Canucks won the 6th longest NHL game against Dallas
Posted on April 17, 2007
Filed Under NHL, Hokey
Thursday, April 12, The Vancouver Canucks won the 6th-longest game in NHL history by a goal of Henrik Sedin that set the score 5-4 against Dallas Stars. The puck was passed by his brother Daniel, in the fourth overtime period and put an end on the match at 18:06
“I felt better the more we played. It was nice in the fifth and sixth periods to feel you’ve got your legs.” - the goal scorer told Hockey Night in Canada.
Roberto Luongo made 72 saves for the Canucks and Marty Turco had 43 for Dallas. The scorers for Dallas were : Brenden Morrow, Antti Miettinen, Trevor Daley and Ladislav Nagy each with a goal, while for The Canucks scored Markus Naslund, Daniel Sedin, Mattias Ohlund, Bryan Smolinski and Henrik Sedin to settle it. The teams will come back to GM Place for Game 2 of the quarter-final on Friday.
The longest overtime game was on March 24, 1936 and Detroit won against Montreal Maroons by 1-0 after 116:30 extra time.
