2011: In his first Game 7 start since May 2000,
Brian Boucher
makes 26 saves in the Philadelphia Flyers'
5-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres
at Wells Fargo Center The gap of 10 years and 11 months between Game 7 starts is the longest by any goalie in NHL history. Boucher's previous Game 7 appearance was the Flyers' 2-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils in the 2000 Eastern Conference Final.
On the same night, the Vancouver Canucks assure that the Blackhawks won't repeat as Stanley Cup champions.
Alexandre Burrows
scores his second goal of the game at 5:22 of overtime to give the Canucks a
2-1 victory against the Blackhawks
in Game 7 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals at Rogers Arena.
2012:The New York Rangers win Game 7 of a playoff series for the first time since the 1994 Stanley Cup Final. Goals by defensemen Dan Girardi and Marc Staal are enough to give New York a
2-1 win against the Ottawa Senators
at Madison Square Garden in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
On the same night, rookie center Adam Henrique scores his second goal of the game at 23:47 of overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a
3-2 win against the Florida Panthers
in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in Sunrise, Florida. Henrique becomes the second player in NHL history to score his first two playoff goals in the seventh game of the same series. He joins
Claude Lemieux
of the 1986 Canadiens as the only rookies to score an overtime goal in Game 7.
2014:Nathan MacKinnon becomes the second-youngest player in NHL history to score in overtime during the playoffs when his goal at 3:27 of OT gives the Colorado Avalanche a
4-3 victory
against the Minnesota Wild in Game 5 of the Western Conference First Round. MacKinnon is 18 years, 237 days old; the only player younger than that to score a playoff overtime goal is
Don Gallinger
of the Boston Bruins, who is 17 years, 339 days old when he
scores against the Canadiens
on March 21, 1943.