The Most HEARTBREAKING Moment For All 32 NHL Teams!

No matter which NHL team you root for, at some point you've had to endure major heartbreak as a fan. It could have been a crushing tiebreaker, maybe even a loss in the Stanley Cup Final, or maybe the departure of one of your team's top stars. We're taking a look at the

most

heartbreaking

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for all 32 NHL

teams

: the Anaheim Ducks' loss in the 2003 Cup Final. The Ducks are in the midst of a rebuild, but in the early 2000s they were a force Of note, in 2003 they made their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Final in franchise history, where they would face the New Jersey Devils after an emotional sixth game in which Paul Korea got up from the court and on the board, the Devils would eventually eliminate the Ducks in the seventh game to hoist the Stanley Cup if that wasn't

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enough Korea and the Ducks organization became involved in a fierce contract dispute that ultimately caused the star player to leave the organization after 9 years, leaving a bitter taste in the mouths of many Ducks fans until today, the loss of the Arizona Coyotes in the 2012 Conference.

Finally, the Arizona Coyotes have lately been struggling with Arena that weren't always the case a little over a decade ago, in front of a sold-out crowd in Phoenix, the Coyotes would suffer a heartbreaking loss to the Kings in the Western Conference. The finals with Los Angeles up 3-1 in game five of the series had both

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deadlocked at 33 heading into overtime, where Dustin Penner finally scored the series-clinching goal in overtime, the Coyotes They would miss the playoffs the next 10 of 11 seasons and have yet to advance beyond the first round since the devastating loss, the 1979 Boston Bruins' semifinal collapse before the Bruins allowed two goals in the final 90 seconds of the game. decisive of the Stanley Cup Finals in 2013 or their recent first-round collapse against the Florida Panthers.

After a historic season in 2022-23, there was another dramatic fall from grace that the Bruins experienced as they faced a rival Montreal Canadiens team in the midst of a dynasty and filled with future Hall of Famers, the Boston Bruins were going into the third period of game seven with a 3.-1 lead, they were just 20 minutes away from dethroning one of the greatest teams ever assembled, that's where things would begin to change and the Bruins would regain the lead after Laab exited furious out of the gates to tie the game at three. taunts would tie it again after a bad shift by Bruins head coach Don Cherry led to a power play, the Habs would finally win an overtime en route to another Stanley Cup championship, the Buffalo Sabers Halls skated into the crease the Buffalo Sabers might have one of the

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s on this list, as this infamous moment led to one of the most controversial goals of all time in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. 1999.

Hall of Fame winger Brett Hull scored the cup-clinching goal to secure Dallas' first goal. once in the Stanley Cup, but as many would discover moments later, the goal probably shouldn't have counted at the time of the goal, the NHL had a rule that players couldn't put their foot in the blue area when scoring a goal , which Hall did, you know? their fans felt cheated after the fiasco, causing head coach Lindy Ruff, in a later speech, to summarize his thoughts in two words without a goal, the Calgary Flames, the cup winners, missed the goal after a miraculous run to the Stanley Cup Final, the Calgary Flames had a chance to clinch their first Stanley Cup in a few decades at home in Game 6 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, but tragedy struck in the third period, it seemed the Flames They had scored the go-ahead goal when Martin Gyenis headed for the net and was stopped by Nikolai Habiban. but upon closer look, it appeared that the puck had crossed the line, which sparked controversy, especially since the play was never properly reviewed.

The Lightning would win the game in triple overtime and ultimately win the Stanley Cup in game seven, compounding the blow of the potential missed call that the Carolina Hurricanes swept in the 2023 Conference Finals before the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs, Expectations were high for the Carolina Hurricanes after winning the Metropolitan Division and advancing past the first two rounds of the playoffs, all that stood in Carolina's way was the underdog. Florida Panthers, the lowest seed in the playoffs, what happened next is very familiar to Cans fans, the Panthers ended up sweeping the Canes, Carolina's third consecutive sweep in the Eastern Conference Finals since their championship in 2006, the Dogs have lost 12 consecutive games in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Chicago Blackhawks collapse in 1971 as one of the most recent dynasties in the NHL.

Chicago fans haven't experienced much heartbreak lately, but long before their modern dynasty's first Stanley Cup victory in 2010, Chicago's cup run was stopped by another. Dynasty in 1971, the Montreal Canadiens and the Chicago Blackhawks met in a cup final matchup that saw the Hawks win two and nothing early in the series, but which was ultimately short-lived, the Juggernaut Habs would win their next four of five games, including a Game 7 comeback victory that saw Montreal come back with three straight goals to win their 18th Stanley Cup Championship in franchise history. The Colorado Avalanche's Game 7 loss to Detroit atop their first Stanley Cup Championship in franchise history in their inaugural season in Denver.

