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NHL: 30 best series winning goals in NHL Playoffs history

By Nick Villano

St. Louis Blues left wing Pat Maroon (7) is congratulated by teammates after scoring the game winning goal in double overtime in game seven of the second round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Dallas Stars at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
St. Louis Blues left wing Pat Maroon (7) is congratulated by teammates after scoring the game winning goal in double overtime in game seven of the second round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Dallas Stars at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports /
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Adam Henrique
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NHL: 30 best series-winning goals in NHL playoff history:
8. Adam Henrique beats the Rangers

Henrique, it’s over. The words of Doc Emrick live on for Devils fans and show up in the nightmares of Rangers fans. These two teams met before with a chance to make the Stanley Cup Final, and that meeting is going to show up on this list later. In 2012, the Devils were a rocket that couldn’t be stopped in the Eastern Conference. They already had a walk-off win when they scored a double-overtime goal in Game 7 against the Florida Panthers. They also scored a goal in overtime of Game 6 of that series. This was kind of this team’s thing.

The New York Rangers were the President’s Trophy winners, and now that the Penguins and Flyers were knocked out, it seemed unlikely anyone could stop them from their first Stanley Cup Final since 1994.

This was a different Devils team. It was kind of like a “last hurrah” for Martin Brodeur. He turned 40 years old just days before the series started. The Devils captain Zach Parise was leaving in the offseason. Ilya Kovalchuk was a wild card and would eventually leave for Russia. There was magic within this group that only lasted for this one run.

In Game 6 of the series, both teams battled to try and gain momentum. The Devils scored two goals in the first period. The Rangers responded with two goals in the second. Brodeur and Lundqvist battled in the third period, stopping everything that came their way and forcing overtime. There, a rookie would become an icon.

Have you ever been so excited that you want to run into a wall? Adam Henrique did just that. He found the puck behind Lundqvist and put it in the net. A mob of Devils went to go hug him as the Rangers players lay on the ice to figure out what happened. The Prudential Center was coming off its foundations as they cheered their team going to the Stanley Cup Final once again.

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