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April 19, 1947 • After assisting on defenseman Vic Lynn’s goal at 5:39 of the second period to tie the game at one goal apiece, Toronto Maple Leafs center Ted “Teeder” Kennedy scored the Cup-winner at 14:39 of the third period to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 in Game Six. The series-ending victory earned Toronto.

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June 1, 1992 • In the first NHL game ever played in the month of June, the Pittsburgh Penguins captured their second consecutive Stanley Cup championship with a 6-5 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at Chicago Stadium. The Penguins, who won the best-of-seven series 4-0, tied an NHL playoff record by winning their 11th straight game in the post-season.Mario Lemieux led all playoff scorers and joined Philadelphia goaltender Bernie Parent as just the second player to earn back-to-back Conn Smythe Trophy honors.

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May 31, 1987 • Right winger Jari Kurri scored the Cup-winning goal at 14:59 of the second period as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 in Game Seven of the 1987 Final. The win marked the third Cup title in four seasons for Edmonton.

May 31, 2003 • The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim won Game Three of their Stanley Cup Final series with the New Jersey Devils on Ruslan Salei’s goal at 6:59 of overtime. Anaheim improved its overtime record to 6-0 in the playoffs and Jean-Sebastien Giguere ran his overtime streak to a record 167:48. Giguere added 39 more seconds to his streak with a 1-0 overtime victory two nights later.

May 31, 2004 • Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brad Richards set a single-season playoff record by scoring his seventh game-winning goal. Richards tallied the lone goal in a 1-0 victory against the Calgary Flames in Game Four of the Stanley Cup Final at Calgary.

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May 30, 1985 • The Edmonton Oilers downed the Philadelphia Flyers 8-3 in Game Five to win the 1985 Stanley Cup and their second straight championship title. Conn Smythe Trophy winner Wayne Gretzky scored a goal and assisted on three others to set playoff records for assists (30) and points (47) in a single post-season, and Jari Kurri tied Reggie Leach’s record with his 19th goal of the playoffs.

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May 29, 1993 - Wayne Gretzky set a Stanley Cup record, with his 8th career playoff hat trick, and added an assist to lead the Kings to a 5-4 win at Toronto, in Game 7 of the Campbell Conference Finals. The win advanced the Kings to the Stanley Cup Finals.

May 29, 2001 - Patrick Roy became the first goaltender in NHL history to start in 100 straight playoff games for one team when the Avalanche lost 2-1 against the visiting New Jersey Devils, in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

May 29, 2002 - Dominik Hasek recorded his 10th career playoff shutout in the Red Wings 2-0 win over the Avalanche at Colorado, in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals.

May 29, 2004 - Miikka Kiprusoff recorded his 5th career playoff shutout, and Jarome Iginla scored a goal and an assist to give the Calgary Flames a 3-0 win over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning, in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

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May 28, 2008 • Detroit’s Johan Franzen tied a team playoff record with his sixth power-play goal of the 2008 playoffs in a 2-1 win at Pittsburgh, in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.

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May 27, 1975 • Philadelphia goaltender Bernie Parent blanked the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 in Game Six en route to the Flyers’ second straight Stanley Cup title. Parent earned the Conn Smythe Trophy to become the first back-to-back winner of the award and the second player, after Bobby Orr, to win it twice. Edmonton’s Wayne Gretzky collected his second career Conn Smythe Trophy in 1988, Mario Lemieux of the Penguins won the award in 1991 and 1992. Patrick Roy has won the trophy three times, in 1986 and 1993 with Montreal and in 2001 with Colorado.

May 27, 1994 • Stephane Matteau of the New York Rangers scored at 4:24 of the second overtime period to give his team a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils in the seventh and deciding game of the Eastern Conference Final at Madison Square Garden. A record three games in the series were decided in double overtime, with Matteau scoring the winner in two of them. The win earned the Rangers a berth in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1979.

May 27, 1995 • Detroit Red Wings defenseman Paul Coffey became the all-time leading scorer for defensemen in Stanley Cup playoff history, tallying two points (1-1-2) in Detroit’s 6-2 win over the San Jose Sharks in Game Four of their Western Conference Semifinal. The Red Wings clinched the series in four straight games. Coffey’s first-period goal was his 165th point in the postseason (51-114-165 in 146 games), moving him past former New York Islanders rearguard and Hockey Hall of Famer Denis Potvin. Potvin registered 164 points (56-108-164) in 185 career playoff games.

