Predict who scores the stanley cup game winning goal

Here is a list past 21 years of players who have done this.

1990- Craig Simpson (Oilers)
1991- Ulf Samuelsson (Penguins)
1992- Ron Francis (Penguins)
1993- Kirk Muller (Canadiens)
1994- Mark Messier (Rangers)
1995- Neal Broten (Devils)
1996- Uwe Krupp (Avalanche) (OT)
1997- Darren McCarty (Red Wings)
1998- Martin Lapointe (Red Wings)
1999- Brett Hull (Stars) (OT)
2000- Jason Arnott (Devils) (OT)
2001- Alex Tanguay (Avalanche)
2002- Brendan Shanahan (Red Wings)
2003- Mike Rupp (Devils)
2004- Ruslan Fedotenko (Lightning)
2005- NHL LOCKOUT
2006- Frantisek Kaberle (Hurricanes)
2007- Travis Moen (Ducks)
2008- Henrik Zetterberg (Red Wings)
2009- Max Talbot (Penguins)
2010- Patrick Kane (Blackhawks) (OT)
2011- Patrice Bergeron (Bruins)

If you want you can predict the goalie that gets scored on too.

After the finals, Ill bump this to see if anyone got it right

I will go out on a limb and say Marian Gaborik.

James Neal

As the bias person that I am, Ill go with David booth

David Perron

Ryan Kesler

Sean Avery.

Brad Marchand

David Backes

Joe Thornton :sarcasm:

Dustin Penner

Phil Kessel

Scott Gomez

Mason Raymond.

Richard Park

Biased pick: Jannik Hansen
Honest pick: Steve Sullivan

Sid the Kid

Has any player scored two goals as monumental as a cup winner/gold medal winner?

really going out on a limb here.

jason pominville

Brandon Prust ;)

Chris Tanev

Pascal Dupuis

Bergenheim.

alex burrows

Brian Noonan

dubinsky

Biased pick: Anze Kopitar

Realistic pick: Geno Malkin

Likely not the superstar that everyone suspects.

Tyler Kennedy

james neal

Kevin Bieksa

Radulov.

Or Burrows.

Patrice Bergeron.

Dustin Rose

Sid The Kid

James Neal, Assists to Crosby and Fleury with 7 minutes to go, on a breakaway, he will go forehand fake to backhand top shelf.

Mr Clutch himself, Alex Burrows

Homer pick: Johan Franzen

Other choice: Ryan Kesler

I honestly thought their would be a long list of posters, all witht he same name posted:

MALKIN.

And he scores on Halak.

St. Louis really does have the most amazing goalie tandem in the league. Both Elliott & Halak have played a lot of games and have outstanding numbers. But alas, Geno doesn't care.

I honestly thought their would be a long list of posters, all witht he same name posted:

MALKIN.

And he scores on Halak.

St. Louis really does have the most amazing goalie tandem in the league. Both Elliott & Halak have played a lot of games and have outstanding numbers. But alas, Geno doesn't care.

St.Louis is not making it past the first round.

Helm.

St.Louis is not making it past the first round.

:laugh: That's pretty bold for the best in the west.

Homer pick: Burrows
Non-Homer pick: Jordan Staal

:laugh: That's pretty bold for the best in the west.

They might have to face an underrated L.A team, Colorado is no slouch and plays a tough game, Phoenix is great defensively and can surprise, and it is too early to count out the Sharks and all their veterans.

I would say St.Louis should be the most worried about playing L.A in the first round though.

They might have to face an underrated L.A team, Colorado is not slouch and plays a tough game, Phoenix is great defensively and can surprise, and it is too early to count out the Sharks and all their veterans.

I would say St.Louis should be the most worried about playing L.A in the first round though.

LA Probably takes 3rd.

St.Louis will play one of Phoenix, Colorado, Dallas or San Jose.

Of those I only see Dallas or San Jose being a threat to anyone.

They might have to face an underrated L.A team, Colorado is not slouch and plays a tough game, Phoenix is great defensively and can surprise, and it is too early to count out the Sharks and all their veterans.

I would say St.Louis should be the most worried about playing L.A in the first round though.

I agree with this, I think LA is a terrible matchup for St. Louis.

LA Probably takes 3rd.

St.Louis will play one of Phoenix, Colorado, Dallas or San Jose.

Of those I only see Dallas or San Jose being a threat to anyone.

Sorry, can't edit :(.

