What's the biggest comeback in NHL history?

[Al Bundy*]

October 17, 1989
Calgary 1-2-5-0=8
Quebec 4-2-2-0=8

Quebec led 4-1 after one, 6-3 after two and 8-3 in the third (8th goal scored at 11:27).

Gary Roberts scored at 13:27 and 13:43 to make it 8-5. Jim Peplinski scored at 13:54 (three goals in 27 seconds) to make it 8-6.

Then, in the waning moments, Roberts was given a double minor (roughing, unsportsmanlike) while Joe Cirella was given one (roughing) minor. So, Quebec had the man advantage and a 2-goal lead with about a minute to play.

Doug Gilmour scored a SHG at 19:45 and Paul Ranheim scored a SHG at 19:49 (four seconds apart) for the 8-8 tie.

You're up by that much in the third and you DON'T WIN?!

And people wonder why they lost 61 games that year...

 

[pitlang]

Win after down 5-0

Elias says:'It was 10th time that an NHL team won a regular-season game in which it trailed by five goals, with no club having done it more than once.'

http://espn.go.com/espn/elias?date=20091013

I know 7 times but I want to know the 3 others times please.

January 26, 1987 CGY 6 vs TOR 5 OT
December 31, 1989 TOR 7 vs BOS 6 OT
December 26, 1991 NYR 8 vs WAS 6
March 3, 1999 COL 7 vs FLO 5
November 29, 2000 STL 6 vs TOR 5 OT
February 19, 2008 MTL 6 vs NYR 5 SO
October 12, 2009 CHI 6 vs CGY 5 OT

 

[Super Fadio Bro]

October 17, 1989
Calgary 1-2-5-0=8
Quebec 4-2-2-0=8

Quebec led 4-1 after one, 6-3 after two and 8-3 in the third (8th goal scored at 11:27).

Gary Roberts scored at 13:27 and 13:43 to make it 8-5. Jim Peplinski scored at 13:54 (three goals in 27 seconds) to make it 8-6.

Then, in the waning moments, Roberts was given a double minor (roughing, unsportsmanlike) while Joe Cirella was given one (roughing) minor. So, Quebec had the man advantage and a 2-goal lead with about a minute to play.

Doug Gilmour scored a SHG at 19:45 and Paul Ranheim scored a SHG at 19:49 (four seconds apart) for the 8-8 tie.

That was the beginning of a brutal season for the Nords

 

[akalaM]

Wow.
This thread needs more videos.

 

[njdevils1982]

Elias says:'It was 10th time that an NHL team won a regular-season game in which it trailed by five goals, with no club having done it more than once.'

http://espn.go.com/espn/elias?date=20091013

I know 7 times but I want to know the 3 others times please.

January 26, 1987 CGY 6 vs TOR 5 OT
December 31, 1989 TOR 7 vs BOS 6 OT
December 26, 1991 NYR 8 vs WAS 6
March 3, 1999 COL 7 vs FLO 5
November 29, 2000 STL 6 vs TOR 5 OT
February 19, 2008 MTL 6 vs NYR 5 SO
October 12, 2009 CHI 6 vs CGY 5 OT

saw this one. with about 15min to go in the game STL begins the comeback, 5 straight goals.....game goes to OT and leafs lose it (if im not mistaken) in the first minute or so.

what a joke. should never happen.

 

[Sinter Klaas]

Elias says:'It was 10th time that an NHL team won a regular-season game in which it trailed by five goals, with no club having done it more than once.'

http://espn.go.com/espn/elias?date=20091013

I know 7 times but I want to know the 3 others times please.

January 26, 1987 CGY 6 vs TOR 5 OT
December 31, 1989 TOR 7 vs BOS 6 OT
December 26, 1991 NYR 8 vs WAS 6
March 3, 1999 COL 7 vs FLO 5
November 29, 2000 STL 6 vs TOR 5 OT
February 19, 2008 MTL 6 vs NYR 5 SO
October 12, 2009 CHI 6 vs CGY 5 OT

February 25, 1983 BOS 6 vs BUF 7

http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?H19820653

 

[VanIslander]

As a longtime Canucks fan let me say the eighties decade provided a few examples of the team blowing a 4-0 lead and once a 5-0 lead, but for the life of me I can't remember who against, as I blocked out all details of those disappointing games.

