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 postseasonEach 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 	Ref.
(1) 	Semifinals 	 	Boston Garden 	Mel Hill 	Boston Bruins~ 	2–1 (3OT) 	New York Rangers § 	
(1) 	Semifinals 	 	Detroit Olympia 	Leo Reise Jr. 	Detroit Red Wings ~ 	1–0 (OT) 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	
(2) 	Finals 	 	Detroit Olympia 	Pete Babando 	Detroit Red Wings ~ 	4–3 (2OT)^	New York Rangers 	
(1) 	Finals 	 	Detroit Olympia 	Tony Leswick 	Detroit Red Wings ~ 	2–1 (OT)^ 	Montreal Canadiens 	
(1) 	Semifinals 	 	St. Louis Arena 	Ron Schock 	St. Louis Blues 	2–1 (2OT) 	Minnesota North Stars	
(1) 	Quarterfinals 	 	Metropolitan Sports Center	Kevin O'Shea 	St. Louis Blues 	2–1 (OT)* 	Minnesota North Stars	
(1) 	Quarterfinals 	 	Nassau Coliseum 	Lanny McDonald 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	2–1 (OT)* 	New York Islanders 	
(1) 	Semifinals 	 	Montreal Forum 	Yvon Lambert 	Montreal Canadiens~ 	5–4 (OT) 	Boston Bruins 	
(1) 	Division Finals 	 	Boston Garden 	Brad Park 	Boston Bruins 	3–2 (OT) 	Buffalo Sabres 	
(1) 	Division Finals 	 	Met Center 	Steve Payne 	Minnesota North Stars	4–3 (OT) 	St. Louis Blues 	
(1) 	Division Finals 	 	Montreal Forum 	Peter Stastny 	Quebec Nordiques 	3–2 (OT)* 	Montreal Canadiens 	
(1) 	Division Finals 	 	Montreal Forum 	Claude Lemieux 	Montreal Canadiens~ 	2–1 (OT) 	Hartford Whalers 	
(1) 	Division Semifinals 	 	Capital Centre 	Pat LaFontaine 	New York Islanders 	3–2 (4OT)*	Washington Capitals 	
(1) 	Division Semifinals 	 	Capital Centre 	Dale Hunter 	Washington Capitals 	5–4 (OT) 	Philadelphia Flyers 	
(1) 	Division Semifinals 	 	Olympic Saddledome 	Joel Otto 	Calgary Flames~ 	4–3 (OT) 	Vancouver Canucks 	
(1) 	Division Semifinals 	 	Olympic Saddledome 	Esa Tikkanen 	Edmonton Oilers 	5–4 (OT)* 	Calgary Flames 	
(1) 	Division Semifinals 	 	Montreal Forum 	Russ Courtnall 	Montreal Canadiens 	3–2 (2OT) 	Hartford Whalers 	
(1) 	Division Semifinals 	 	Joe Louis Arena 	Nikolai Borschevsky	Toronto Maple Leafs 	4–3 (OT)* 	Detroit Red Wings 	
(2) 	Division Finals 	 	Civic Arena 	David Volek 	New York Islanders 	4–3 (OT)* 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	
(1) 	First Round 	 	Olympic Saddledome 	Pavel Bure 	Vancouver Canucks 	4–3 (2OT)*	Calgary Flames 	
(2) 	Conference Finals 	 	Madison Square Garden 	Stéphane Matteau 	New York Rangers~ 	2–1 (2OT) 	New Jersey Devils 	
(1) 	First Round 	 	Olympic Saddledome 	Ray Whitney 	San Jose Sharks 	5–4 (2OT)*	Calgary Flames 	
(1) 	Conference Semifinals	 	Joe Louis Arena 	Steve Yzerman 	Detroit Red Wings 	1–0 (2OT) 	St. Louis Blues 	
(1) 	First Round 	 	Marine Midland Arena 	Derek Plante 	Buffalo Sabres 	3–2 (OT) 	Ottawa Senators 	
(2) 	First Round 	April 29, 1997	Reunion Arena 	Todd Marchant 	Edmonton Oilers 	4–3 (OT)* 	Dallas Stars 	
(1) 	First Round 	 	America West Arena 	Pierre Turgeon 	St. Louis Blues 	1–0 (OT)* 	Phoenix Coyotes 	
(1) 	Conference Semifinals	 	HSBC Arena 	Darius Kasparaitis 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	3–2 (OT)* 	Buffalo Sabres 	
(1) 	First Round 	 	Pepsi Center 	Andrew Brunette 	Minnesota Wild 	3–2 (OT)* 	Colorado Avalanche 	
(1) 	First Round 	 	GM Place 	Martin Gélinas 	Calgary Flames 	3–2 (OT)* 	Vancouver Canucks 	
(1) 	First Round 	 	Verizon Center 	Joffery Lupul 	Philadelphia Flyers 	3–2 (OT)* 	Washington Capitals 	
(1) 	Conference Semifinals	 	TD Banknorth Garden 	Scott Walker 	Carolina Hurricanes 	3–2 (OT)* 	Boston Bruins 	
(1) 	First Round 	 	Rogers Arena 	Alex Burrows 	Vancouver Canucks 	2–1 (OT) 	Chicago Blackhawks § 	
(2) 	First Round 	 	TD Garden 	Nathan Horton 	Boston Bruins~ 	4–3 (OT) 	Montreal Canadiens 	
(1) 	First Round 	 	TD Garden 	Joel Ward 	Washington Capitals 	2–1 (OT)* 	Boston Bruins 	
(2) 	First Round 	 	BankAtlantic Center 	Adam Henrique 	New Jersey Devils 	3–2 (2OT)*	Florida Panthers 	
(1) 	First Round 	 	TD Garden 	Patrice Bergeron 	Boston Bruins 	5–4 (OT) 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	
(2) 	Conference Semifinals	 	United Center 	Brent Seabrook 	Chicago Blackhawks~ 	2–1 (OT) 	Detroit Red Wings 	
(1) 	First Round 	 	Pepsi Center 	Nino Niederreiter 	Minnesota Wild 	5–4 (OT)* 	Colorado Avalanche 	
(2) 	Conference Finals 	 	United Center 	Alec Martinez 	Los Angeles Kings~ 	5–4 (OT)* 	Chicago Blackhawks 	
(1) 	Second Round 	 	Madison Square Garden 	Derek Stepan 	New York Rangers 	2–1 (OT) 	Washington Capitals 	
(1) 	Conference Finals 	 	PPG Paints Arena 	Chris Kunitz 	Pittsburgh Penguins~ 	3–2 (2OT) 	Ottawa Senators 	
(1) 	First Round 	 	SAP Center at San Jose 	Barclay Goodrow 	San Jose Sharks 	5–4 (OT) 	Vegas Golden Knights 	
(2) 	First Round 	 	Capital One Arena 	Brock McGinn 	Carolina Hurricanes 	4–3 (2OT)*	Washington Capitals 	
(3) 	Second Round 	 	Enterprise Center 	Pat Maroon 	St. Louis Blues~ 	2–1 (2OT) 	Dallas Stars 	
(1) 	Second Round 	 	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 	
== Notes ==
* The home-and-away format in every round of the playoffs, is the 2–2–1–1–1 format (the team with the better regular season record plays on their home ice in games one, two, five and seven. In the finals, the team with the better regular season plays on their home ice in those games).
== References ==
Game Seven
Game Seven
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