I imagine St.Louis would still walk over either one though.

St. Louis lasts until the second round, Nashville or Detroit takes them down.

I base this mostly on experience.

Alexander Radulov. You heard it here first.

Sorry, can't edit :(.

I imagine St.Louis would still walk over either one though.

Don't underestimate the learning curve of a young talented team in the playoffs for the first time. I mean the players themselves, not the blues organization.

Don't underestimate the learning curve of a young talented team in the playoffs for the first time. I the players themselves, not the blues organization.

I guess we'll see! That's why they play the games!

Matt Cooke on Brian Elliott.

Alexander Radulov. You heard it here first.

No we didn't, We heard it first earlier in thread.

Homer Pick- Landeskog
Realistic Pick- Landeskog

It's always the unsung hero. I'm gonna say:

Jerred Smithson

James Neal

Andy McDonald

Kevin Bieksa off the stanchion!

Jason Arnott gets his second.

Radulov.

Or Burrows.

Alexander Radulov. You heard it here first.

Nope, sorry. Second :)

Kevin shattenkirk with a power play goal.

It was a soft toss from the point which was a seeing eye shot that found it's way past fleury in 2nd period the 6th game of the stanley cup finals to make it 3-2 in the game.

Kevin shattenkirk with a power play goal.

It was a soft toss from the point which was a seeing eye shot that found it's way past fleury in 2nd period the 6th game of the stanley cup finals to make it 3-2 in the game.

Assisted by Stewart?

assisted by stewart?

assisted by perron and oshie

Ryan Callahan

Sami Salo

My team's best player or an unlikely grinder.

I've got my Kreskin hat on, concentrating really hard..... and it is telling me it's going to be one of two names:

Daniel Sedin
or
Tyler Kennedy

David Booth on MA Fleury

Nick Lidstrom from half ice

Mats Zuccarello Aasen :whatyougonnadoaboutit:

Sean Couturier!

Nick Lidstrom from half ice

Niemi plays in the west, so Lidstrom couldn't play him in the finals.

Shawn Thornton on Jaroslav Halak

or

Vladimir Sobotka on Timmy Thomas.

Sid the Kid

Has any player scored two goals as monumental as a cup winner/gold medal winner?

I am pretty sure that Bobby Orr scored 2 Cup winning goals, if I am wrong I am sure someone will correct me.

TJ Oshie on MAF

http://newspaper.li/static/b6ebd7a1bc70b04c4b51f29ff2d1605f.jpeg

seguin
oshie
crosby

Nope, sorry. Second :)

Well uh if mine was the first post you read!

Tyler Kennedy

GWG: James Neal
Assists: Crosby, Malkin

Tyler Kennedy

Hell yeah.

Eric Tangradi.

Jordan Staal

A goal is awarded to the away team Flyers after the Blues refuse to take the ice in game 4, being shutout 5-0 each game of the series. HF implodes

Ilya Kovalchuk

Hartnell scores the Stanley Cup winner in the second overtime period in game 6 @ Wells Fargo Center on a sick feed by Giroux. Halak is the goalie.

My dream pick: Pavel Datsyuk (Datsyukian Deke on Fleury in game 7 OT)
Non-homer pick: Pascal Dupuis

I want to see Kyle Quincey score just to see the Wings board blow up.

Wayne Simmonds on Luongo...

Fleury, on nobody.

Empty net goal, just before whoever comes out of the west grinds out another goal in the dying minute.

Patrik Berglund

Tyler Kennedy will chest-snipe it straight into Halak, who will then have it slip out of his glove and bounce in. This will, in turn, prove 2 things:

(1) Kennedy's chest-snipe is effective.

(2) St. Louis needs to do a better job of preventing shots on net.

Patrice Bergeron-Cleary.

When I realized he was the one who scored the game winner, I cried even more. After everything he went through it was the icing on the cake.

Barrett Jackman

Mike Green. Just wait.

My heart says Kessel.

My head says Letang.

Kris Letang

Oh, I'll go ahead with my homer pick:

Patric Hornqvist

Chris Kunitz.

Ray Whitney

Mike Fisher

Sergei Kostitsyn

Homer Pick: Ryan Callahan

Real Pick: Unfortunately Evgeni Malkin.

Kyle Quincey

Cooke from Crosby and Letang...

hmm.... the goal will be scored on Roberto Luongo in a 5-2 win... game 6

Rupp

Neal from Malkin. Game 6 against the nucks LuLu in net

Pascal DuPuis

Neal or Jannick Hannsen

Cooke from Crosby and Letang...

