1965: Jean Beliveau becomes the first winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded to the most valuable player in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, after scoring the first of the Montreal Canadiens' four first-period goals in a 4-0 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 7 of the Final at the Forum.
Beliveau sets a record for the fastest Cup-winning goal when he beats Glenn Hall 14 seconds after the opening faceoff. He assists on a goal by Dick Duff less than five minutes later, and Yvan Cournoyer and Henri Richard score late in the period. Gump Worsley makes 20 saves to become the second goaltender to have a shutout in Game 7 of the Final and help the Canadiens win their first championship since 1960.
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1980: The New York Islanders set a playoff record with their seventh consecutive road win when Bob Nystrom scores at 21:20 of overtime in a 2-1 victory against the Buffalo Sabres at Memorial Auditorium in Game 2 of the Semifinals. Billy Smith makes 41 saves before Nystrom scores the third of his four career overtime goals to give the Islanders a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 series.
1992: The New York Rangers win a Game 7 for the first time in franchise history by defeating the New Jersey Devils 8-4 at Madison Square Garden to win their Patrick Division Semifinal series. Adam Graves scores two goals and assists on two others for the Rangers, who also get two goals and an assist by Mark Messier and 33 saves by John Vanbiesbrouck. It's the first time the Rangers play a Game 7 in their own building after going 0-4 as the road team.
1993: Nikolai Borschevsky scores at 2:35 of overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 4-3 victory against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 7 of the Norris Division Semifinals at Joe Louis Arena. The Maple Leafs trail 2-1 and 3-2, but force overtime when Doug Gilmour scores with 2:43 remaining in the third period. Borschevsky then beats Tim Cheveldae to become the second player in NHL history to score his first playoff goal in overtime of a seventh game.
1995: Goaltender Dominik Hasek makes 32 saves and Richard Smehlik and Alex Mogilny score goals in the Buffalo Sabres' 2-0 victory at Memorial Auditorium that eliminates the Canadiens from the playoff race. It's the first time since 1970 that Montreal is not taking part in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and comes two years after the Canadiens win their most recent championship.
2008: Johan Franzen scores three times in the Detroit Red Wings' 8-2 win against the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center, giving him an NHL-record nine goals in a four-game series. Franzen also breaks the team record for goals in a series of any length, set by Gordie Howe in 1949 (eight goals in seven games). He matches Colorado's total goals in the Western Conference Quarterfinal series and becomes the first player with two hat tricks in a series since Jari Kurri of the Edmonton Oilers in 1985.
2009: The Wings make history in a 3-2 victory against the Anaheim Ducks at Joe Louis Arena in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals. For the Red Wings, it's the 18th consecutive time they've started a series on home ice, a playoff record. Defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom has two assists before scoring the winning goal with 49.1 seconds remaining in the third period, making Detroit the first NHL team to win consecutive games in one playoff year by scoring tiebreaking, game-winning goals in the last minute of the third period.
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