The Avalanche came back to reality with a crushing loss to the Detroit Red Wings in the 1997 Western Conference Finals. The two teams were known at the time for hating each other on Bloody Wednesday and Lemieux's hit on Draper in the Western Conference Finals. The Conference of '96 show how this is done. The classic NHL rivalry had some brutal moments, so losing to your fierce rival the following year in the Conference Finals in their barn after winning the Stanley Cup the year before, Shirley put a dagger in the hearts of the faithful of Colorado, the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Rick Nash trade.

Well, the Columbus Blue Jackets have experienced limited success during their time in the NHL, none of it comes close to the pain that Rick Nash's trade request brought to the Jackets faithful. Nash spent his entire 10-year career in Columbus after being drafted first overall and drafted. 30 or more goals in seven of his nine seasons with the Blue Jackets after his trade to the New York Rangers, the Blue Jackets would continue to be mired in mediocrity and would only record their first playoff series win in 2018, albeit in incredible fashion. in more than half. A decade later, the Dallas Stars collapsed against the Ducks entering the sixth game of their first-round series against the Anaheim Ducks.

In 2014, the Dallas Stars were on the verge of avoiding first place in the West to take the series to a scheduled game until tragedy. hit after Trevor Daly put the Stars up 42 with a beautiful goal late in the second period. Nick Benino and the Anaheim Ducks in the third period of game six would pull off a crowd-suppressing comeback. Benino would get his first of the night at the end of the third. period, beating Lein from an odd angle to make it a one goal game with less than a minute left, a crazy fight in front of Leinen leads to the tying goal, as Devonte Smith P would complete the unthinkable comeback after Dallas will hit the goal early.

In overtime, the Ducks, less than a minute later, fell behind when Nick Bino scored his second of the night to eliminate the Dallas Stars, the Detroit Red Wings' Claude Lemieux hit the Detroit Red Wings. The Colorado Avalanche has been one of the fiercest in NHL history, especially thanks to this moment in game six of the 1996 Western Conference Finals, the Avalanche would ignite the rivalry we all know today with one of the most infamous plays in NHL history as clo the Mew. he checked Chris Draper from behind and slammed his jaw into the boards, breaking it in the process, to add insult to injury.

The Avalanche would ultimately win Game 6 to advance to the Stanley Cup Final, where they won their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Oilers wing Gretzky trade It's hard to believe the greatest player in hockey history was traded, but he was After winning four Stanley Cups in a 9-year-old fan, the Edmonton Oilers did the unthinkable: they traded the great, it was a emotional moment for Gretzky. and the city of Edmonton, but the Oilers would end up winning another Cup a few years later in 1990, a bittersweet moment for the organization and its fans, the Florida Panthers, the 1996 Cup Finals, in the third season of existence of the Florida Panthers, the franchise went all the way. en route to the Stanley Cup Finals, they were known for their gritty style and revered for their, let's call it, unique traditions, but the magic would come to an abrupt halt in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals in the third overtime of the potential game. decisive of the oua cup.

K would score the cup-clinching goal to secure the first Stanley Cup in Colorado history. The Panthers would not return to the Stanley Cup Finals until 2023, where they would win their first Finals game in their series loss to Las Vegas, the 1993 Los Angeles Kings. The loss in the Cup Final after defeating the Toronto Beliefs In a fierce seven-game conference finals series, only the Montreal Canadians stopped Wayne Gretzky and the Kings from becoming the kings of the NHL for the first time. Well, Gretzky did everything he could. Leading Los Angeles to victory by scoring two goals and seven points in the final, including a huge tying goal in game three, Patrick Wall and the Montreal Canadiens would ultimately be too much to handle, as Le Habitants he would win his 24th Stanley Cup Championship to make matters worse.

The Kings lost three straight games in overtime before being outscored by a final score of 4-1 in the deciding game where Gretzky was held scoreless. The Kings would miss the playoffs for the next few years until Gretzky was finally traded to St. Louis. Minnesota Wild lost the 2003 Conference Final in just their third season, Minnesota Wild qualified for the playoffs in 2003 and went on an unprecedented run to the Western Conference Finals, but that streak would come to a screeching halt when the young Club was decimated by the Mighty. Ducks of Anaheim in a 4th series sweep in which the Wild scored only one goal in the entire series to make matters worse, the Wild still have not returned to the Western Conference Finals since the Montreal Canadians traded Patrick W in a regular season.

