NHL: 30 best series winning goals in NHL Playoffs history

NHL: 30 best series-winning goals in NHL playoff history:
1. Patrick Kane beats the Flyers

This goal had everything. It won a franchise the Stanley Cup after going decades without a championship. It came off the stick of a superstar player. It came against a team that was just as desperate for a title. It was a crazy goal to the point that Doc Emrick didn’t even know it went in. It had one of those delayed reaction times that only comes with those unbelievable moments.

Coming into Game 6, no team had won a road matchup between the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers in the 2010 Stanley Cup Final. The Flyers already won a home game in overtime when scored his ninth goal of the postseason to tie the series at two. However, it was the next overtime goal that would live on in the history books.

Game 6 was a fun one. The Wachovia Center was rocking in the City of Brotherly Love. Flyers fans knew this was the last time they’d be able to show their respect for their boys in orange and black. They showed up in a huge way. The place nearly erupted when Scott Hartnell scored a game-tying goal with four minutes left in the game. That led to overtime. The Flyers were so close many times in putting this away. A bouncing puck landed on Giroux’s stick about a foot away from Antti Niemi, but he couldn’t put it home. A little more than three minutes later, Kane came up the boards and broke an entire arena’s heart all at once.

Can a shot be any more perfect than that? Kane found the very minute space that was allotted to him on the far side of the goal, and it came so quick he was at center ice with his gloves in the air before anyone realized the Chicago Blackhawks were Stanley Cup Champions. The moment was glorious. The goal will stand alone in history. Everything about this goal and the ensuing celebration was just great. And that’s your number one series-winning goal in NHL history.