3, to take a 2–0 series lead in the first round of the
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playoffs, after 104:32 of overtime. It is the second longest game played sanctioned by
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.


GHJHL

February 1999, the St. Catharines Falcons defeated the Port Colborne Sailors 7–6 to take a 2–1 series lead in the semi-finals of the Golden Horseshoe Jr. B Hockey League playoffs. Peter Lacey scored 11 minutes into quintuple overtime, ending the game at 2:18 am. The game started at 7:30 pm. It is the longest junior hockey game sanctioned by Hockey Canada


High school

On February 20, 2020, in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, Black River Falls Co-op vs. Viroqua Co-op girls went a total of six overtimes - a combination of 8 and 12 minute overtimes - total elapsed playtime of 122 minutes, 51 seconds, a new US High School Record. Black River Falls won 2–1 in sextuple overtime. Viroqua goalie Abby Severson stopped 108 of 110 shots in the game. Marquette vs Orchard Lake St Marys went eight overtimes during the
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State Ice Hockey Division 1 Championship game before Tournament officials stopped the game in consideration of the health and welfare of the players on March 8, 2008. The 1–1 tie resulted in the two teams being declared co-champions. The game lasted 109 minutes. Ryan Morley Stockton of St. Mary's had a MHSAA-record 58 saves. In a 1996
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quarterfinal matchup in
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, between archrivals Wilton and Ridgefield, Wilton's Bill Lenich scored after 104 minutes of hockey, in the 8th eight-minute overtime period. The longest game in American high school history was a Aurora High School
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game in which Aurora won in the eighth overtime period of the
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state playoffs. The winning goal was scored with 3:52 left in the 8th overtime (105th minute), setting an American record. Since 2015, most state tournaments allow up to 5 overtime periods (4-on-4 after first overtime), after which best-of-3-round shootouts and extra rounds if needed are conducted, to eliminate co-champions.


See also

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National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...
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American Hockey League The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL). Since the 2010–11 season, every team in the lea ...
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Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice ...
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Ice hockey rules Ice hockey rules define the parameters of the sport of ice hockey. The sport is governed by several organizations including the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the National Hockey League (NHL), Hockey Canada, USA Hockey and others. ...
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Breakaway (hockey) A breakaway is a situation in ice hockey in which a player with the puck has no defending players, except for the goaltender, between himself and the opposing goal, leaving him free to skate in and shoot at will (before the out-of-position de ...
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Season (sport) In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from the last week of March to the last week of Se ...
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Overtime (sports) Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only ...
* Easter Epic


References

* ''The National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book'' * Diamond, Dan; (1992), ''The Official National Hockey League Stanley Cup Centennial Book'' * ''The American Hockey League Guide & Record Book''


External links


List of all NHL overtime games by decade
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