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May 26, 2000 • The New Jersey Devils defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 in Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Final, marking the first time a team overcame a 3-1 series deficit to advance to the Stanley Cup Final.

May 26, 2008 • Detroit’s Chris Osgood recorded his second straight shutout, a 3-0 win over the visiting Penguins, in Game Two of the Stanley Cup Final.

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May 25, 1978 • Conn Smythe Trophy winner Larry Robinson assisted on Mario Tremblay’s Stanley Cup-winning goal to lead the Montreal Canadiens past the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game Six. Robinson was one of  three Canadiens, including Doug Jarvis and Steve Shutt, who appeared in all 95 games during the 1977-78 season.

May 25, 1985 • Edmonton Oilers center Wayne Gretzky notched three goals in the first period of a 4-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers to tie an NHL record for one Final period. Three players— Toronto’s Harvey “Busher” Jackson (April 5, 1932), Detroit’s Ted Lindsay (April 5, 1955) and Montreal’s Maurice “Rocket” Richard (April 6, 1957)—previously shared the mark.

May 25, 1989 • The Calgary Flames captured their first Stanley Cup title with a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game Six of the 1989 Final. Goaltender Mike Vernon recorded his 16th victory of the postseason, tying an NHL playoff record set by Edmonton’s Grant Fuhr the previous year, and defenseman Al MacInnis won the Conn Smythe Trophy after leading all playoff scorers with totals of 7-24-31 in 22 games.

May 25, 2002 • Colorado Avalanche goaltender Patrick Roy appeared in his 237th career playoff game, passing Mark Messier to assume first place on the all-time playoff games played list. The Avalanche defeated the Detroit Red Wings, 3-2, in Game Four of the Western Conference Final. Roy also holds playoff records for career wins, shutouts and minutes.

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May 24, 1980 • Right winger Bob Nystrom scored at 7:11 of overtime as the New York Islanders defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 and captured the 1980 Stanley Cup in six games. Nystrom’s goal was the fourth and final overtime tally of his playoff career and moved him into second place on the alltime list behind Maurice “Rocket” Richard (6).

May 24, 1986 • The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Calgary Flames 4-3 in Game Five en route to their 23rd Stanley Cup title, a new professional record for the most championship seasons. Montreal had been tied with Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees, winners of 22 World Series at the time.

May 24, 1990 • The Edmonton Oilers won their fifth Stanley Cup in seven years with a 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins in Game Five of the 1990 Final at Boston Garden. Seven Oilers players—Glenn Anderson, Grant Fuhr, Randy Gregg, Charlie Huddy, Jari Kurri, Kevin Lowe and Mark Messier — were members of all five championship clubs.

May 24, 1995 • New York Rangers center Mark Messier’s goal in the second period of a 5-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers in Game Three of their Conference Semifinal was the 102nd of his playoff career, tying Jari Kurri for second place on the all-time list.

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May 22, 1987 • In Game Three of the 1987 Final, Edmonton Oilers center Mark Messier set a new playoff record with his eighth career shorthanded goal. Edmonton lost the game 5-3 to the Philadelphia Flyers but went on to win the series in seven games.

May 22, 1999 • The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Dallas Stars 2-1 in the opening game of the Western Conference Final, tying a playoff record for consecutive road victories (seven).

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May 21, 1979 • Center Jacques Lemaire scored twice, including his second career Stanley Cup-winning goal, to power the Montreal Canadiens past the New York Rangers 4-1 in Game Five. The win gave Montreal its fourth straight Stanley Cup, one short of the record set by the same team, 1956-60.

May 21, 1981 • New York Islanders center Butch Goring notched two goals to help defeat the Minnesota North Stars 5-1 in the fifth and final game of the 1981 Final. Goring, who assisted on the winning goal in Game Two and scored the winner in Game Three, earned the Conn Smythe Trophy.

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May 20, 1986 • In the first period of Game Three, Montreal and Calgary combined for the fastest four goals by two teams in a Final game. Calgary’s Joel Otto (17:59) and Montreal’s Bobby Smith (18:25), Mats Naslund (19:17) and Bob Gainey (19:33) posted goals within one minute and 34 seconds to set the mark. The Canadiens defeated the Flames 5-3.

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May 19, 1974 • The Philadelphia Flyers, who had entered the NHL in 1967-68, became the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, downing the Boston Bruins 1-0 in Game Six of the 1974 Final. Left winger Rick MacLeish scored the game’s only goal, while goaltender Bernie Parent, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, recorded the shutout.

