Longest NHL Games in the Post-Expansion Era - The Hockey Writers
Playoff hockey is one of the greatest spectacles, especially when overtime happens. Here are the longest hockey games in the playoffs.
thehockeywriters.coma record-setting marathon in hockey|ran 176 minutes 30 seconds before pitting Detroit against Montreal Maroons in 1936; Mud Bruneteau netted the winner in the sixth overtime to give Detroit a 1-0 win. That marathon still serves as the standard for playoff overtimes. Later affairs included 6-overtime games in 1933 and 2000-01.