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OVERTIME PERIODS Overtime periods are extra Period s beyond the third regulation period during a game, where normal hockey rules apply. Although in the past, full-length overtime periods were played, overtimes today are ''sudden-death'', meaning that the game ends immediately when a player scores a Goal . In the National Hockey League regular season, overtimes are five minutes in length, compared to the twenty minutes of regulation periods. In overtime, players play four-on-four hockey. Should overtime end without either side scoring, the teams then take part in a shootout. In the Stanley Cup Playoff s, overtime periods are identical to regulation periods, except that teams continue to play overtime periods until a goal is scored, as a winner and a loser must be determined. Joe Sakic has the record for most career playoff overtime goals with seven. Interestingly, three of the game's legendary players, Mark Messier (109 playoff games), Mario Lemieux (77 games), and Gordie Howe (68 games) never scored a playoff overtime goal. In many leagues (including the NHL since the 2005-06 Season ) and in international competitions, a failure to reach a decision in a single overtime may lead to a shoot out. Some leagues may eschew overtime periods altogether and end games in shoot out should teams be tied at the end of regulation. SHOOT OUT International shootouts In international competition, shootouts (or more formally, the '''penalty shoot out'''), are often used. Each coach selects five skaters from their team to take Penalty Shot s one at a time against the opposing Goaltender , with teams alternating shots. After the ten players have all taken their shots, the team with the most goals is declared the winner. If the shoot out is still tied after five skaters from each team have shot, the shoot out continues one skater at a time until one team has won the advantage (assuring that each team has taken an equal number of shots). In the 2006 Winter Olympics , in Turin , Italy , however, the shootout giving Sweden an upset victory over the United States (women's) terminated after only eight skaters took their shots because Sweden, after their fourth shot, had scored two goals to the US's zero, rendering the remaining two shots redundant. NHL shootout As of the 2005-06 Season , the NHL ends exhibition and regular season games tied after the five minute overtime period by a shootout. Three skaters per team take shots on the opposing goalies, as opposed to the five in international competition. The team with the most goals during their three shots is declared the winner. However, if the same number of goals are scored by both teams during the shootout, a sudden death shootout is begun, as in international competition. The teams alternate taking penalty shots, until one team scores and the other does not, thus producing a winner. All players (except goalies) on a team's roster must shoot before any player can shoot twice. The shootout is not used in the NHL playoffs. In the National Hockey League All-Star Skills Competition, the competition ends in a penalty shootout known as the ''Breakaway Relay''. IMPORTANT STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF OVERTIME CONTESTS
Longest NHL overtime games This is a list of the longest National Hockey League (NHL) overtime games.
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