NHL playoff overtime rules and longest games

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NHL playoff overtime features 5-on-5 sudden death play, with 20 overtime games played this postseason. Overtime periods are 20 minutes long and continue until a goal is scored, with no shootouts allowed in the playoffs. The longest NHL playoff overtime game was six overtimes in 1936, lasting 116 minutes and 30 seconds.


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