Then Cooke throws off his gloves, and skates around the ice throwing up both middle fingers. Maybe fights a puppy.

I'll say David Legwand. I got a good feeling about the Preds.

3rd best hockey player of all time :

Shawn Thornton :sarcasm:

Mason Raymond.

Marc Staal

I'm being dead serious.

Shattdueces on MAF, Im a homer

Mike Richards

Matt Cooke or Chris Higgins.

Zack Kassian, off a turnover by Cody Hodgson. :sarcasm:

Craig Adams.

Brad Richards on Luongo.

2nd time Canucks lose to Rangers in finals. Vancouver riots.

Homer:
Peverley on Elliot

Realistic:
Neal on Elliot


Zack Kassian, off a turnover by Cody Hodgson. :sarcasm:

More likely a turnover by Erhoff on a pass to Cody Hodgson haha

Radulov on Thomas

Phil Kessel :sarcasm:

Jake Gardiner

Cody McLeod.

Alex Pietrangelo!

alexander sulzer, going end to end

Rupp

Damn, you took mine.

I will go Stepan.

Matt Cooke

Kunitz on halak
or
Seguin on Rinne

Halak scores into an empty net to make it 3-1 with 1 minute to play

30 seconds later the Penguins score to cut it to 3-2 making Halak's goal the game winner.

(Or Backes...whichever...)

Letang in 3rd, goal will be questionable

Franzen on MAF, late in the 2nd of game 6.

David Backes assisted by T.J. Oshie on MAF

Easy...Toews breakaway on the king

Steve Sullivan.

Schwartz on Bryzgalov, 8 seconds left in regulation.

Dustin Byfuglien, against Vancouver. :sarcasm:

Redden on Theodore

3rd best hockey player of all time :

Shawn Thornton :sarcasm:

With his "goal-scoring resume" I'd be shocked if anyone else scored the GWG.

Alexander Radulov

Tyler Seguin

Brad Richards, son.

Realistically: James Neal

hope I'm wrong about the Pens entirely.

Tyler Seguin

I'll say Milan Lucic, with an assist to Seguin

and the goal will be scored on Brian Elliott

Backes for sure

Shattenkirk on Fleury

It's obviously going to be Jordan Staal on Roberto Luongo

Sid the Kid

Has any player scored two goals as monumental as a cup winner/gold medal winner?

Not necessarily the same, but Sakic scored GWG and had 2G +2A = 4P in the 2002 Gold Medal game, and 1G + 1A = 2P in 2001 Game 7.

Lilja will put it in his own net, Lidstrom gets credit in overtime of game 4. Retires in peace.

Parise on Howard.

Jeff Carter, from the slot, with an assist from Mike Richards on Bryzgalov

Crosby would be a great story

Jason spezza on Brian Elliott would be very interesting

Suter or Weber with a blast from the point

Burrows with the slapshot.

Alex Semin :sarcasm:

Datsyuk??

Bias pick: Daniel Sedin (VAN)
Un-bias pick: Valtteri Filppula (DET)

Either one will be against Fleury.

Crosby and Malkin both get injured in playoff run and the team falls short.

Brodeur with the empty net goal ;)

Biased pick: Dubinsky
Non-biased pick: Burrows

Easy...Toews breakaway on the king

I would cry. My favorite non-Ranger scoring on my favorite Ranger to win the cup. BRUTAL.

Then Cooke throws off his gloves, and skates around the ice throwing up both middle fingers. Maybe fights a puppy.

No one else thought this was funny, eh? :(

Biased pick: Chris Higgins
Unbiased pick: Del Zotto

Higgins vs Lundqvist or Del Zotto vs Howard.

I'll say Valterri Filppula

Benoit Pouliot.

I'll say Milan Lucic, with an assist to Seguin

and the goal will be scored on Brian Elliott

On Elliott lol oh that's a bold prediction lol

Fleischmann on Lehtonen.

Fleischmann on Lehtonen.

Oh gross. :laugh:

David Backes will score on MAF to win the cup for The Blues

Brad Marchand

The most likely is probably Malkin just on stats alone.

For "drama's" sake, let's say Matt Cooke.

David Legwand. What a story that would be for the Predators.

