THIS DATE IN HISTORY: MAY 13
2013: The Boston Bruins become the first NHL team to win the seventh game of a Stanley Cup Playoff series after trailing by three goals in the third period when they rally to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 in overtime at TD Garden to win their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series.
Toronto leads 4-1 after Nazem Kadri scores 5:29 into the third period. The Bruins make it 4-2 when Nathan Horton scores at 9:18. But the Maple Leafs appear to have the game in hand when Boston pulls goaltender Tuukka Rask with two minutes remaining in the third. Instead, the Bruins get sixth-attacker goals by Milan Lucic at 18:38 and Patrice Bergeron at 19:09 to tie the game 4-4.
Bergeron caps the comeback when he beats Toronto goaltender James Reimer at 6:05 of overtime.
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1975: The New York Islanders come up one win short of rallying from 3-0 deficits in back-to-back series when they lose to the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 at the Spectrum in Game 7 of the Semifinals. The Flyers bring out their lucky charm, Kate Smith, for a live version of "God Bless America"; Islanders captain Ed Westfall presents her with flowers before the music starts. But once the puck drops the night belongs to Philadelphia's Rick MacLeish, who scores twice in a three-goal first period and caps his hat trick by scoring an empty-net goal. The defending Stanley Cup champion Flyers return to the Final after winning a series in which they lead 3-0 before losing Games 4, 5 and 6.
1978: The Montreal Canadiens win their record 10th consecutive Cup Final game by defeating the Bruins 4-1 in Game 1 at the Forum. Guy Lafleur scores Montreal's first goal and assists on the next two. Ken Dryden makes 15 saves to set a record for consecutive wins in the Final by a goaltender.
1980: Islanders defenseman Denis Potvin scores the first overtime power-play goal in the Final, giving New York a 4-3 victory against Philadelphia in Game 1 at the Spectrum. Potvin assists on the tying goal by Stefan Persson with 3:42 remaining in the third period, then beats Pete Peeters at 4:08 of overtime, one second before a penalty to Jim Watson would have expired. It's the only victory by the road team in the six-game series.
1993: The Los Angeles Kings advance to the conference finals for the first time in their 26-year history. Wayne Gretzky has a goal and two assists in a 5-3 victory against the visiting Vancouver Canucks in Game 6 of the Smythe Division Final. He sets up second-period goals by Tomas Sandstrom and Warren Rychel before scoring an unassisted goal midway through the third period. It's the first time since entering the NHL in 1967 that the Kings win multiple Stanley Cup Playoff series in the same year.
2009: Sidney Crosby gets the better of Alex Ovechkin in their first playoff series against each other when the Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Washington Capitals 6-2 in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal series. Crosby opens the scoring at 12:36 of the first period and Craig Adams makes it 2-0 eight seconds later; it's the fastest two goals by one team in a Game 7. Crosby finishes the game with two goals and an assist; Ovechkin scores a power-play goal in the second period, but not until the Penguins have a 5-0 lead.
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