The story of the game against the Detroit Red Wings would take place and, for all the wrong reasons, after giving up goal after goal on an offside play, W continually looked toward the bench in anticipation of head coach Mario Trbl I would throw it away, but it was in vain, things got so bad. that the Montreal Forum crowd gave Patty W the Bronx cheer after a routine save and now in an infamous moment, W responded by taunting the crowd right after the ninth goal. trbl finally took out W, but the damage was already done after coming off the ice.

After his head coach stopped and then went directly to Habs president Ronald Cory to tell him that he never sued the Canadiens again after a lopsided trade with the Avalanche. Patrick W would win a Stanley Cup in his first year in Colorado. The Habs have not won a single Cup since W's departure, the 2017 Nashville Predators Cup Final loss in 2017, the Nashville Predators advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in franchise history after being left with nothing to start the cup final. the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Predators would win the next two of three, establishing game six as the most important game of the series.

Early in the second period, it looked like the Predators had scored the first goal, but an early whistle controversially ruled out the goal. With less than two minutes remaining in a still scoreless game, Patrick Hornquist scored a shot off Pekar Renee's leg to give Pittsburgh the late go-ahead goal. The Penguins would win the Stanley Cup and become the only team to win again. -back championships in the salary cap era to the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2020 and 21 the New Jersey Devils maram brod dur leaving maram brod dur is undoubtedly the best scorer to ever play for the New Jersey Devils and is possibly the best goenda Broder and the New Jersey faithful, the decision to let Broder go was an organizational choice, but only because the organization ended up with Marty playing forthem doesn't mean he stopped playing hockey, the veteran netminder would eventually sign a professional tryout with the St Louis Blues. and eventually signed with the team, while Broder's tenure with the Blues was up and down, he would only appear in seven games, winning only three of them, the New York Islanders' game seven loss in Nassau.

Nassau Coliseum is a sanctuary for Long Islanders among Islanders. Dynasty of the early 1980s in the countless Hall of Famers who used to call it home, the Coliseum was the place where the Magic on the Ice happened, but like any other stadium, eventually it was time to move on, that It came in 2015 when the Islanders announced their move. to Brooklyn during that 2015 season, the Islanders would face the Washington Capitals in the Stanley Cup playoffs after forcing a Game 7 with a Rous win in Game 6 in Nassau, the Islanders and their fans hoped the team from New York will advance to the second round. to extend the Coliseum's lease, unfortunately for Islanders fans, the opposite happened: the Capitals would defeat the Islanders 2-1 to win the series in seven, as New York only took 11 shots in the game and the Coliseum would return to be the home of the team. for a brief moment in 2020, after a brief disastrous stint in Brooklyn when it looked like they would never return, the New York Rangers' 2014 Cup Final loss, well, there have been a total of 17 Stanley Cup finals that have gone into overtime, three of them. have happened in the 21st century and only six have happened since 1980, it's not exactly a common occurrence for a cup final to end in sudden death and extra time unless you're a New York Rangers fan, unfortunately since the Rangers are one of the few teams. that this has happened to him on more than one occasion.

The most recent example of this horrible way of losing. The Stanley Cup Final occurred in 2014 after the Rangers advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in the Hall of Fame's career. Henrik List Fame with Los Angeles leading the game 31. Game five had two sudden-death overtime periods. Alec Martinez would be the hero as he scored the goal that clinched the cup with a massive rebound to end the game in double overtime, as you can see by the lanquist reaction throughout the Rangers bench, this was as painful a moment as that of the Ottawa Senators 2017 conference final loss, the Ottawa Senator.

The 2016-17 season was nothing short of magical after defeating the Bruins in six games thanks to three overtime wins, including Clark MacArthur's series winner in game six, the SS would face the New York Rangers in the second round en route to their series victory over the Rangers Ottawa would score to tie the score twice, including Pajo's four-goal goal in game two and Brassard's late tying goal in game five, which led to two incredible overtime comebacks in the Conference Finals. It took the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators seven games to decide who it was. advancing after tying the game late in the seventh game, sense forced the matchup into sudden-death overtime, where the Penguins would finally end the Senator's remarkable run with a Puck double-overtime goal from Chris Kunet.

Sense has not only missed the playoffs every year since but they have also completely imploded and are now immersed in a rebuild the Philadelphia Flyers losing in the 2010 Cup Final the 2010 Philadelphia Flyers looked like a Destiny First team they made the playoffs in the craziest way possible by defeating the New York Rangers in a shootout where whoever won that game would clinch the playoffs because both teams were tied in the standings coming into the game during the playoffs, they opened the first round defeating the second seed, the New Jersey Devils, then swept the Boston Bruins, including a Three Nothings came back in game seven to win 4-3 and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they would face the Montreal Canadians and they would defeat them in five games.