David Legwand. What a story that would be for the Predators.
or Radulov

Either Ryan Kesler or David Perron.

or Radulov

I think it would be much more special for Legwand. He was the first player ever drafted by them.

Radulov

Hal Gill.

Bias pick: Either Letang, Crosby, Malkin, Cooke, TK, MAF, Neal, Niskanen, Tangradi, Staal.

Realistic pick: Malkin/Neal/Crosby
If Neal on Lehtonen. :O


What a story it'd be for Crosby or Malkin and even Neal.

Patrick Kane

Sami Salo

It's going to be Mason Raymond.

Homer Glasses On: David Clarkson

Homer Glasses Off: TJ Oshie

Patrick Stefan EN
OR Wideman Penalty shot

backes

Richards from Carter. Simmonds and Schenn (and, somehow, Jack Johnson) are a -1 on the play :sarcasm:

Reality eyes: James Neal on Luongo.

Crosby would be a great story

Jason spezza on Brian Elliott would be very interesting

Especially if Ben Bishop is in the other net...

homer pick - Alex Burrows
non-homer pick - James Neal

James Neal.

Shea Weber

Andy McDonald.

marcus Foligno

Karlsson coughs the puck up to Oshie, who feeds Pietrangelo in the slot.

Dan Boyle on Niemi.

Jonathan Ericsson.

Joe Corvo

Tyler Kennedy

Semi-Realistic: Pascal Dupuis

Homer: Jamie McGinn

Malkin on Elliot. book it!

Ponikarovsky

Game winning goal: Matt Cooke (Pens)
Goalie: Elliot (Blues)

Max Talbot

Un-Bias? Alexander Radulov

Karlsson on Elliott.

Dan Boyle on Niemi.

Oh no, not again? :facepalm:

Rod Pelley.

Jackman on Brodeur

Mason Raymond on Luongo!
Oh...wait

Kevin Bieksa on Fleury.

Homer pick : Ryan Callahan
Ranger coloured glasses off pick : Matt Cooke (from Crosby of course)

Scott Hartnell.

James Neal

Letang

Jackman on Brodeur

Flames or Blues?

Scott Hartnell. Troll city

Patrick Stefan EN
OR Wideman Penalty shot

I like the way you roll, chewBACHa.

Brian Campbell

Parise from Kovalchuk and Henrique

Marty Erat

Homer: Toews will come back only for SCF and pot the winning goal, shutting down HF boards with some tangibility. Servers crash.

Letang

Homer Pick: Callahan
Second pick: Malkin

Pascal Dupuis

Drew Miller

Kovalchuk

oshie

jagr

Schwartz

really going out on a limb here.

jason pominville

NFW

Just for the hell of it, I'll say Gaustad on MAF. Unlikely, but who cares?

James Neal - Pittsburgh
TJ Oshie - St Louis

My pick for the finals ^

Pascal Dup -

http://cdn3.hark.com/images/000/081/201/81201/original.

Jim Dowd

How could somebody score a game winner on an EN?

Tomas Holmstrom

How could somebody score a game winner on an EN?

not sure if srs...

Daniel Sedin, a pass from Henrik Sedin, against M-A Fleury

How could somebody score a game winner on an EN?

Maybe Mike Keenan will resurface before the start of the playoffs. :sarcasm:

Oshie


PS- Why are so many people saying Elliot will be getting scored on when Halak will be in net ?

How could somebody score a game winner on an EN?

1-0 for Team A
Team B pulls
Team A scores (2-0)
Team B remains pulled and scores (2-1)
Game ends

Pascal Dupuis from Jordan Staal against Pekka Rinne

Dupuis will go pointless the last 2 rounds and score the game winning goal in Game 6 of the SCF.

Radulov on Lunqvist.

Radulov

Max Talbot

Radulov

Dennis Siedenberg

David Backes.

How could somebody score a game winner on an EN?

Does the game instantly end when an empty-netter is scored?

Homer pick - Shaw






Anyway, Kopitar

Jannik Hansen

Fred Gumpstedt

Colin White

Hal Gill.

nWo Jeff Carter on Fleury

David Legwand

/homer

Kesler!!

Karlsson

Henrik Sedin dives and the Canucks get a power play against whoever in overtime. He then proceeds to score the game winner and HFBoards commits suicide.

Patrik Berglund

Really surprised to see the amount of Blues players names in this thread, and to add to it, I'll say it'll be Chris Porter.

Mats Zuccarello:nod: