List of Stanley Cup Finals overtime series winners

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. Games that are tied at the end of regulation time go to overtime. In the history of the NHL, there have been 17 series which have ended on a game-winning goal in overtime.

Pete Babando scored the Cup winning goal in double overtime of game 7 in 1950

The first overtime Cup winning goal was scored by Bill Cook of the New York Rangers in game four of the 1933 final against goaltender Lorne Chabot and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Mush March of the Chicago Black Hawks repeated the feat in 1934 against Wilf Cude and the Detroit Red Wings, also in game four. The 1933 and 1934 series were played in a best of five format; the current best of seven format was adopted beginning in 1939.

Pete Babando in 1950 and Tony Leswick in 1954, both with the Red Wings, scored the only game seven Cup winning goals. Babando scored against Chuck Rayner and the Rangers while Leswick scored against Gerry McNeil and the Montreal Canadiens. The goal in 1954 was the second overtime Cup winner allowed by McNeil, the only goaltender to have allowed more than one, the first having been scored in 1951 by Bill Barilko of the Maple Leafs.

Twice in Stanley Cup history has a team won the Cup on an overtime series winner one season, and then lost the same way the next season. The Canadiens won the 1953 series in overtime, only to lose it the following year to Detroit. The Dallas Stars won the 1999 Stanley Cup vs the Buffalo Sabres, only to lose it the following year to the New Jersey Devils.

Overtime Series Winners
Stanley Cup winning goals scored in overtime
NameTeamYearGame No.TimeOpposing goalieOpposing teamScore
Bill CookNew York Rangers1933407:33Lorne ChabotToronto Maple Leafs1–0
Mush MarchChicago Blackhawks1934430:05Wilf CudeDetroit Red Wings1–0
Bryan HextallNew York Rangers1940602:07Turk BrodaToronto Maple Leafs3–2
Toe BlakeMontreal Canadiens1944409:12Mike KarakasChicago Black Hawks5–4
Pete BabandoDetroit Red Wings1950728:31Chuck RaynerNew York Rangers4–3
Bill BarilkoToronto Maple Leafs1951502:53Gerry McNeilMontreal Canadiens3–2
Elmer LachMontreal Canadiens1953501:22Gord HenryBoston Bruins1–0
Tony LeswickDetroit Red Wings1954704:29Gerry McNeilMontreal Canadiens2–1
Henri RichardMontreal Canadiens1966602:20Roger CrozierDetroit Red Wings3–2
Bobby OrrBoston Bruins1970400:40Glenn HallSt. Louis Blues4–3
Jacques LemaireMontreal Canadiens1977404:32Gerry CheeversBoston Bruins2–1
Bob NystromNew York Islanders1980607:11Pete PeetersPhiladelphia Flyers5–4
Uwe KruppColorado Avalanche1996444:31John VanbiesbrouckFlorida Panthers1–0
Brett HullDallas Stars1999654:51Dominik HašekBuffalo Sabres2–1
Jason ArnottNew Jersey Devils2000628:20Ed BelfourDallas Stars2–1
Patrick KaneChicago Blackhawks2010604:06Michael LeightonPhiladelphia Flyers4–3
Alec MartinezLos Angeles Kings2014534:43Henrik LundqvistNew York Rangers3–2

References

    Notes
    1. The NHL officially began referring to the championship series as a singular "Final" circa 2006. However, various North American media still continue to refer to it as plural "Finals", similar to the NBA Finals.
    • "100 Years of Stanley Cup History". CBC.ca.
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