THIS DATE IN HISTORY: MAY 12
1986: The St. Louis Blues pull off the "Monday Night Miracle" with one of the great comebacks in Stanley Cup Playoff history.
Facing elimination, St. Louis trails the Calgary Flames 4-1 at the start of the third period in Game 6 of the Campbell Conference Final and is down 5-2 with less than 10 minutes remaining. It's still 5-3 with time running out when Greg Paslawski steps into the role of hero, cutting the deficit to 5-4 with 4:11 remaining, then scoring the tying goal with 1:08 to play.
Soon after the Flames' Joe Mullen hits the post in overtime, the Blues' Doug Wickenheiser jumps on a blocked shot and beats Flames goaltender Mike Vernon at 7:30 for a 6-5 victory, one of the biggest wins in Blues history. The cheering and celebration by the 17,801 fans at the St. Louis Arena continues well after both teams have left the ice.
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1977: Guy Lafleur is involved in all four of the Montreal Canadiens' goals, scoring two and assisting on the others, in a 4-2 win against the Boston Bruins at Boston Garden in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. The win gives the Canadiens a 3-0 series lead. Lafleur opens the scoring a little more than four minutes into the game, and sets up goals by Steve Shutt and Jacques Lemaire to give the Canadiens a 3-0 lead after the first period.
1981: Bryan Trottier and Anders Kallur score shorthanded goals in a span of 47 seconds to lead the New York Islanders to a 6-3 victory against the Minnesota North Stars in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final at Nassau Coliseum. Trottier beats Gilles Meloche at 14:38, then sets up Kallur's goal at 15:25 to give New York a 3-0 lead.
1987: Larry Robinson ties a Canadiens playoff record for defensemen with four points (one goal, three assists) to lead Montreal to a 5-2 victory against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Spectrum in Game 5 of the Wales Conference Final. His first-period power-play goal puts Montreal ahead to stay.
1993: Steve Thomas scores two goals and has two assists to lead the Islanders to a 7-5 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Nassau Coliseum in Game 6 of the Patrick Division Final. Thomas' second goal of the game, midway through the third period, stands as the game-winner after Kevin Stevens scores his second of the game with less than three minutes remaining in the third period.
2013: The Detroit Red Wings become the first NHL team to win 14 Game 7s by defeating the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 at Honda Center in the Western Conference Quarterfinals. Henrik Zetterberg has a goal and an assist for the seventh-seeded Red Wings, and Jimmy Howard makes 31 saves. It is the Red Wings' 14th win in 23 Game 7s. For the Ducks, it's the first of four consecutive years when their season ends with a Game 7 loss at home.
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