THIS DATE IN HISTORY: MAY 14
2010: The Philadelphia Flyers become the first NHL team in 35 years to win a playoff series after losing the first three games when Simon Gagne's power-play goal with 7:08 remaining in regulation gives them a 4-3 victory against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Not only do the Flyers have to rally from a 3-0 deficit in the series, they have to come back after allowing the first three goals in Game 7. The Bruins become the third team to blow a 3-0 series lead and the first since the Calgary Flames in 1991 to surrender a three-goal lead in Game 7. Milan Lucic scores twice in Boston's three-goal first period, but goals by James van Riemsdyk, Scott Hartnell and Danny Briere get the Flyers even before the second period reaches the halfway point.
Gagne puts Philadelphia in front when he beats Tuukka Rask after the Bruins receive a bench minor for too many men.
"After Game 1, and even after 3-0 tonight, we could have quit," he says. "We just said, 'Let's put one in and you never know what happens.' We got a couple of goals to tie the game in the second, and after that the game was right there for both teams. Fortunately, they took a penalty and we were able to score on the power play."
The Flyers join the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders as the only teams to win a series after trailing 3-0.
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1977: Perhaps the most dominant season in NHL history comes to an end when Jacques Lemaire scores his second goal of the game at 4:32 of overtime to give the Canadiens a 2-1 victory against the Bruins at Boston Garden, completing a four-game sweep in the Final for the 20th Stanley Cup in franchise history. Lemaire's goal ends a season in which Montreal goes 72-11-12 (60-8-12 for an NHL-record 132 points in the regular season, 12-3 in the playoffs) and outscores its opponents 441-194.
1985: Paul Coffey sets a single-game playoff record for a defenseman by getting six points in the Edmonton Oilers' 10-5 win against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 5 of the Campbell Conference Final at Northlands Coliseum. Coffey finishes the night with one goal and five assists. The goal and three of the assists come during a stretch of seven unanswered goals that blow the game open. Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri each score twice for the Oilers, who outshoot the Blackhawks 51-23.
1993: After coming into Game 7 of the Patrick Division Final without a goal in the 1993 playoffs, David Volek scores his second of the game at 5:46 of overtime to give the New York Islanders a 4-3 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Civic Arena, ending the two-time defending champions' bid for a third straight Cup. The Islanders split the first six games of the series and lead 3-1 with less than four minutes to play in Game 7. However, Ron Francis scores at 16:13 and sets up Rick Tocchet's tying goal with 60 seconds remaining. The Penguins have the better chances in overtime until the Islanders get a 2-on-1 break. Ray Ferraro sends a perfect pass to Volek, who beats Tom Barrasso for the win, putting New York into the Wales Conference Final. It turns out to be the Islanders' last playoff series victory until they defeat the Florida Panthers in six games in the 2016 Eastern Conference First Round.
1995: The New Jersey Devils win the final game at Boston Garden, defeating the Bruins 3-2 in Game 5 to close out their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series. Martin Brodeur makes 28 saves, and forward Bill Guerin, a Massachusetts native who played at Boston College before coming to the NHL, has the first goal and sets up Valeri Zelepukin's game-winner early in the third period. Bruins center Adam Oates is the last player to score a goal on Garden ice when he beats Brodeur at 15:19 of the third period.
2003: Jean-Sebastien Giguere ties a playoff record with his third consecutive shutout in the Anaheim Ducks' 4-0 win against the visiting Minnesota Wild in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final. Giguere finishes with 35 saves, and Paul Kariya scores twice in the second period for the Ducks. Minnesota's Jacques Lemaire makes some history of his own by becoming the first in NHL history to coach 100 Stanley Cup Playoff games after playing in 100 or more playoff games.
2008: Mike Modano becomes the highest-scoring U.S.-born player in Stanley Cup history when his goal helps the Dallas Stars defeat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 at American Airlines Center in Game 4 of the Western Conference Final. Modano's tie-breaking power-play goal 5:35 into the third period is his 145th playoff point, one more than Detroit defenseman Chris Chelios. It comes after Modano breaks the regular-season record for points by a U.S.-born player early in the 2007-08 season.
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