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Longest overtime games in Stanley Cup Playoffs history

Game 1 of the 2023 Eastern Conference final provided fans in attendance with more than double the amount of hockey for which they paid. It took until 19:47 of the fourth overtime period for the Florida Panthers to earn the 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.

During NHL regular-season games, a five-minute, 3-on-3 overtime period is played; if no team scores, it goes to a shootout. But in the playoffs, it's repeated 20-minute periods of sudden death until a goal is scored.

Will the Panthers-Hurricanes marathon result in any players getting a rest for Game 2?