THIS DATE IN HISTORY: APRIL 25
1989: Mario Lemieux has arguably the greatest offensive performance in the history of the Stanley Cup Playoffs to power the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 10-7 victory against the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 5 of the Patrick Division Semifinals at the Civic Center.
Lemieux starts the game by scoring three goals in the first 6:55, setting a playoff record for the fastest three goals from the start of a game. He scores his fourth of the game at 17:09 of the first period, tying the record for the most goals in a period, and matches the record for most goals in a playoff game with five when he hits the empty net with 37 seconds remaining. Lemieux also has three second-period assists and finishes with eight points, tying the single-game playoff record set by Patrik Sundstrom of the New Jersey Devils a year earlier. Lemieux's five goals equal the mark set by Maurice Richard, Darryl Sittler and Reggie Leach.
"I've had a lot of great games," he says, "but under a lot of pressure like that, a key game for the team, I think that was one of the best."
MORE MOMENTS
1964: Johnny Bower becomes the first goaltender in playoff history to get a shutout in Game 7 of the Final by making 33 saves in the Toronto Maple Leafs' 4-0 victory against the Detroit Red Wings at Maple Leaf Gardens. Andy Bathgate, acquired from the New York Rangers two months earlier, scores the Cup-winning goal 3:04 into the game, and Toronto puts the game away in the third period on goals by Dave Keon, Red Kelly and George Armstrong. The Stanley Cup is the third in a row for the Maple Leafs.
1972: Bobby Orr is credited with three assists in the Boston Bruins' 5-3 road victory against the St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of the Semifinals that completes a four-game sweep. Orr finishes the first two rounds of the playoffs with 15 assists, the most ever by a defenseman in one playoff year. He breaks the mark set by Pat Stapleton of the Chicago Blackhawks and J.C. Tremblay of the Montreal Canadiens one year earlier.
1985: Wayne Gretzky has the second seven-point playoff game of his career. Gretzky scores three goals and sets up four more to power the Edmonton Oilers to an 8-3 road victory against the Winnipeg Jets in Game 4 to complete a sweep of the Smythe Division Final. He has two goals in the first period, then completes his hat trick by scoring a shorthanded goal into an empty net midway through the third. Three of his four assists come on goals by Jari Kurri. With the seven points, he matches the single-game record he set two years earlier.
1996: Mike Gartner completes the first playoff hat trick of his career when he scores 7:31 into overtime to give the Toronto a 5-4 victory against the St. Louis Blues in Game 5 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals at Maple Leaf Gardens. Gartner scores once each in the first and second periods, then gives Toronto the victory by scoring a power-play goal against Jon Casey.
2008: The Penguins rally from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the New York Rangers 5-4 at Mellon Arena in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Rangers enter the night with a 93-1 record when leading by three or more goals in a playoff game, having lost only to the Montreal Canadiens on April 6, 1967. The Penguins win for only the second time in 48 playoff games in which they trail by three or more goals. Exactly one year later, they do the same thing against the Flyers, digging out of a 3-0 hole for a 5-3 win.
2012: Joel Ward scores at 2:57 of overtime to lift the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 win against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Washington coach Dale Hunter becomes the first player in NHL history to score a Game 7 overtime goal and coach a team to a Game 7 overtime victory. Washington and Boston become the first teams to play a seven-game series in which each game is decided by one goal.
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