# List of NHL overtime game sevens

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, it is played in the venue of the team holding home-ice advantage for the series.
Games that are tied at the end of regulation time go to sudden-death overtime. This means that the team who scores next goal wins the series. There have been 49 overtime game sevens in NHL history. Home teams are 26-23 in overtime game sevens.
Each sudden-death overtime period is 20 minutes. If no goal is scored, another period is added, with full intermissions between overtime periods. The longest game seven overtime took place in 1987, which required four overtime periods, when the New York Islanders defeated the Washington Capitals in the Easter Epic. Of the 46 overtime game sevens, 32 finished in the first overtime, 12 finished in double overtime, 1 finished in triple overtime, and 1 finished in quadruple overtime.

## Key

| OT | Overtime (the number in front indicates the number of overtime periods played, if there were more than one) |
| † | Indicates the team that scored a game seven overtime after coming back from an 0–3 series deficit |
| § | Indicates the team that was scored on in a game seven overtime after coming back from an 0–3 series deficit |
| Road* | Indicates a game seven overtime that was scored by the road team |
| Year (X) | Indicates the number of game seven overtimes played in that year's postseason Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season |
| ^ | Indicates game seven overtime in the Stanley Cup Finals |
| ~ | Indicates the winner became the Stanley Cup champions |

## All-time game seven overtimes

See Also: List of NHL game sevens
| Year | Playoff round | Date | Venue | OT Goal | Winner | Result | Loser |
| 1939 (1) | Semifinals | April 2, 1939 | Boston Garden | Mel Hill | Boston Bruins~ | 2–1 (3OT) | New York Rangers § |
| 1950 (1) | Semifinals | April 9, 1950 | Detroit Olympia | Leo Reise Jr. | Detroit Red Wings ~ | 1–0 (OT) | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1950 (2) | Finals | April 23, 1950 | Detroit Olympia | Pete Babando | Detroit Red Wings ~ | 4–3 (2OT)^ | New York Rangers |
| 1954 (1) | Finals | April 16, 1954 | Detroit Olympia | Tony Leswick | Detroit Red Wings ~ | 2–1 (OT)^ | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1968 (1) | Semifinals | May 3, 1968 | St. Louis Arena | Ron Schock | St. Louis Blues | 2–1 (2OT) | Minnesota North Stars |
| 1972 (1) | Quarterfinals | April 16, 1972 | Metropolitan Sports Center | Kevin O'Shea | St. Louis Blues | 2–1 (OT)* | Minnesota North Stars |
| 1978 (1) | Quarterfinals | April 29, 1978 | Nassau Coliseum | Lanny McDonald | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–1 (OT)* | New York Islanders |
| 1979 (1) | Semifinals | May 10, 1979 | Montreal Forum | Yvon Lambert | Montreal Canadiens~ | 5–4 (OT) | Boston Bruins |
| 1983 (1) | Division Finals | April 24, 1983 | Boston Garden | Brad Park | Boston Bruins | 3–2 (OT) | Buffalo Sabres |
| 1984 (1) | Division Finals | April 22, 1984 | Met Center | Steve Payne | Minnesota North Stars | 4–3 (OT) | St. Louis Blues |
| 1985 (1) | Division Finals | May 2, 1985 | Montreal Forum | Peter Stastny | Quebec Nordiques | 3–2 (OT)* | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1986 (1) | Division Finals | April 29, 1986 | Montreal Forum | Claude Lemieux | Montreal Canadiens~ | 2–1 (OT) | Hartford Whalers |
| 1987 (1) | Division Semifinals | April 18, 1987 | Capital Centre | Pat LaFontaine | New York Islanders | 3–2 (4OT)* | Washington Capitals |
| 1988 (1) | Division Semifinals | April 16, 1988 | Capital Centre | Dale Hunter | Washington Capitals | 5–4 (OT) | Philadelphia Flyers |
| 1989 (1) | Division Semifinals | April 15, 1989 | Olympic Saddledome | Joel Otto | Calgary Flames~ | 4–3 (OT) | Vancouver Canucks |
| 1991 (1) | Division Semifinals | April 16, 1991 | Olympic Saddledome | Esa Tikkanen | Edmonton Oilers | 5–4 (OT)* | Calgary Flames |
| 1992 (1) | Division Semifinals | May 1, 1992 | Montreal Forum | Russ Courtnall | Montreal Canadiens | 3–2 (2OT) | Hartford Whalers |
