NHL Playoff Overtime Records: Longest Games in Stanley Cup Playoff History

Overtime in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs is some of the most intense and dramatic hockey you will ever see. These marathon games can stretch well past midnight and test the limits of players and fans alike.Below is the complete list of the longest overtime games in NHL playoff history (as of 2026), ranked by total overtime time played.

Here is the complete list of the Top 100 longest overtime games in NHL playoff history (updated through 2026):



Top 100 Longest NHL Playoff Overtime Games


1. Detroit Red Wings 1, Montreal Maroons 0 – March 24, 1936 (6OT, 116:30) – Mud Bruneteau scored the winner. 

2. Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Boston Bruins 0 – April 3, 1933 (6OT, 104:46) – Ken Doraty scored the winner. 

3. Philadelphia Flyers 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 1 – May 4, 2000 (5OT, 92:01) – Keith Primeau scored the winner. 

4. Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 2 – August 11, 2020 (5OT, 90:27) – Brayden Point scored the winner. 

5. Anaheim Ducks 4, Dallas Stars 3 – April 24, 2003 (5OT, 80:48) – Petr Sykora scored the winner. 

6. Florida Panthers 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 – May 18, 2023 (4OT, 79:47) – Matthew Tkachuk scored the winner. 

7. Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Washington Capitals 2 – April 24, 1996 (4OT, 79:15) – Petr Nedved scored the winner. 

8. Vancouver Canucks 5, Dallas Stars 4 – April 11, 2007 (4OT, 78:06) – Henrik Sedin scored the winner. 

9. Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 – March 23, 1943 (4OT, 70:18) – Jack McLean scored the winner. 

10. Dallas Stars 2, San Jose Sharks 1 – May 4, 2008 (4OT, 69:03) – Brenden Morrow scored the winner. 

11. Montreal Canadiens 2, New York Rangers 1 – March 28, 1930 (4OT, 68:52) – Gus Rivers scored the winner. 

12. New York Islanders 3, Washington Capitals 2 – April 18, 1987 (4OT, 68:47) – Pat LaFontaine scored the winner. 

13. Buffalo Sabres 1, New Jersey Devils 0 – April 27, 1994 (4OT, 65:43) – Dave Hannan scored the winner. 

14. Montreal Canadiens 3, Detroit Red Wings 2 – March 27, 1951 (4OT, 61:09) – Maurice Richard scored the winner. 

15. New York Americans 3, New York Rangers 2 – March 27, 1938 (4OT, 60:40) – Lorne Carr scored the winner. 

16. Montreal Canadiens 3, New York Rangers 4 – March 26, 1932 (3OT, 59:32) – Fred Cook scored the winner. 

17. Boston Bruins 2, New York Rangers 1 – March 21, 1939 (3OT, 59:25) – Mel Hill scored the winner. 

18. Dallas Stars 3, Edmonton Oilers 2 – April 27, 1999 (3OT, 57:34) – Joe Nieuwendyk scored the winner. 

19. Chicago Blackhawks 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 – May 19, 2015 (3OT, 56:12) – Marcus Kruger scored the winner. 

20. Edmonton Oilers 3, Boston Bruins 2 – May 15, 1990 (3OT, 55:13) – Petr Klima scored the winner. 

21. Dallas Stars 2, Buffalo Sabres 1 – June 19, 1999 (3OT, 54:51) – Brett Hull scored the winner. 

22. Detroit Red Wings 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2 – June 8, 2002 (3OT, 54:47) – Igor Larionov scored the winner. 

23. New York Rangers 2, Washington Capitals 1 – May 2, 2012 (3OT, 54:41) – Marian Gaborik scored the winner. 

24. Philadelphia Flyers 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 – April 16, 2003 (3OT, 53:54) – Mark Recchi scored the winner. 

25. Chicago Blackhawks 3, Montreal Canadiens 2 – April 9, 1931 (3OT, 53:50) – Cy Wentworth scored the winner. 

26. Montreal Canadiens 1, Chicago Blackhawks 2 – March 26, 1961 (3OT, 52:12) – Murray Balfour scored the winner. 

27. Boston Bruins 3, Chicago Blackhawks 4 – June 12, 2013 (3OT, 52:08) – Andrew Shaw scored the winner. 

28. Chicago Blackhawks 2, Montreal Canadiens 2 – March 26, 1930 (3OT, 51:53) – Howie Morenz scored. 

29. Detroit Red Wings 2, Montreal Canadiens 1 – April 1, 1937 (3OT, 51:49) – Hec Kilrea scored the winner. 

30. San Jose Sharks 3, Nashville Predators 4 – May 5, 2016 (3OT, 51:12) – Mike Fisher scored the winner. 

31. Tampa Bay Lightning 1, New Jersey Devils 2 – May 2, 2003 (3OT, 51:12) – Grant Marshall scored the winner. 

32. Chicago Blackhawks 2, Calgary Flames 1 – April 23, 1996 (3OT, 50:02) – Joe Murphy scored the winner. 

33. Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 – June 2, 2008 (3OT, 49:57) – Petr Sykora scored the winner. 

