Game 1 of the 2023 Eastern Conference finals 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? Not likely. «I've got a 38-year-old in the back end,» Canes coach Rod Brind'Amour said of defenseman Brent Burns, who played over 54 minutes in Game 1, per ESPN's Greg Wyshynski. «Maybe I shouldn't go to him [in Game 2].