The Most Catastrophic Chokes in NHL History
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- čas přidán 20. 05. 2023
- Prepare for a rollercoaster of emotions as we dive into the biggest chokes in NHL history. These tales of defeat and missed opportunities remind us that even the most potent teams can cave to postseason pressure.
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Sergei Bobrovsky was the super goalie for 2 segments in your video, Columbus and today Florida.
Why do you critique your selfish view ? It’s a video with point , not a personal target , are you a hockey player ?
@@aidanorsino1 ?
Turns out he is choking as well in the finals 😂
@@charles-antoineveilleux8018 From being bearly in the playoffs to chocking.... it's just reality catching up to the real position in the standings
And Vegas
One choke that I think is underrated is the 2009-2010 Washington Capitals, where they finished the season with 55 wins, 121 points, and 315 goals as a team. In the first round of the playoffs that year, they faced the 8th seed Montreal Canadiens. After taking a 3-1 series lead, they blew the series and lost 4 games to 3. In games 5-7, they were limited to only one goal each, thanks in large part to outstanding goaltending from Jaroslav Halak.
Literally said the same thing haha
As a Caps fan I must admit this choke is not on the same level of catastrophe. They didn’t know how to play playoff hockey and it took 9 more years to figure it out.
@@brucebaron1212it was halak just standing on his head
As a wings fan. 01, 03, 04, and 06 could have all been in this video...
Good thing we won our cups, if we didn't we'd be the biggest chockers in sports history.
We still have: 1942 Cup Finals, up 3-nil on the Leafs only to choke it sans gag reflex.
And don't forget 1995 against the Devils in the Cup Finals: 4-nil swept by Brodeur and the Crash Line. That line gave us more headaches than Scott Stevens laying out Kariya for days.
@@lesevesel2898 wtf is a 4-nil
I don't know, it's tough to say a team choked, when they won 4 Cups, and made 6 Stanley Cup Finals in their run. I consider teams that choke, never won.
@@TheHat--Man nil means 0
What about the 93-94 season, when you got denied by the Sharks? :P
The sweep of Tampa really was something special for all us Blue Jackets fans. Having our asses handed to us in the first period of the very first game made it that much more sweeter.
Yeah y'all shocked the world that year but it's funny, in your teams entire history, that's your only highlight. Kudos to the sweep of my Lightning but you see what beating us did right? It turned us into the MONSTER we were for 2 straight and almost a 3 peat. We got knocked down, got back up, and went on a roll never to be forgotten. How many Cups do you guys have?
Sergei Bobrovsky is like the Eli Manning of the NHL at this point like he’s taken down the 2nd best team record wise (tied with the 96 red wings) in 2019 by sweeping the bolts, and then proceeds to come back from a 3-1 deficit against the best team record wise in NHL history, unbelievable, get Bobby in the hall, if we say Eli should be in the NFL HOF, then Bobby definitely should be in the NHL HOF, in my opinion hes one of the clutchest goalies in recent history
it sucks that he choked this series, 4 goals on 13 shots
Yeah, he had a tough time but being wise you must be aware that we are not talking about a regulation season, one on one Shootout!
You know of course, that one player, a team does not make. Goalies, sadly.
Are not able to keep up their amazing goal scoring, from the season proper.
That means, sometimes, the other 5 guys on the ice, need to help out every once in a while. As you know, that's what makes Hockey, such a grinding experience.
Every game you play, every series you win, the players have to deal with something called, injuries!
To win the Cup, you need soooooo many things to go tight, it's almost astro!
Searching to Baseball for a guick momento. Have you ever heard of the St, Louis Cardinals?
In the early, to mid 80's.
There was an insane amount of basesbeing stolen....Luckily, they had camers taping the games and some other dude, writing it all down. It turns out it was some gang of robers. I think a few of the names, were Henderson, Raines and Coleman. One of them was so addicted to Speed, that he crashed his Super fast Porsche, while going almost 4 times the speed limit! He was also snorting blow off a hooker, at the same time!!
Anyway that's not the main story. He main story had the ST. L
Cardinals playing in the World series. During one of the early games, there was a rain delay and while the tarp is being laid by machine. The machine ran over the cardinals rookie star and tried to eat him!!! Luckily his friends saved him in time but Vinny Cole was out for the series and the cards folded. See what I did th...you know how the little girls, they stick cards in the bike spokes. Luckily Ozzie Smith or Ozzie and HARRIET2 Avoid being run dowm by a bicycle.
The moral is, shitting and shit, happens and so it doesn't matter how good you are playing.
You win as a team and for some reason the guy who got you to the finals, getsa paper cut from cards, falls over and almost gets eaten, by a taurpin machine. If you know history sometimes it still tries to eat you like snuggleuppisses!
Think about that! But 4 now I'm flying like rem lezar.good times but you can only fly a few times.
An thats the news 4 the day. You better det better if it's goi to happen.
"True Dat!"
Penguins losing to Islanders after being up 3-0 in the 75 Conference semis...Flyers coming back from 3-0 against the Bruins in 2010...Capitals four times blew 3-1 series leads to Pittsburgh, NYI, Rangers, Habs...Flames blew a 3-1 series lead to Vancouver in 94...Flyers blew a 3-1 series lead to NJ in 2000...Vancouver and Colorado blew 3-1 series leads to Minnesota in the same playoff year 2003....Penguins blowing a 3-1 series lead to TB in 2011...Habs beating the Bruins in the 71 semis whilst maybe not a Boston Choke, but they finished well ahead of the Habs with 121pts in the reg season and where the heavy favourites to win the cup.
Thanks to the Bruins this year, blowing a 3-1 series lead is now Diet Choke.
Penguins have blown 3-1 series leads against the Rangers twice now in 2014 and 2022
The 93 team is the one that choked.
Penguins were missing Crosby and Malkin the entire series. Lucky to be there at all (2011)
Tampa resident and Lightning fan here. That sweep hurt. Badly. But, it did create a monster. And it was awesome being a Tampa resident. 2 back to back, close to a 3rd. Then a Bucs superbowl. It was a good few years to be here.
You mean cheated in 2021 yea
@@thedecipher346 explain one way we cheated since to my knowledge what we did was perfectly legal
@@thedecipher346 waiting
weird how the monster magically disappeared again once the season and playoffs went back to normal + the refs stopped helping.
@@georgial6398they went to the cup final against Colorado in a normal year. 14 playoff wins in a year is hardly disappearing
Flyers 0-3 series comeback in 2010 is a special memory. Then, they come back from 0-3 in the last game. So good.
The sweep was the best thing to happen to the Bolts. In the words of Torts, "We created a monster"
I also believed it at the time it happened. I had thought it’s what they needed to get over the hump.
exhibition tourney empty stadium win. kucherov cap cheating win + ECF given to them by refs + terrible East opponent in the 'final'. then the next year continued ref carrying (gave them the Toronto series). funniest moment in NHL history is the refs finally abandoning them in the last instant like Quintus abandoning Commodus at the end of Gladiator, waving off the icing at the end.
@@georgial6398 lol still coping? It’s been two years haha
@@killersquid1234 ? coping w what? my team faced Tampa in a legit final and choked the life out of them. I can still remember Stamkos shooting it into Crawford's pads on a breakaway. and Kucherov skating by helplessly after Kane scored the putaway goal. Hawks even got the pleasure of beating Vasilevskiy during a key game in that series.
@@georgial6398 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
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Very underrated
As a sharks fan I remember watching the reverse sweep when I was 13… man I was just in shock… couldn’t move. Same when Boston lost this year… literally couldn’t move
The 2019 Tampa choke to me was the best choke in NHL history, I'm a Jackets fan
loved the video, especially since i didn’t have to relive any of the absolutely painful capitals 2nd round chokes
2019 was such a crazy year dude. With the blue jackets sweeping the lightning, then the isles get swept by the canes, then the canes get swept by the bruins and then the bruins choking in the final
Pretty sure every series in 2019 was a classic
My wings from 1993-1996 and also 2003-2007 could all be on here. Seriously we could’ve had two separate dynasties with Yzerman/fedorov era and zetterberg/datsyuk era. Good thing we won the cups we did win cuz if not….oh my……
The playoffs is a season all on it's own. Nothing matters from the regular season as we see so often.
My brother is still bitter about the Bolts sweep to this very day, _especially_ given how the rest of the family are Blue Jackets fans. To say humiliation was served in that series is a massive understatement.
I’m an Oilers fan but Winnipeg sweeping Edmonton in 2021 was a complete choke job by the Oilers
How about the 2018-19 Golden Knights? They had a 3-1 series lead, lost game 6 at home to the first ever NHL shorthanded goal in the second (or later) OT, then had a 3-0 lead with about 11 minutes left in game 7. There was a questionable major penalty called but they failed miserably on the PK and became the 4th team to ever give up 4 goals on a single major penalty. They managed to fight back to tie the game up but lost the game in overtime to a fairly fresh Barclay Goodrow.