34. New York Rangers 1, Boston Bruins 2 – April 2, 1939 (3OT, 48:00) – Mel Hill scored the winner. 

35. New Jersey Devils 3, Montreal Canadiens 4 – April 24, 1997 (3OT, 47:37) – Patrice Brisebois scored the winner. 

36. Ottawa Senators 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3 – April 22, 2010 (3OT, 47:06) – Matt Carkner scored the winner. 

37. Edmonton Oilers 3, Winnipeg Jets 4 – May 24, 2021 (3OT, 46:52) – Kyle Connor scored the winner. 

38. Dallas Stars 1, New Jersey Devils 0 – June 8, 2000 (3OT, 46:21) – Mike Modano scored the winner. 

39. Pittsburgh Penguins 4, New York Rangers 3 – May 3, 2022 (3OT, 45:58) – Evgeni Malkin scored the winner. 

40. Boston Bruins 2, Montreal Maroons 1 – March 20, 1930 (3OT, 45:35) – Harry Oliver scored the winner. 

41. Detroit Red Wings 2, Montreal Canadiens 1 – March 22, 1949 (3OT, 44:52) – Max McNab scored the winner. 

42. Colorado Avalanche 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 – May 8, 1996 (3OT, 44:33) – Joe Sakic scored the winner. 

43. Colorado Avalanche 1, Florida Panthers 0 – June 10, 1996 (3OT, 44:31) – Uwe Krupp scored the winner. 

44. Ottawa Senators 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – May 4, 2002 (3OT, 44:30) – Gary Roberts scored the winner. 

45. Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Washington Capitals 1 – April 20, 2003 (3OT, 44:03) – Martin St. Louis scored the winner. 

46. Anaheim Ducks 2, Detroit Red Wings 1 – April 10, 2003 (3OT, 43:18) – Paul Kariya scored the winner. 

47. Toronto Maple Leafs 5, Detroit Red Wings 4 – March 27, 1960 (3OT, 43:00) – Frank Mahovlich scored the winner. 

48. Vancouver Canucks 5, Calgary Flames 4 – April 17, 2004 (3OT, 42:28) – Brendan Morrison scored the winner. 

49. San Jose Sharks 2, Edmonton Oilers 3 – May 10, 2006 (3OT, 42:24) – Shawn Horcoff scored the winner. 

 50. Montreal Canadiens 1, Detroit Red Wings 0 – March 29, 1951 (3OT, 42:20) – Maurice Richard scored the winner. 

51. Anaheim Ducks 2, Detroit Red Wings 3 – May 4, 1997 (3OT, 41:31) – Vyacheslav Kozlov scored the winner. 

52. New York Rangers 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 – April 29, 1971 (3OT, 41:29) – Pete Stemkowski scored the winner. 

53. Anaheim Ducks 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 – May 3, 2009 (3OT, 41:15) – Todd Marchant scored the winner. 

54. Chicago Blackhawks 3, Nashville Predators 2 – April 21, 2015 (3OT, 41:00) – Brent Seabrook scored the winner. 

55. Chicago Blackhawks 3, St. Louis Blues 4 – April 17, 2014 (3OT, 40:26) – Alexander Steen scored the winner. 

56. New York Rangers 1, New York Americans 0 – March 21, 1929 (2OT, 39:50) – Butch Keeling scored the winner. 

57. Montreal Canadiens 4, Calgary Flames 3 – May 19, 1989 (2OT, 38:08) – Ryan Walter scored the winner. 

58. Detroit Red Wings 3, St. Louis Blues 4 – April 7, 1984 (2OT, 37:07) – Mark Reeds scored the winner. 

59. Detroit Red Wings 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 – May 8, 1997 (2OT, 37:03) – Brendan Shanahan scored the winner. 

60. Buffalo Sabres 1, New York Rangers 2 – April 29, 2007 (2OT, 36:43) – Michal Rozsival scored the winner. 

61. Boston Bruins 3, Montreal Canadiens 4 – April 3, 1947 (2OT, 36:40) – John Quilty scored the winner. 

62. Carolina Hurricanes 3, Nashville Predators 4 – May 23, 2021 (2OT, 36:10) – Luke Kunin scored the winner. 

63. St. Louis Blues 3, Winnipeg Jets 4 – May 4, 2025 (2OT, 36:10) – Adam Lowry scored the winner. 

64. New York Islanders 2, Florida Panthers 1 – April 22, 2016 (2OT, 36:00) – Alan Quine scored the winner. 

65. New Jersey Devils 4, New York Rangers 3 – May 15, 1994 (2OT, 35:23) – Stephane Richer scored the winner. 

66. Los Angeles Kings 1, Vegas Golden Knights 2 – April 13, 2018 (2OT, 35:23) – Erik Haula scored the winner. 

67. Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Boston Bruins 2 – June 5, 2013 (2OT, 35:19) – Patrice Bergeron scored the winner. 

