April 23: Babando scores Cup-winner for Red Wings in overtime of Game 7

THIS DATE IN HISTORY: April 23
1950:
Pete Babando
scores at 8:31 of the second OT to give the Detroit Red Wings a
4-3 victory against the New York Rangers
at Olympia Stadium in the first Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final to be decided in overtime.

Detroit's
Jim McFadden
ties the game 3-3 with 4:03 remaining in the second period, and each team has plenty of chances before Babando beats Rangers goalie
Chuck Rayner
for the Cup-winning goal. It's his second of the game after he goes scoreless through his first seven playoff games in 1950.
"I was playing with
Gerry Couture
and
George Gee
, who took the face-off," Babando tells the Hockey News years later. "Usually George had me stand behind him. But this time, he moved me to the right and told me he was going to pull it that way. I had to take one stride and get it on my backhand. I let the shot go, and it went in."
No other Game 7 in the history of the Cup Final has reached a second overtime.

MORE MOMENTS
1964:
Bob Baun
scores one of the most famous goals in Stanley Cup Playoff history
when he beats Detroit goalie
Terry Sawchuk
1:43 into overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a
4-3 victory
in Game 6 of the Final at Olympia Stadium. Legend has it that the Toronto defenseman scores the goal with a broken ankle, though he says in 2011 that it was actually a broken leg. Baun is injured blocking a shot by
Gordie Howe
midway through the third period and starts overtime in the dressing room getting treatment. A few seconds into his first shift of OT, he takes a pass from
Bob Pulford
and takes what he later calls a "triple-flutter blast with the follow-up" from just inside the blue line that hits the stick of Detroit defenseman
Bill Gadsby
and floats past Sawchuk for the series-tying win.

1985:
Michel Goulet
scores three goals and
Dale Hunter
gets the winner at 18:36 of overtime to give the Quebec Nordiques a
7-6 win
against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 3 of the Adams Division Final at the Colisee. Goulet scores once in each period, then gets the primary assist on Hunter's game-winner.

1992: Scotty Bowman becomes the NHL's all-time leader in playoff coaching victories when the
Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Washington Capitals 6-4
in Game 3 of the Patrick Division Semifinals at the Civic Arena. It's Bowman's 115th postseason victory, moving him past Al Arbour.
Mario Lemieux
powers the Penguins with three goals and three assists. He also ties a playoff single-period playoff record with four points, scoring twice and setting up goals by
Joe Mullen
and
Jaromir Jagr
in the second.
1994:
Tony Amonte
scores four goals for the Chicago Blackhawks in a
5-4 victory
against the visiting Maple Leafs in Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals. Amonte becomes the second player in Blackhawks history to score four goals in a playoff game, matching
Denis Savard
, who scores four in a
6-4 loss to Toronto
at Chicago Stadium on April 10, 1986.
1997:
Wayne Gretzky
sets an NHL record with his ninth playoff hat trick when he scores three goals in a span of 6:23 during the second period, powering the New York Rangers to a
3-2 victory
against the Florida Panthers at Madison Square Garden in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Gretzky ties the game 1-1 by scoring a power-play goal at 3:07 and puts the Rangers ahead 2-1 when he beats
John Vanbiesbrouck
with a slap shot at 6:46, finishing off a 2-on-1 break. His third goal, which proves to be the game-winner, comes when he takes a low slap shot that goes through a screen and past Vanbiesbrouck at 9:30.

On the same night, Lemieux scores on a breakaway against the Philadelphia Flyers in his last home game before beginning cancer treatment. The Penguins
win Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals 4-1
at the Civic Arena but lose the series in five games.
1998:The Canadiens win their NHL-record 14th consecutive playoff overtime game by
defeating the Penguins 3-2
at the Civic Arena in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
Benoit Brunet
scores the winning goal at 18:43 of OT.
On the same night,
Geoff Courtnall
sets a St. Louis Blues scoring record with six points (one goal, five assists) in an
8-3 victory
against the visiting Los Angeles Kings in the opener of the Western Conference Quarterfinals.
2002:
Brent Johnson
of the Blues becomes the first goalie in NHL history to earn a shutout in each of his first three career playoff victories. Johnson makes 27 saves in a
1-0 victory against the Blackhawks
at United Center in Game 4 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals.
Pavol Demitra
scores the only goal of the game at 18:43 of the second period.
2012: The Phoenix Coyotes clinch their first playoff series victory since moving to Arizona in 1996 by
defeating the Blackhawks 4-0
at United Center in Game 6 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals. Mike Smith makes 39 saves to give the Coyotes/Winnipeg Jets franchise its first series win since 1987, when the Jets defeat the Calgary Flames in the Smythe Division Semifinals. Game 6 is the only one in the series not decided in overtime.
2018:The Washington Capitals become the first team in NHL history to win a best-of-7 playoff series after losing the first two games in overtime at home when they
defeat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3
at Nationwide Arena in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference First Round. Alex Ovechkin scores two goals for the Capitals, who ride the momentum from their first-round comeback all the way to the Stanley Cup.
2019: Barclay Goodrow scores at 18:19 of overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a
5-4 victory against the Vegas Golden Knights
in Game 7 of the Western Conference First Round. The Sharks trail 3-0 before scoring four goals during a five-minute power play in the third period. Jonathan Marchessault of the Golden Knights ties the game 4-4 by scoring in the final minute of regulation, but Goodrow's goal gives the Sharks the victory and their first comeback from a 3-1 series deficit in the playoffs since entering the NHL in 1991.