Let's all admit, Boston killed it during the regular season. Florida might still win the cup. And I'd say Boston would have taken us to game seven if it was the second round instead of panthers.
It's nice being a leafs fan and not having to worry about seeing my favorite team appear on lists like this 😂
Yes. Everyone says the Leaf’s choke every year but if they think the Leaf’s choke, they must think very highly of my favourite team.
Awesome video, although certain parts were painful watching as a fan lol. Crazy what can happen in the Stanley cup playoffs, time and time again teams prove anything can happen.
The 1990 Winnipeg Jets should be on there. Up 3-1 against the Oilers in the 1st playoff round, the Oilers came back to win 3 games in a row and then the Stanley Cup
The Jets are an underrated playoff disappearing act.
Bruins choking is the most beautiful thing to see in sports
I totally agree
2011-12 Canucks - presidents trophy, but lost in 5 to the 8th seeded kings in the 1st round.
2017 Hawks next time plz :P great video man! Wasn't expecting much since im really picky about hockey channels but I stayed the whole video and was a fun watch, thumbs up
2017 Hawks wasn't a choke at all, that team was exhausted from a decade of it and the team that swept them went to the finals.
@@georgial6398 1st seed getting swept by 8th seed is a choke no matter how u say it
@@bobber1165 it wasn't a choke, no one cares. the Hawks had just won 3 Cups in 6 years and been to 5 WCF in 7. they were tired and most of their core was old. and the undercarriage of the team had been swapped.
@@georgial6398 a choke yes
@@bobber1165 ok, and? like why do you care? if you're a hawks fan, why would you want that talked about? if you're a Preds fan, why would you want your team's win undermined by calling it a choke by the opponent?
Boston this year should be on this list
Ok that’s good that you did 😂😂😂
It was fun to watch!
That first one was beautiful to see. Happy memories when i turned the game off with 10 minutes left, to the see they lost. Perfect.
Love seeing Boston on this list. Happiest day of my life is when they choked
gonna have to redo this and add Florida’s performance from tonight’s cup final to it #goknightsgo
Not a choke. Vegas were fundamentally the best team in the playoffs. Bobrovsky finally stopped playing at "sold his soul to the devil" level.
he was exhausted imo@@stevencooke6451
Not a Leafs fan but that 2-4 goal from Bruins is just BS :D
I know it’s not technically a choke, but the Rangers versus the Kings in the Stanley Cup finals 2014. Only managing to win one game just barely and getting utterly embarrassed for the first time in the finals in 20 years…and since, making their “King” look more like the Court Jester.
Bruins: Hold my presidents trophy 😂
Surprised the 1982 Oilers vs Kings didn't get a mention. 111 point Oilers vs 63 point Kings. Oilers blow a 5 goal lead in 1 period in game 3 and lose in OT. The lost in game 5 on home ice. Considering how many future HOF players on Edmonton that was terrible.
The greatest choke in NHL history happened in 1982 between the Kings and the Oilers. The Oilers had 111 points and Kings had 63. The Kings won the series. The third game was the greatest comeback in NHL history. The Oilers were up 5 - 0 after two periods. The Kings roared back with five goals in the third period and then the Kings won in overtime.
Not featuring the Vegas double choke in 2019 is a crime
Please create a true crime channel or something like that on the side bro you got the best voice for it
Dont think the bruins 22-23 choke is worse than the lightning at all. Bruins players were terribly sick with something before the round started, and ullmark was hurt, and the dmbass coaches played him anyway. Plus they didnt get swept
That's a lie
@Connor Bedard uh no its not, I'm not even a bruins fan
The Bruins blew a 3-1 series lead and lost three games at home to Florida. Kind of sounds like a choke to me.
@@ChrisDutch "is worse"
I think the Bruins loss was more painful, as they had a 3-1 series lead, and were a Marchand breakaway goal away from what would have appeared a comfortable series win. They also had the best regular season ever.
The Jackets sweep was more impressive than Fla. beating Boston in 7.
Maybe, but Boston at least had HOPE to make it far and they choked spectacularly. The lightning just straight out were outplayed
ah. was wondering when my sharks were gonna come up on this list. To be honest, it could just be a list called all the many times the sharks choked
what about the 2021 Canadiens upsetting the Maple Leafs? That was a massive choke by Toronto, they practically had a deep playoff run gifted to them.