68. Calgary Flames 5, Chicago Blackhawks 4 – April 11, 1981 (2OT, 35:17) – Willi Plett scored the winner. 

69. Philadelphia Flyers 5, New York Islanders 4 – September 3, 2020 (2OT, 35:03) – Ivan Provorov scored the winner. 

70. Carolina Hurricanes 4, Nashville Predators 5 – May 21, 2021 (2OT, 34:54) – Matt Duchene scored the winner. 

71. Nashville Predators 2, Vancouver Canucks 1 – April 30, 2011 (2OT, 34:51) – Matt Halischuk scored the winner.  

72. New York Islanders 5, Washington Capitals 4 – April 20, 1993 (2OT, 34:50) – Brian Mullen scored the winner. 

73. Boston Bruins 4, Carolina Hurricanes 3 – April 30, 1999 (2OT, 34:45) – Anson Carter scored the winner. 

74. New York Rangers 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 – June 13, 2014 (2OT, 34:43) – Alec Martinez scored the winner. 

75. Boston Bruins 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 – August 31, 2020 (2OT, 34:10) – Victor Hedman scored the winner. 

76. Chicago Blackhawks 3, Montreal Canadiens 4 – March 22, 1941 (2OT, 34:03) – Charlie Sands scored the winner. 

77. Ottawa Senators 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3 – April 20, 2026 (2OT, 33:53) – Jordan Martinook scored the winner. 

78. Chicago Blackhawks 4, St. Louis Blues 5 – April 20, 1989 (2OT, 33:49) – Tony Hrkac scored the winner. 

79. Toronto Maple Leafs 0, Boston Bruins 1 – March 23, 1935 (2OT, 33:26) – Dit Clapper scored the winner. 

80. New York Americans 0, Chicago Blackhawks 1 – March 31, 1938 (2OT, 33:01) – Cully Dahlstrom scored the winner. 

81. Washington Capitals 4, New York Rangers 3 – April 20, 2011 (2OT, 32:36) – Jason Chimera scored the winner. 

82. New York Islanders 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 – September 15, 2020 (2OT, 32:30) – Jordan Eberle scored the winner. 

83. Minnesota Wild 3, Dallas Stars 2 – April 17, 2023 (2OT, 32:20) – Ryan Hartman scored the winner. 

84. Dallas Stars 4, Minnesota Wild 3 – April 22, 2026 (2OT, 32:10) – Wyatt Johnston scored the winner. 

85. Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Washington Capitals 3 – April 15, 2017 (2OT, 31:53) – Kasperi Kapanen scored the winner. 

86. New York Rangers 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 – April 11, 1940 (2OT, 31:43) – Muzz Patrick scored the winner. 

87. Dallas Stars 2, Colorado Avalanche 1 – May 17, 2024 (2OT, 31:42) – Matt Duchene scored the winner. 

88. Los Angeles Kings 3, Chicago Blackhawks 4 – June 8, 2013 (2OT, 31:40) – Patrick Kane scored the winner. 

89. Montreal Canadiens 2, Boston Bruins 1 – April 24, 1969 (2OT, 31:28) – Jean Beliveau scored the winner. 

90. Philadelphia Flyers 2, St. Louis Blues 1 – April 16, 1968 (2OT, 31:18) – Don Blackburn scored the winner. 

91. San Jose Sharks 2, Vegas Golden Knights 1 – April 21, 2019 (2OT, 31:17) – Tomas Hertl scored the winner. 

92. Detroit Red Wings 3, St. Louis Blues 2 – May 12, 1998 (2OT, 31:12) – Brendan Shanahan scored the winner. 

93. Carolina Hurricanes 4, Washington Capitals 3 – April 24, 2019 (2OT, 31:05) – Brock McGinn scored the winner. 

94. Colorado Avalanche 3, Chicago Blackhawks 4 – April 20, 1997 (2OT, 31:03) – Sergei Krivokrasov scored the winner. 

95. Philadelphia Flyers 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 – April 21, 2003 (2OT, 30:51) – Travis Green scored the winner. 

96. Florida Panthers 1, New York Islanders 2 – April 24, 2016 (2OT, 30:41) – John Tavares scored the winner. 

97. Buffalo Sabres 3, Ottawa Senators 2 – April 23, 1999 (2OT, 30:35) – Miroslav Satan scored the winner. 

98. Colorado Avalanche 3, St. Louis Blues 4 – May 16, 2001 (2OT, 30:27) – Scott Young scored the winner. 

99. New York Rangers 4, Los Angeles Kings 5 – June 7, 2014 (2OT, 30:26) – Dustin Brown scored the winner. 

100. Boston Bruins 3, Ottawa Senators 2 – April 21, 2017 (2OT, 30:19) – Sean Kuraly scored the winner.


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