This set up a showdown between a young Chicago Blackhawks team that was hungry for its first Stanley Cup in 49 years and a plucky Philadelphia underdog team that exceeded all expectations tied at 33 heading into overtime of Game 6 with Chicago up 3. -2 in the series, Patrick Kane took less than 5 minutes to make a quick shot. bested Leon to fool him and everyone in the crowd to secure Chicago's first Cup in nearly half a century Since then, the Flyers have yet to come close to sniffing the Stanley Cup Finals again as their Cup drought extends to 48 years after the Pittsburgh Penguins' 2018 playoff exit Coming off consecutive Stanley Cups in 2016 and '17, the Pens were looking to become the first team since the 1980s Islanders to win three consecutive Stanley Cups in the second round against one team of Washington Capitals that the Pens had eliminated from the playoffs the previous two seasons Seasons Pittsburgh for the first time found itself in an elimination scenario as the Caps led the series 3-2 heading into game six and overtime tied at one ageni Kusnetsov would score one of the biggest goals in Washington history when he drilled it through Matt Murray's five-hole to send the Capitals to their first Conference Finals in the Ovin era, the Caps would win their first Stanley Cup, the Penguins They have since been on a downward spiral as the Crosby era approaches.

Finally, let's also not forget when Mario Lemieux retired not once but twice with Pace to surpass Wayne Gretzky's goals record. It's a shame he couldn't play as many games as the great player who lost in the 2016 San Jose Sharks Cup Final during the 2010s, the San Jose Sharks were consistently one of the NHL's best teams in the season. regular, that is, when it reached the playoffs. For whatever reason, the Sharks just couldn't put it all together to secure their first Stanley Cup when they faced the Juggernaut Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals, the Sharks once again came close, but not close enough.

They had their moments, like Yonas dcoy's overtime winner in a must-win third game and Martin Jones stopping 44 of 46 to fight back. elimination But the Pens would ultimately secure Game 6 to become the first team in the salary cap era to win back-to-back Stanley Cups, doing so in San Jose, Game 7 of the Seattle Kraken losing to the Stars just a few years after they joined. Around the league, many Seattle Kraken fans are still riding high on the NHL's return to the Emerald City, but if we had to pick one moment, it would undoubtedly be the decisive game during their Cinderella run to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in only their second year in the league after defeating the Central Division winning Colorado Avalanche in seven games during a surprising victory in the first round of the Series thanks to Oliver Bjor Strand's two-goal effort in the seventh game, the new club would face the Dallas Stars in the second. round after winning their first two of three games, Seattle would lose the next three of four, including a crushing and close seventh game.

The St Louis Blues' playoff goal half a decade after almost becoming the Saskatoon Blues, the St Louis Club was looking for a spark. and there is no better spark than acquiring the greatest hockey player to ever walk the Earth during the 1995 season. Wayne Gretzky was traded for the second time in his NHL career, this time to Missouri after defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round. face the toughest test of the Gretzky era, the Juggernaut Detroit Red Wings after winning their first three of five, the blues would fall in a tight sixth game to force the series to a winner, take the entire seventh game in double overtime Game 7 Wayne Gretzky in the neutral zone nearly intercepted a pass, but instead missed it to Steve Iserman, who scored one of the most iconic goals in NHL history to send Detroit to the NBA Finals.

Conference To make matters worse, the dispute between the great and head coach Mike Keenan was so bad that it led to Gretzky finally leaving the Blues that offseason to sign with the Rangers the Tampa Bay Lightning swept by Columbus on 201819 Tampa Bay Lightning looked like a Destiny Fresh Off team 62 regular season wins tied with the Detroit Red Wings for the most in a single season by a team in NHL history, the President's Trophy winners looked like a wrecking ball that would destroy everything in its path except the cannons heading into their first-round series against the Columbus Blue Jackets, a team that has never won a tiebreaker. series in more than two decades of existence, players and fans had to feel good about their chances after Tampa opened the first game with three straight goals in the first period.

