What is the most iconic NHL playoff moment of all time?

Impossible comeback goals, controversial decisions, and moments that defined entire eras have built hockey into a sport of pure drama. Which moment do you think is the greatest?

Bobby Orr's Flying Goal (1970)

Bobby Orr scored the overtime Cup winner in 1970 and was immediately tripped, creating the most iconic image in hockey history — Orr soaring through the air.

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Messier's Hat Trick Guarantee (1994)

Mark Messier publicly guaranteed a Rangers win in Game 6 of the Conference Finals — then scored three third-period goals to back it up and save their season.

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Mario Lemieux's Five Goals (1989)

Mario Lemieux scored five goals against the Flyers in a single playoff game in 1989 — a feat only one other player had managed since 1944.

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Ray Bourque Lifts the Cup (2001)

After 22 seasons without a championship, Bruins legend Ray Bourque finally lifted the Stanley Cup with Colorado — and captain Joe Sakic handed it to him first.

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Brett Hull's No-Goal (1999)

Hull's skate was visibly in the crease when he scored the Cup winner in triple overtime for Dallas — the controversy haunts Buffalo Sabres fans to this day.

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Patrick Kane's Cup Winner (2010)

Kane scored the Cup-winning overtime goal in such a blur that it took several seconds for anyone in the arena to realize the puck had gone in.

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Steve Yzerman's Double OT Winner (1996)

Yzerman's second overtime laser from the point in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semis eliminated St. Louis and became one of the great clutch moments in Wings history.

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Wayne Gretzky's Penalty Shot (1987)

Gretzky refused to take a penalty shot against Ron Hextall during the '87 Cup Finals — with good reason, as Hextall was the league's most terrifying goalie.

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Paul Henderson's Summit Series Goal (1972)

Though technically not an NHL playoff game, Henderson's winning goal in Game 8 against the Soviets is the most celebrated moment in Canadian hockey history.

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Theo Fleury's 1991 OT Goal

Fleury's overtime goal against the Kings in the 1991 Smythe Division Finals, where he skated the length of the ice in celebration in one of the NHL's most exuberant moments.

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Rangers End the Curse (1994)

The New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup in 1994, ending a 54-year championship drought in an unforgettable Game 7 against the Vancouver Canucks.

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