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Kings vs Oilers April 10, 1982 the Miracle on Manchester
I've also enjoyed the couple of games that I've seen from the 1974 finals between the Flyers and the Bruins, but I can't really name one game.
That game had incridible drama with Crosby injury and Hossa being in a position to lose 2 straight finals, but it was not amazing hockey, although I enjoyed a lot.
Didn't Kelly Hrudey lose about 6 pounds or something during this game?
Come on guys. The best game the Penguins ever played was game 7 of the 1995 Finals against Chicago in "Sudden Death". Game had everything. End to end action, a backup goalie sucker punching a player with minutes left in the game, and a breakaway goal by Luc Robitaille to force OT at the buzzer!
I'm going to add one that I don't think's been mentioned. Game Seven of the Oilers-Flames 1991 First Round. Flames buoyed by Fleury's rink long OT celebration in Game Six jump out to 3-0 lead early but Oilers come back and actually lead 4-3 with two minutes left when Stern ties it for Calgary. Tikkanen would not let Edmonton lose as he finishes the hat trick in OT.Game Five Pittsburgh at Detroit in 2008 Stanley Cup Finals. Talbot ties it with 30 seconds left. Sykora wins in in the 3rd OT.
Game Three Pittsburgh at Washington 1996 First Round. Lemieux is ejected for instigating in the 2nd period. Nedved wins it late in the 4th OT. Capitals stopped on a penalty shot in OT.
Miracle on Manchester.
1992 Game One Stanley Cup Finals. Chicago takes 4-1 lead midway through second but Lemieux and Jagr lead a come from behind 5-4 win.
Monday Night Miracle Flames at Blues Game 5 1986 Campbell Finals. Blues down 5-2 with 12 minutes left but win in OT.
Game One 1990 Stanley Cup Finals. Klima wins it in triple OT over Bruins.
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I'm going to add one that I don't think's been mentioned. Game Seven of the Oilers-Flames 1991 First Round. Flames buoyed by Fleury's rink long OT celebration in Game Six jump out to 3-0 lead early but Oilers come back and actually lead 4-3 with two minutes left when Stern ties it for Calgary. Tikkanen would not let Edmonton lose as he finishes the hat trick in OT.
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Ha! The start of their troubles was actually the year prior when they lost 12-4 to the fourth-place Kings, presumably after a night on the town in L.A.Anyway, back to Game 7 1991. That goal Tikkanen gets you can clearly see Vernon doesn't see it go in. It goes right past him and freezes him. Tik used Ric Nattress (?) as a perfect screen for the goal. Vernon isn't pleased and you can see him noticeably give Nattress a long look after the goal is scored. Just the start of Calgary's playoff troubles................
The Smythe-Division Semi-Final, Game #7 between the Flames and the Canucks. It was absolutely ridiculous end to end hockey. As a Canuck fan the overtime was as nail-biting as I've ever felt (and that includes the Game #7 Cup final versus New York). And the end? Geezus.......Smyl stoned by Vernon alone. The Flames win it finally and then went on to win the Cup. But nothing topped that game and series for me. I knew I wouldn't see anything as exciting the rest of the playoffs.
Have a look at the overtime
Something thats always bothered me about that game, you know the big Vernon save on Smyl, the glove save on the breakaway? I think the announcer & color guy blame the defencemen on the ice (Macinnis and somebody else I cant see) for going for a bad line change after the fact, but if you look closely, the bench is on the near side of the ice relative to the camera, but both Dmen pinched to the far side. And if you look closely, whoever the left hand defenceman is pinches up waaaaay out of position above the blue line, and almost on the right hand side of the ice.
I can never figure out what the hell the left Dman was trying to do there, theres no need to pinch that aggressively when its sudden death overtime, the seasons on the line, and the Canucks defence is just chipping it forward in the neutral zone
Edit: I looked more closely at the vid, Im pretty sure Macinnis is the RHD on the ice, so his only mistake is not noticing what the hell his partner was doing and covering for him, but I cant make out the number of the guy that gets caught.
It's still amazing to me that the Rangers recovered from the 3 games to 2 deficit and a 2-0 deficit in game six.I agree with an earlier comment that it's tough to remove personal biases from this. Given that I'm a Devils-obsessed fan from New York, and given that this game fell on my 7th birthday (though I wasn't following hockey at the time), it's no surprise that Game 7 of the '94 Eastern Conf. Finals between the Rangers and Devils tops my list.
Context:
* a chance to play for the Cup
* cross-river rivals, and the league's top two teams
* the tremendous weight of the 54-year curse, hanging in the balance
* the media scrutiny following the theatrics of Messier's guarantee
* Richter vs. Brodeur
* Friday night in New York, with a prime time TV audience
The game itself lived up to its billing, and then some. The raw drama and tension in this game was unbelievable. The tying goal with 7.7 seconds left was unbelievable. The overtimes were unbelievable. Everything about this game...unbelievable. And, a whole generation later, folks in New York still talk about this game as if it were yesterday.
Frightening to think that if they'd not gotten it done, we may now be looking at 79+ years since that franchise won a championship. It'd be the Cubs part two.
We'll leave international games out of this because the 1987 Canada Cup among others will automatically get mentioned here. I am talking about what is the most purely greatest game of all-time from an entertainment/dramatic/important point of view? The games have to mean something, they have to be classics. There has to be a lot on the line.
So I am going to say Game 5 of the 1984 playoff series between the Isles and Rangers. Just a flat out entertaining game, it had everything and tons was on the line such as the Islanders' drive for 5. There was two rivals going at it, the crowd electric, a controversial tying goal that never would have flown with video replay and then the most exciting overtime I have ever seen in the NHL. Billy Smith's dramatic save on Bob Brooke just before the overtime goal. Bob Cole calling the game too just made it that much more special. Mike Bossy had the puck on a 3-on-1 in overtime and somehow shot and missed the net, when the heck did that ever happen again? Ken Morrow made sure that the Isles kept their streak going with the winning goal.
Just a great game and my pick for the greatest NHL game of all-time. I love Hanlon's reaction after the goal is scored. Just a reaction as if to say "Well, we made a run at them.................but it's the Isles"