Some of the top overtime goals during the NHL play-offs history (Part 2)
Continuing the list of some of the best overtime goals we have seen, a few more are left till we conclude the list.
The next in line is Brett Hull who did a lot for Dallas Stars with his goal.
Brett Hull brings home the Stanley Cup for Dallas Stars in 1999
The 1999 Stanley Cup saw game-six giving the opportunity to Stars to win the Stanley Cup.
Stars had already been in the series lead with 3-2 and this time out, it was Brett Hull who managed to score the winning goal in the third overtime to secure the game and Cup for Dallas Stars.
The game was very close with the scores level on 1-1 but Stars was able to edge out ahead of its competitors.
In the end Stars scored to win the game 2-1. Hull put the puck past Buffalo Sabres' goalkeeper, Dominik Hasek.
Although it was one of the controversial goals in the history of the National Hockey League, but still it was enough for Dallas Stars to secure the win and the Stanley Cup.
The controversy arose due to Hull’s being on the crease when the puck went into the back of the net.
After the game ended, the officials of the game said that the goal that was scored was a brilliant one and deservingly the winning goal of the game.
Pavel Bure scores a goal after a double overtime in 1994
Vancouver Canucks and the Calgary Flames were in action in the final game of the first round game in the 1994 play-offs.
The game was expected to be a very tight one and indeed this proved to be the case. There was already a lot of pressure on the two teams as the series was level on 3-3 and even a little mistake by either of them could cost them the game and would result
in them exiting the play-offs.
Canucks saw the scores level and the game going into overtime.
There were no goals in the first period but the second period saw Pavel Bure scoring to win the game and resultantly the series for Canucks.
The goal was scored in the third minute of the second overtime.
Theo Fleury’s winning goal
Theo Fleury was another one of the players to score a winning goal in the NHL's history during overtime.
Calgary Flames was hoping to come up with a strong performance that saw them finally winning the game.
Theo Fleury scored the winning goal in overtime to hand the win to Flames on the 24th of April, 1991.
Keith Primeau finally ends the game with a goal in the fifth overtime
The rivalry between Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins was on its high during the 2000 era.
The two teams met in an epic game of the 2000 series that saw the game going right down to the wire.
The game went without any goals after four overtimes. However, the fifth overtime finally saw Flyers scoring through Keith Primeau to win the game.
This game was also the third longest game in the history of the National Hockey League that lasted over 150 minutes.
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