The 2023 bruins collapse didn’t feel real for about 2 days. Not one soul at that game could believe what they just saw live with their own eyes
the kings rly had 2 of the most historic cup runs ever
I remember seeing a game where a team was winning 6 nothing and ended up losing 7 to 6
I love watching the Leafs fumble the ball
Bruins are chokers. At least they won 1 cup, but they left at least 2 on the table. Especially that 2019 finals loss to the Blues of all teams.
I cant even watch the bruins and leafs series, brings back painful memories 😢
If it makes Bruins fans feel better, the Lightning won the next two cups after their embarrassing choke
Yeah but with the way our rosters gonna be looking next year I can’t see us winning two straight 😅
Bruins already a Bartuzzi +5 mil in bonuses at least over the cap just walking into next season.
Damn, I didn't know that Niklas Lindstrom played goal for Detroit. 😂
Wow 0 for 2. First off, it’s “Nicklas Lidstrom”. Second, He said elite DEFENSE and goaltending. Meaning lidstrom on defense and Legace in net
2006 Wings: that one goal was kicked in and should have been disallowed.
23 Bruins, biggest choke ever and I’m a bruins fan
The Florida panthers have proven that they are not a fluky team, sure last year might’ve have been called a Cinderella run, but this year they were first in the division and now back in the Stanley Cup finals. Meanwhile the Vegas knights lost in the first round to the team they beat last year in the WCF.
2013 Stanley cup 2 goals in 17 seconds should of been in there lol
there was also pit vs nyi that pit got swept
the isles own the pens in the playoffs outside of 2012
the bruins allowing 2 goals in 17 seconds in the last minute of game 6 to lose the stanley cup final
If you’re a Bruins fan you can change the video at 7:00 lmfao
🤣🤣🤣
Surprised the 2021 leafs weren"t mentioned
Could be a whole video on the leafs
no one besides Leafs fans thought they had a chance. not really an upset when the whole league knows what to expect😂
@@svntn ummm… every NHL and ESPN member and Sportsnet member picked the leafs to win in 5… if not for the bruins that would be the worse collapse in Nhl history… makes the 4-1 bruins look like nothing
🤣
Thanks, Boston, for making the Detroit tanks a historical footnote.
Amen😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Anyone else see a pattern developing of the bruins failing when they were the best team due to defensive lapses
This sounds like Nexpo talking about hockey 💀
Tottenham in a final 0:00
and then theres Azirona--- playing roller ball in the parking lot next season
2019 is the most bazaar playoffs of all time, all top seeds lost to the bottom seeds
I have nothing against Boston whatsoever, but last season's first-round dumpster fire was a catastrophe of biblical proportions.
Petition to rename the team the San Jose Chokes. All in favor, upvote!
2003 Red Wings? Reigning cup champs, 2nd best team in the western conference. Swept in the first round.
1982 Oilers? Gretzky set the record for most goals in a season that year. 48 points ahead of their opponents. Lost in the first round.
1993 Penguins? Reigning cup champs for the past 2 years, longest winning streak in NHL history. Lost in the second round.
2009 Sharks? Presidents trophy winners. Lost in the first round.
2007 Devils? Brodeur set the record for most wins in a season by a goalie that year. Lost in the second round.
1930 Bruins? Highest winning percentage in a season by a team. Swept in the finals.
Lots of team I could’ve included in this video.
93 Penguins lost in the 2nd round. 1942 Final -Wings blow 3-0 lead against Leafs.
Guess who’s getting a new subscriber……
the CURSE of first place! bet theres a real low % of first place overs versus Coupe winners!
The hardest game to win is game 4 in any series in any round !
As P*ssed as I was with Tampa for getting swept by the Blue Jackets. They made up for it the next season and the next one and almost 1 more time
hectic hey
Capitals 2nd round in 2015. 3-1 series lead over the rangers and a 1-0 lead late in game 5. All to waste
this years rangers and the 2019 golden knights should be added here
winnipeg jets were up 3-1 against eventual cup winner Oilers in 90-then with Phoenix same thing up 3-1 against somebody and blew it
Where’s the 1982 Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers upset?
2003 red wings
The whole hand shaking thing is such insult to injury, oh you got shutout 6 - 0, go shake hands with the one team who destroyed you.