May 19, 1984 • The Edmonton Oilers, one of four former WHA teams which joined the League in 1979-80, won their first Stanley Cup title. Oilers center Mark Messier, who registered an 8-18-26 scoring mark in 19 playoff games, won the Conn Smythe Trophy.

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May 18, 1971 • The Montreal Canadiens, who had missed the playoffs in 1970, won the 1971 Stanley Cup with a 3-2 triumph over the Chicago Black Hawks in Game Seven. 23-year-old rookie goalie Ken Dryden took the Conn Smythe Trophy with a 12-8 record and a 3.00 average in the playoffs.

May 18, 1986 • Montreal center Brian Skrudland notched the fastest overtime goal in playoff history, scoring just nine seconds into overtime to give the Canadiens a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames in Game Two of the 1986 Final. The win was the first of four straight for Montreal en route to the team’s 23rd Stanley Cup title.

May 18, 2008 • Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury recorded his third career playoff shutout as the Penguins reached the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 16 years, after a 6-0 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Finals.

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May 17, 1981 • In Game Three of the 1981 Final, Minnesota North Stars right winger Dino Ciccarelli broke Don Maloney’s one-year rookie playoff scoring record (20 points in 1979) with his 21st point, a goal against the New York Islanders. The Islanders won the game 7-5 and later took the series 4-1.

May 17, 1983 • The New York Islanders beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 to complete a four-game sweep of the 1983 Final. It was the Islanders’ fourth straight Stanley Cup, one short of the NHL record for consecutive championships set by the Montreal Canadiens from 1956 to 1960.

May 17, 2008 • The Dallas Stars won their first playoff game in Detroit since 1992, ending a 10-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the Red Wings, in game 5 of the Western Conference Finals

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May 16, 1971 • Center Jean Beliveau tallied two assists, the final two points of his NHL career, as the Montreal Canadiens downed the Chicago Black Hawks 4-3 in Game Six of the 1971 Final. Beliveau, the all-time scoring leader in Final history with a 30-31-61 total, helped his club win the Stanley Cup two days later in Game Seven.

May 16, 1976 • In Game Four of the 1976 Final, Philadelphia Flyers right winger Reggie Leach scored his 19th goal of the playoffs, extending his NHL record in that category. Although the Flyers lost the game 5-3 and the series 4-0 to the Montreal Canadiens, Leach won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player to his team in the playoffs.

May 16, 1982 • Right winger Mike Bossy scored twice, including the series-winning goal, to lead the New York Islanders to their third straight Stanley Cup championship. The 3-1 victory gave New York a four-game sweep against the Vancouver Canucks.

May 16, 1996 • The Detroit Red Wings defeated the St. Louis Blues 1-0 in a classic seventh and deciding
game of their Western Conference Semifinal series at Joe Louis Arena. Steve Yzerman notched the series-winning goal at 1:15 of the second overtime period as Detroit rallied from three straight.

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May 15, 1990 • Edmonton’s Petr Klima scored 15:13 into the third overtime period to lead the Oilers to a 3-2 triumph over the Boston Bruins in Game One of the 1990 Final at Boston Garden. The 55:13 overtime was the longest in Final history, 1:23 longer than the 53:50 of overtime played in Game Three of the 1931 Final between Chicago and Montreal.

May 15, 1995 • The Vancouver Canucks tallied two shorthanded goals in 17 seconds during the second period of their 6-5 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game Five of their Conference Quarter-final series to set an NHL playoff record for the fastest two shorthanded goals by one team. Christian Ruuttu scored for Vancouver at 4:31 of the second period, followed by Geoff Courtnall at 4:48. The Canucks passed the old mark of 24 seconds set by the 1978 Montreal Canadiens versus Detroit on April 23, 1978

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May 14, 1977 • Montreal Canadiens center Jacques Lemaire scored his third game-winning goal of the 1977 Final and his second career overtime tally in a Stanley Cup game, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 2-1 series-clinching win against the Boston Bruins. Only Maurice “Rocket” Richard of the Canadiens (3) and Bones Raleigh of the Rangers (2) have ever posted more than one career overtime goal in Final history.

May 14, 2010 • The Philadelphia Flyers became the third team in NHL history and the first since 1975 to win a best-of-seven series after dropping the first three games with a 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins in Game 7. The Flyers also overcame a 3-0 deficit in the deciding game with four unanswered goals, capped by Simon Gagne's game-winner at 12:52 of the third period.