Matthew Tkachuk scored with 13 seconds remaining in the fourth overtime on Friday morning Florida Panthers won 3-2 over Carolina Hurricanes Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals in Raleigh, NC, resulted in the sixth longest game in NHL history.
The game, which began on Thursday night, played 79 minutes, 47 seconds of overtime and fell 13 seconds short of becoming the sixth game in league history to see a fifth overtime period.
Here are the six longest games in NHL history (time listed is overtime minutes and elapsed seconds; goal scorer listed last):
March 24, 1936 – Detroit 1, Montreal Maroons 0, Semifinal, 116:30 (Mud Brunetto)
April 3, 1933 — Toronto 1, Boston 0, Semifinal, 104:46 (Ken Dorati)
May 4, 2000 — Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 1, Eastern Conference Semifinals, 92:01 (Keith Primeau)
August 11, 2020 — Tampa Bay 3, Columbus 2, Eastern Conference Round 1, 90:27 (Brayden Point)
April 24, 2003 – Anaheim 4, Dallas 3, Western Conference Semifinals, 80:48, (Petr Sikora)
May 18, 2023 — Florida 3, Carolina 2, Eastern Conference Final, 79:47 (Matthew Tkachuk)
Source: NHL.com
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