The Canucks of the early nineties though liked making comebacks, in fact had a winning record on the road and a losing record at home one season, I recall. Being down 1-3 in games against the Flames in '94 and coming back to win the series was the biggest comeback I've ever seen, bigger than the Philly comeback of four games in '10 as the opponent was more formidible, the difference in the standings so much greater, the result a bigger shock.

 

[quoipourquoi]

March 3, 1999 -- Florida led Colorado 5-0. Colorado won 7-5. Colorado's first goal came with 1:49 left in period two.

The scariest part about that one was that it wasn't much of a team comeback; Peter Forsberg simply took over once Pavel Bure decided to sit the game out prematurely. That's the game I think of when people write off Forsberg as being anything less than a generational player.

 

[GCM]

The scariest part about that one was that it wasn't much of a team comeback; Peter Forsberg simply took over once Pavel Bure decided to sit the game out prematurely. That's the game I think of when people write off Forsberg as being anything less than a generational player.

Back when the away teams wore the colored jerseys

That fifth goal was totally goaltender interference though <_<

I love Foppa though.

 

[85highlander]

As an avid Bruin's follower, it kills me to post this...and it was all the worse because of the implications of it being the playoffs. The Bruins were up 5-1 and managed to lose.

Bruin's fans -- warning, depressing history lesson...


Habs / Bruins April 8, 1971: A Comeback For The Ages:

http://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2009/11/5/1115711/habs-bruins-april-8-1971-a

 

[pitlang]

one to find

24-févr-83 BUF 7 vs BOS 6
25-janv-85 EDM 8 vs LA 7
26-janv-87 CGY 6 vs TOR 5 OT
30-déc-89 TOR 7 vs BOS 6 OT
26-déc-91 NYR 8 vs WAS 6
03-mars-99 COL 7 vs FLO 5
29-nov-00 STL 6 vs TOR 5 OT
19-févr-08 MTL 6 vs NYR 5 SO
12-oct-09 CHI 6 vs CGY 5 OT

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Eric Staal set a record for latest playoff goal scored in a Game 7.

 

[JAK]

Eric Staal set a record for latest playoff goal scored in a Game 7.

not sure...

2004? Vancouver vs Calgary game 7?

have to dig, but i'm sure Cooke scored, heck I believe Cooke also scored one in game 1 against Minnesota in 03 VERY late to tie it

 

[JAK]

http://canucks.nhl.com/club/boxscore.htm?id=2003030177

19:54, 6 seconds left, game 7

http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20022003/GS030241.HTM

19:58, 2 seconds left.

Those are the latest goals in a playoff game, but game 1.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Kings' head coach Don Perry sent out an all-rookie forward line for the face-off: Bozek on left wing, Smith at center, and Daryl Evans on right wing. Smith won the face-off from Messier, gently drawing the puck back. As the puck slid back, Evans skated in behind Smith and immediately started swinging his stick back and took a slap shot. The shot swiftly headed toward the upper portion of the Oiler net. Fuhr brought his glove up to make the save, but the shot was moving too fast, and Fuhr was a fraction of a second too late. The puck went into the net at two minutes and 35 seconds of overtime, winning the game for the Kings, 6-5.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Manchester

The Miracle on Manchester was the best playoff comeback ever. Dionne's Kings came back from 5-0 to beat Gretzky's Oilers 6-5.

 

[SChan*]

The scariest part about that one was that it wasn't much of a team comeback; Peter Forsberg simply took over once Pavel Bure decided to sit the game out prematurely. That's the game I think of when people write off Forsberg as being anything less than a generational player.

This is the greatest ever, and Forsberg is one of the best players in history. WOW!