Columbus would fight back and score four in a row in the third period to steal the game from the Blue Jackets. They would never look back, dominating Tampa in the second and third games, outscoring them by six goals during that span in the fourth game. Columbus would come out firing on all cylinders to humiliate Tampa in a 73, completing the sweep and making Tampa the only team in the NHL. to be swept after winning the President's Trophy, the Toronto Maple Leafs' Game 7 collapses after missing the Playoffs for seven straight seasons, the Toronto Maple Leafs would make their triumphant return to the big dance against the Boston Bruins in 2013 after losing their first three of four against Boston the Leafs would fight their way back into the series with two forfeited victories in elimination games to force a seventh game in Beantown with the Toronto Maple Leafs up 4-1 at the end of the seventh game.

Nathan Horton would bring the Bruins within two with just 10 left. Minutes left later with less than 90 seconds left in the game Milan Lich would attack to make it a one goal game and then with less than a minute left and the net empty, Patrice Berson from the point tore off the top shelf beyond a screen. James Rhymer tied the game. we go to overtime and in the extra frame, well, you probably know what's going to happen next. Patrice Berson would ice the game with his second straight goal as the Bruins would commit Grand Larsen at b to win the series in seven for the Leafs since this collapse.

They have also not been able to defeat the Bruins in the playoffs during other opportunities, as they also lost to Boston in the seventh game in 2017 and 2018, the 2011 Vancouver Canucks Cup Final, the 2011 Vancouver Canucks were a force to be reckoned with in the win the presidency. Trophy and after finally slaying the dragon against the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round after years of failing to beat them, I felt like this was a Destiny team after beating the Predators and Sharks. Vancouver was just four more wins away from its first Stanley Cup, but they would have to face a Bruins team that was hungry for its first championship in 39 years.

The Canucks would defeat the Bruins in the first two games, but after an 8-1 loss to Boston in the third game. it seemed like the tide had turned Boston would win its next two of three setting up a decisive seventh game of the championship in Vancouver let's say the Bruins decided who would hoist the cup that season the Bruins would continue to embarrass the Canucks in front of the home crowd in a 4 nothing Victory for securing the Stanley Cup for Boston immediately after the devastating loss the infamous Vancouver riots occurred resulting in millions of dollars in property damage 150 injured and four people stabbed the Vegas Golden Knights game seven laps collapsed a Cinderella race until the Stanley Cup Finals in his first season, expectations could not be higher entering the second act after going up 3-1 in their first round series against San Jose, the Sharks would pull away and win the next two to force a game. seven with just under 11 minutes left in the game Vegas LED 3 nothing Joe pavelski on a faceoff play would get seriously hurt resulting in a 5 minute power play for San Jose thanks to a controversial miscellaneous conduct call of the game over Cody Eeken just 6 seconds into the power play Logan Cacher would break the ice for the Sharks to cut the lead to two less than a minute later, an Eric Carlson point shot was tipped in front by Tomas Hurdle to make it a one-goal game and then with 90 seconds left on the power play.

Logan would surely score the time goal over Mark Andre Flurry's glove, not even 30 seconds later, Kevin Lenk would come in and shoot past Flurry's blocker, suddenly the LED Vegas Sharks would tie it late thanks to a marau goal, but the damage was. He was already done with only a couple of minutes left in theextra time. Mark Stone handed it off to Eric Carlson, who launched Barklay Goodro on a bizarre run to score the game-winning goal to complete the comeback in the game and the series. Washington Capitals 2010. Exiting the playoffs, the Washington Capitals during 2009 had a historic regular season and became the first non-original six team in NHL history to surpass more than 120 points en route to their first trophy. president, so when the playoffs came around in 8th place, the Montreal Canadians were their opponent it seemed like a given that the Caps would take care of business, but that was far from the case after winning 3-1 in the series .

Habs goaltender Yaroslav Hak would take over completely and stop the Capitals in their tracks, denying the next 131 of 134 shots he faced as the Canadian would shock the Capitals and win the series in seven games. The 2018 Winnipeg Jets conference finals loss. The Jets' 2018 season was historic for Winnipeg, not only were they just four points away from securing their first President's Trophy. but the 52 wins and 114 points would become franchise records after winning their first playoff series in franchise history. Against the Wild, they would then defeat the President's Trophy-winning Nashville Predator in seven games, helping the Jets advance to their first conference final with a triumphant 4-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Nights in the first game in which they The Jets attacked three times in the first 10 minutes of the series.

Everything seemed to be going well for Winnipeg, but that's where the fun would end for the Jets. Vegas would continue. to outdo the Canadian team twice en route to a 4-1 Series victory to advance to the Cup Final for the Jets, they haven't come close to the Conference Finals since, but what was the most heartbreaking moment for you as an NHL fan? Get to know me in the comments section below thanks for watching this video. Don't forget to like it if you enjoyed it and be sure to subscribe for more NHL content. See you in the next video.