| 1993 (1) | Division Semifinals | May 1, 1993 | Joe Louis Arena | Nikolai Borschevsky | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–3 (OT)* | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1993 (2) | Division Finals | May 14, 1993 | Civic Arena | David Volek | New York Islanders | 4–3 (OT)* | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1994 (1) | First Round | April 30, 1994 | Olympic Saddledome | Pavel Bure | Vancouver Canucks | 4–3 (2OT)* | Calgary Flames |
| 1994 (2) | Conference Finals | May 27, 1994 | Madison Square Garden | Stéphane Matteau | New York Rangers~ | 2–1 (2OT) | New Jersey Devils |
| 1995 (1) | First Round | May 19, 1995 | Olympic Saddledome | Ray Whitney | San Jose Sharks | 5–4 (2OT)* | Calgary Flames |
| 1996 (1) | Conference Semifinals | May 16, 1996 | Joe Louis Arena | Steve Yzerman | Detroit Red Wings | 1–0 (2OT) | St. Louis Blues |
| 1997 (1) | First Round | April 29, 1997 | Marine Midland Arena | Derek Plante | Buffalo Sabres | 3–2 (OT) | Ottawa Senators |
| 1997 (2) | First Round | April 29, 1997 | Reunion Arena | Todd Marchant | Edmonton Oilers | 4–3 (OT)* | Dallas Stars |
| 1999 (1) | First Round | May 4, 1999 | America West Arena | Pierre Turgeon | St. Louis Blues | 1–0 (OT)* | Phoenix Coyotes |
| 2001 (1) | Conference Semifinals | May 10, 2001 | HSBC Arena | Darius Kasparaitis | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3–2 (OT)* | Buffalo Sabres |
| 2003 (1) | First Round | April 22, 2003 | Pepsi Center | Andrew Brunette | Minnesota Wild | 3–2 (OT)* | Colorado Avalanche |
| 2004 (1) | First Round | April 19, 2004 | GM Place | Martin Gélinas | Calgary Flames | 3–2 (OT)* | Vancouver Canucks |
| 2008 (1) | First Round | April 22, 2008 | Verizon Center | Joffery Lupul | Philadelphia Flyers | 3–2 (OT)* | Washington Capitals |
| 2009 (1) | Conference Semifinals | May 14, 2009 | TD Banknorth Garden | Scott Walker | Carolina Hurricanes | 3–2 (OT)* | Boston Bruins |
| 2011 (1) | First Round | April 26, 2011 | Rogers Arena | Alex Burrows | Vancouver Canucks | 2–1 (OT) | Chicago Blackhawks § |
| 2011 (2) | First Round | April 27, 2011 | TD Garden | Nathan Horton | Boston Bruins~ | 4–3 (OT) | Montreal Canadiens |
| 2012 (1) | First Round | April 25, 2012 | TD Garden | Joel Ward | Washington Capitals | 2–1 (OT)* | Boston Bruins |
| 2012 (2) | First Round | April 26, 2012 | BankAtlantic Center | Adam Henrique | New Jersey Devils | 3–2 (2OT)* | Florida Panthers |
| 2013 (1) | First Round | May 13, 2013 | TD Garden | Patrice Bergeron | Boston Bruins | 5–4 (OT) | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 2013 (2) | Conference Semifinals | May 29, 2013 | United Center | Brent Seabrook | Chicago Blackhawks~ | 2–1 (OT) | Detroit Red Wings |
| 2014 (1) | First Round | April 30, 2014 | Pepsi Center | Nino Niederreiter | Minnesota Wild | 5–4 (OT)* | Colorado Avalanche |
| 2014 (2) | Conference Finals | June 1, 2014 | United Center | Alec Martinez | Los Angeles Kings~ | 5–4 (OT)* | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 2015 (1) | Second Round | May 13, 2015 | Madison Square Garden | Derek Stepan | New York Rangers | 2–1 (OT) | Washington Capitals |
| 2017 (1) | Conference Finals | May 25, 2017 | PPG Paints Arena | Chris Kunitz | Pittsburgh Penguins~ | 3–2 (2OT) | Ottawa Senators |
| 2019 (1) | First Round | April 23, 2019 | SAP Center at San Jose | Barclay Goodrow | San Jose Sharks | 5–4 (OT) | Vegas Golden Knights |
| 2019 (2) | First Round | April 24, 2019 | Capital One Arena | Brock McGinn | Carolina Hurricanes | 4–3 (2OT)* | Washington Capitals |
| 2019 (3) | Second Round | May 7, 2019 | Enterprise Center | Pat Maroon | St. Louis Blues~ | 2–1 (2OT) | Dallas Stars |
| 2020 (1) | Second Round | September 4, 2020 | Rogers Place | Joel Kiviranta | Dallas Stars | 5–4 (OT) | Colorado Avalanche |
| 2022 (1) | First Round | May 15, 2022 | Madison Square Garden | Artemi Panarin | New York Rangers | 4–3 (OT) | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 2022 (2) | First Round | May 15, 2022 | Scotiabank Saddledome | Johnny Gaudreau | Calgary Flames | 3–2 (OT) | Dallas Stars |
| 2023 (1) | First Round | April 30, 2023 | TD Garden | Carter Verhaeghe | Florida Panthers | 4–3 (2OT)* | Boston Bruins |
| 2024 (1) | First Round | May 4, 2024 | TD Garden | David Pastrnak | Boston Bruins | 2–1 (OT) | Toronto Maple Leafs |