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Hockey bracket changes OT format
The NHL Stanley Cup playoffs return on Saturday and with it comes a major change to the overtime format.
No more three-on-three play, no more shootouts after five minutes of scoreless play, both staples of regular-season overtime. It is a sudden death, but it can take a very long time.
Witness last season's play-offs. The Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals in a match that lasted nearly four full overtime periods. It came close to a fifth overtime, but Florida's Matthew Tkachuk scored the winner with 12.7 seconds left in the period. It was the sixth-longest playoff game in NHL history.
Here's a primer on playoff hockey overtime:
NHL Playoff Extension Rules
If the score is tied after three periods, the teams will go to the locker room for 15 minutes while the ice resurfaces. Overtime lasts 20 minutes or until someone scores. It's five against five (except for penalties). If no one scores in the first overtime, the process repeats and continues until someone scores. The teams alternate ends during each overtime period.
The NHL Situation Room reviews all goals to ensure they are scored legally. In the aforementioned Panthers-Hurricanes game, a Ryan Lomberg goal at 2:35 of the first overtime was negated due to goaltender interference by Colin White on Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen.
Longest NHL Playoff Games
- 1 – Six overtimes (116 minutes, 30 seconds overtime) in the 1936 semifinals, March 24, 1935. Detroit 1, Montreal Maroons 0. Mud Bruneteau scored the winner.
- 2 – Six overtimes (104 minutes, 46 seconds overtime) in the 1933 semifinals. April 3, 1933. Toronto 1, Boston 0. Ken Doraty scored the winner.
- 3 – Five overtimes (92 minutes, 1 second overtime) in the 2000 conference semifinals. Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 1. Keith Primeau scored the winner.
- 4. Five overtimes (90 minutes, 27 seconds overtime) in the first round of 2020. Tampa Bay 3, Columbus 2. Brayden Point scored the winner.
- 5 – Five overtimes (80 minutes, 48 seconds overtime) in the 2003 conference semifinals. Anaheim 4, Dallas 3. Petr Sykora scored the winner.
- 6 – Four overtimes (79 minutes, 47 seconds overtime) in the 2023 conference finals. Florida 3, Carolina 2. Matthew Tkachuk scored the winner.
Which players in the 2024 postseason have the most overtime goals in the playoffs?
- 5 – Corey Perry, Edmonton Oilers
- 4 – Carter Verhaeghe, Panthers; Joe Pavelski, Dallas Stars
- 3 – Matthew Tkachuk, Panthers; Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins; Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning; Jordan Staal, Hurricanes; John Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs
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