Good sportsmanship my ass, I'm not touching the hand of the enemy that just used me as toilet paper to wipe their ass with
That's EXACTLY why it's good sportsmanship. Once it's over you acknowledge the effort and skill of the the team that beat you.
You'd rather be ridiculed as a poor sport?
Toronto Maple Sweeps
leafs habs choke should be on there.....that was epic failure from the leafs
Me, starting this video: i wonder which Sharks team makes the list 😑
No mention of Chicago in 2017? We were the best team in the west and got swept by the 2nd wild card seeded nashville predators in the first round
the 2017 Hawks were exhausted from a decade of playoff hockey and the team that swept them went to the final. it's bizarre to see Hawks 'fans' chiming in here asking for their team to appear in a bad video.
Hey hectic
LIGHTNING IN THREE
That video urinatingtree made in 2019 was priceless.
@@RequiredFields hell yeah
Tbf the leafs Choked, but that leafs team wasn’t very good, a full season they probably don’t make the playoffs. Like if you think the leafs were gonna beat the ranger, pens and Blackhawks, yeah that shit was not gonna happen.
fla is in the cup now. tampa is definitely worse
Bro where’s the Edmonton 5-0 choke to the Kings??
I totally agree with, Verbeek double salaried, Gudas and Killorn now he lowballs Terry. I think his priorities iare somewhere else I don’t know where but right now he’s acting like a terrible GM
2010 Washington Capitals
Isn’t there a choke that happened in the finals?
Great content but weird choice in music, I don’t have a better suggestion atm but it didn’t fit imo
I think tampa was the worst out of boston and tampa just because the panthers went on to beat the leafs and canes who were all top 5 while the jackets lost in 5 games? I think in the second round
NHL "history" in this video doesn't extend back very far. How about the Oilers (111 points) choking in their best-of-five first round series against the Kings (63 points) in 1982, including the pivotal game 3, when the Oilers led 5-0 after 2 periods in Los Angeles and lost 6-5 in overtime?
As a Leaf fan, it still hurts to recall the 1977 quarter-final series vs. the Flyers. The Leafs won the first 2 games in Philadelphia and should have swept the series, leading game 3 at home by one goal and game 4 by three goals late in the 3rd period. They blew both games in overtime, lost the series in 6 games, and Red Kelly was fired as head coach of the Maple Leafs.
The Canadiens' (103 points) embarrassing 3-game sweep at the hands of the Oilers (74 points) and rookie goalie Andy Moog in 1981 is also worth mentioning.
DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU START THE SEASON IT MATTERS HOW YOUR SEASON ENDS..
SAY IT AGAIN BRUTHUR
Isn't that a bible verse? It isn't how you start the race but how you finish!!
@@matturibe5256 amen 🙏🏿
"Although it's hard to beat a 3-0 choke, at least the Bruins can say they won the game" ........ ?
Not really sure how losing in 7 to a team that went on to win the eastern conference and go to the Stanley Cup finals is worse than getting swept by an 8 seed who was bounced the next round….
As a Leafs fan, I know from experience that people don't care about that.
*cough* 2013, 2019, 2021, 2022 *cough*
You still lost to the 8th seed and you had the highest point total in NHL history, exceeding that of the Lightning
I think it was included because they blew a three goal lead at the end of the third period. But tbh, no one gave them a chance to begin with so there’s that too
You FORGOT to mention Vegas blowing a 3-0 series lead in the first round of the 2019 playoffs to the Sharks; yet, you REMEMBERED to mention San Jose blowing a 3-0 series lead to LA in the first round of the 2014 playoffs. How convenient...
Vegas was only up 3-1 lol but yeah that should be on here
Boston will forever be known as the city with the biggest chokes, but after this season and losing to a #8 team IN Boston makes me die laughing 😝😝😝😝😝😝 #CHOKEMASTERS
Well the Bruins will forever be the biggest artists in the NHL and the modern Celtics can’t get the job done when it matters most, but I wouldn’t say the same thing for the Red Sox and Patriots. Sure the Red Sox made the Bill Buckner mistake and the Patriots lost the perfect season, but at least those teams were able to find redemption later on down the line.
Fell asleep twice, dozed off once. Love the content but the monotone voice and lullaby background song makes it seem like a high school history class documentary; everyone falls asleep.
Bergeron on the list twice. Kopitar > Bergeron
it isn't a choke if you're not #1. You only got SOME right.
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